Development Deathtraps

Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame

Stones at stones' worth

Industrial diamonds can now be produced cheaply

High court closes four quarries in Thane

Quarry trapped

Proposal to excavate stone near Kaziranga in abeyance

It's about silicosis

It's also about not compensating suffering mineworkers

Driven to the extreme

Rampant pollution and state inaction forces farmers to attack and kill a miner in Goa

Villagers protest relocation of stone-crushers

Ordered by the Supreme Court to shift stone-crushers from the Delhi-Faridabad border, officials have arbitrarily moved them to a nearby village, …

Last gasps

WAIT UNTIL DEATH Perspectives Audio Visuals Bengali S-VHS/Umatic 55 mins (English subtitles) Supriya Sen, Samit Basu-Mallik, Tathagatha Banerjee, …

South Asia

Bihar introduces green tax

Stone quarries banned to protect hills

A swami and sand mafia

Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time?

Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry

This Pune stone-crusher unit shows how to do it properly

Mangrul village unit runs on best practices despite being surrounded by polluting ones

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)

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

Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease

Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels

Dust storm and mist

Why a pleasant autumn morning turned grimy for Savvy Soumya Misra

Saleli quarries ordered to close down

Mahoba mess continues: NGT seeks report on stone mining

Case before green court alleges air, noise pollution    

Granite greed

Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar

Pollution in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around pollution

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 13-17)

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

Illegal stone quarrying causing kidney disease in Odisha's Jajpur district

Locals allege that illegal stone quarrying in Dharmshala block of Odisha is contaminating the nearby source of water, leading to kidney diseases

Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable

A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2020)

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