How Bellary was laid waste

Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …

Empty posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Pollution Control Board are affecting implementation of green laws in state

UP one of the most industrialised states, has about 14.2% of the total MSMEs in country

So that we can breathe easy

Ranbaxy accused of not following court orders

Industry fouls groundwater in Goa

What's happening inside disposal units?

Stream of ash

State-run thermal power plant pollutes rivulet; disturbs livelihood and health of people in 27 Andhra Pradesh villages

Andhra hospitals flout bio-medical rules

119 hospitals issued show cause notice by state pollution control board for violations

Liability sans facility

Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated  

Stained steel

The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

Ash flies in the face of power plan

Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

Hazardous waste kept in shut factories continues to contaminate groundwater

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

Locals in Rajasthan's Kota district stop building of incineration plant

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused