Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
India’s reservoirs now have 155% more water than last yr
Live storage in 123 reservoirs is at 66.372 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of total live storage capacity
Operation of brick kilns in UP: NGT pulls up chief secretary
The tribunal, in an earlier order, said brick kilns in the National Capital Region cannot operate until an assimilative carrying capacity …
Time for course correction
Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget
India set to grow biofortified crop
Four states to cultivate iron-rich pearl millet by 2012
Mercury in air, water
Jharkhand
Most politicians and activists see the Forest Conservation Act as a hurdle towards empowering the tribal population. They want the act amended
Uttaranchal
The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood
Chattisgarh
Fighting the drought preoccupies the new government. Charting a mining policy to explore the rich mineral deposits is next on the agenda
Tehri: is it curtains?
The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti-dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does …
Sewage stink
Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: हाईवे के किनारे बढ़ते अतिक्रमण पर एनएचएआई ने दायर किया हलफनामा
पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में सुनवाई के दौरान क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2020)
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की साप्ताहिक डायरी: स्वास्थ्य कर्मियों के कल्याण के लिए दिशा निर्देश जारी करें सरकार: सुप्रीम कोर्ट
यहां पढ़िए इस सप्ताह के पर्यावरण सम्बन्धी मामलों के विषय में अदालती आदेशों का सार
Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP
A critical link in faecal sludge and septage management value chain is reuse of by-products generated, which include treated water as well as …
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: प. बंगाल में कोविड-19 से जुड़े कचरे को खुले मैदान में किया जा रहा है डंप
यहां पढ़िए पर्यावरण सम्बन्धी मामलों के विषय में अदालती आदेशों का सार
Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study
Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …
Supreme Court upholds pollution levy on trucks entering Delhi
The apex court will give an order on Monday based on directions prepared by amicus curiae
Grassroots victory
FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass
Will access to toilets guarantee women's security in rural India?
The Badaun rape incident shows how vulnerable women are to sexual violence when there are no toilets in homes
Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand
Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic
Energy pill for renewable sector
World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth
Reptilian recovery
Once threatened, the gharials get afresh lease of life at the Kukrail Reserve Forest near Lucknow
Scrap godown fire in Ghaziabad kills one
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