Lava-ka-Baas: The blame game

When one contests the dominant, it is of utmost importance that all actions and their outcome be above doubt. There isn't the faintest margin of …

'The mining lobby tried to suppress our voice'

Chairperson of Tarun Bharat Sangh writes about their fight against illegal mining that started in the 1980s

Rain catcher

For his outstanding work in rainwater harvesting, Rajendra Singh gets the Magsaysay award

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Split wide open

Officials, experts differ on cause of check-dam breach

Rainwater rights

The government- NGO friction at Lava ka Baas has opened a Pandora's box water ownership, archaic laws and hopeful communities that want to hold …

Vindicated

The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte-face by critics of community-based water harvesting

Yamuna in focus

Who owns the river?

The Rajasthan government believes that it has a right over every raindrop and makes a move to demolish a water harvesting structure set up by …

Green tribunal bans quarrying in Sariska

Forest department found 84 stone and marble quarries operating within the tiger reserve and its buffer zone

Endangered in Sariska

Death of a translocated tiger highlights the task force was not heeded

Money, money everywhere; not a clean drop to drink

Experts lament the lack of scientific planning and direction for cleaning of rivers in budgets