Relief for endosulfan victims
Kerala government presses for a nation-wide ban on the pesticide
Rules of e-dump
Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste make it difficult to regulate informal sector
Stinking for two decades
Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits
Gutter will sparkle
Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth
No more hospitals
Mormugao port expansion: public hearing adjourned third time
Analysis by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment reveals flaws in the project’s environmental impact assessment
Steeled up
Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region
Cry of a river
A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame
Call the monitor
A measure of pollution
Is sewage farming safe?
Madhya Pradesh's order to destroy crops cultivated using sewage has triggered a debate over the age old practice of using wastewater for irrigation
One river, two origins
Industrialists are trying to push the origin of the Nag river downstream to capture its upper stretch for real estate business
War over waste
People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage
No land for best option: composting
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, does not have a municipal waste-treatment facility. Its only plant to treat solid waste, located …
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
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 …
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