Solar City Ayodhya: PM Surya Ghar Bijli Yojana promoted as ‘free electricity scheme’ during polls, leaves many confused
Aggressive efforts for registration in Uttar Pradesh; But confusion reigns over plant costs due to ‘free’ tag
Ganga: Illegal floodplain encroachment & pollution continuing in Kanpur, says NGT
This is in direct contravention of NGT’s 2017 order regarding the section of Ganga from Haridwar to Unnao and Kanpur
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Chipko a distant memory
The women who led the landmark environmental movement 50 years ago, speak to Down To Earth
Fair price: UP now uses a calculator to scientifically fix fee for transporting faecal sludge to treatment plants
The calculator’s flexibility allows for its use across India and even in countries that use trucks to handle faecal waste
DTE Coverage: Voting without voters
Down To Earth reports from four states on migrant voters and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 4, 2024)
Communities in Chhattisgarh & Uttar Pradesh are using tech, on-ground monitoring to reduce human-elephant conflicts
Engaging communities in conservation efforts is critical as India is witnessing an increase in conflicts between people and pachyderms
Voting without voters: In Uttar Pradesh, areas with low turnout are hubs of migrant workers
EC plans to reach out to migrant workers via postcards to encourage them to vote, but it may be too little, too late
Avartansheel Kheti changing lives with periodic farming
The purely organic method of growing food involves dividing the land into zones for cereal crops, vegetables, fruiting trees and animal husbandry
Voting without voters: Uttar Pradesh migrant workers to be home for paddy transplantation next, may skip Lok Sabha polls
Migrant workers came back home for Holi, won't be able to come back for the crucial electoral process
DTE Water Series: Decentralised wastewater management in Chunar, Uttar Pradesh
The small town located in Mirzapur district on the banks of the Ganga and the Jargo, is showing Uttar Pradesh how to efficiently manage its …
Simply Put: Noah’s Ark 2.0
Simply Put: UP fisherfolk in troubled waters
Demand surpasses supply of oxygen in UP amid raging COVID-19 second wave
State needs abour 800 tonnes a day, but has only 600-650 tonnes
Simply Put: COVID-19 and the Uttam Pradesh
Gaur back in Valmiki Reserve thanks to increase in grassland cover
At least 150 gaur in the reserve currently, according to information from camera traps
Replenishment study of riverbed sand must for sand mining in Uttar Pradesh: NGT
Replenishment studies must be done by credible institutions, says court
Blast in Anpara D power station
Hydrogen leakage from generator suspected to have caused blast
Tigers in the Terai’s sugarcane fields are developing into an ecotype of their own: Rahul Shukla
Down To Earth speaks to conservationist who has documented and written about tigers growing up and surviving in the Terai landscape of northern India
Difficult for me to come to terms with the reality lived by Dom women on Varanasi’s cremation ghats: Radhika Iyengar
Author talks about her experiences while reporting for and writing her book, ‘Fire on the Ganges’, about the Dom community on the …
Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium
Punjab is the worst-affected state with Haryana being the second
Reading 2021 NCRB report: Jump in forest-related crimes in Jharkhand
Jharkhand registered the maximum number of crimes under the Forest Act since 2012
Can upcoming vulture centre near Gorakhpur revive UP’s numbers?
Success of the project depends on the commitment of those implementing it, they say
High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in UP
40 districts exposed to high concentration of arsenic in groundwater