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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
क्या मिसाल बन सकता है कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध रूप से पेड़ काटने का मामला?
नैनीताल हाईकोर्ट ने जिम कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में 6000 से ज…
Badrinath Master Plan: Development script or disaster manual?
The Uttarakhand government might be repeating a 50-year-old misstep which had been stopped in the nick of time after widespread agitations
Roadside remedy
A common plant growing in the wild in Garhwal, basingu is traded both as a medicinal herb and vegetable
Joshimath won’t be saved unless NTPC’s project is shelved: Expert’s dire warning
Big projects should never have been sanctioned in and around Joshimath without conducting proper studies first, say experts
Long road home: Uttarakhand increasingly declares villages disaster-prone
While many are fighting relocation, those who shift face conflicts with host villages over resources like water and grazing land. Is relocation …
Why should we not stay green nod for Char Dham highway? SC asks Centre
Neglecting environmental concerns can be disastrous for mountain state, NGO petitioner cautions
Of 'man-eating tigers' and ‘tiger-eating men'
While reigniting debate on human-wildlife conflicts, Uttarakhand High Court’s order on man-eating big cats leaves many questions unanswered …
Floods and the Politics
Shalini Dhyani travels to Chinyalisaur to find out how heavy rains coupled with rise in water of Tehri dam has devastated the area.
Srinagar hydroelectric project: walls of desilting basin collapse
Houses and fields inundated in several villages; residents had been complaining of water leakage from power channel canal for past one week
Damage due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar point to greater need for rainfall and water level monitoring
Removing illegal encroachments and climate resilient infrastructure need of the hour
Uttarakhand floods: more rains predicted
Light to moderate rain forecast from June 24; will impede ongoing rescue operations
No food in forests: Bears, langurs throng Uttarkahand apple orchards as native vegetation gets taken over by invasives
Locals report numerous changes in food habits of wildlife; increased number of tigers in the state may also have a role
Futile deadlines: Afforestation drive in 5 states along Ganga is over with just 22% of target being met
Experts have questioned as to whether the Ganga catchment area is really available for afforestation
Money matters
Sonal Matharu finds out how schemes for women and children are all about making money and neglect their health
Rs 25,000 fine on NHAI, BRO for not answering queries on roads in Uttarakhand
Green tribunal pulls up highway authority for claiming it is not in charge of any highway in the state where there are chances of landslide
Widespread protests near Tehri
Residents are angry after increase in the dam’s water level led to landslides and subsequent house collapse
'I cannot be a mute spectator to the carnage of Ganga'
As Uttarakhand grapples with the task of repair and restoration, octogenarian environmentalist G D Agarwal's fast to free Ganga of dams continues.…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 9, 2024)
Curb colossal ecological destruction during Char Dham Yatra: NGT-appointed panel
The NGT will assess the report when it hears the matter January 25, 2023
Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides
Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city
Uttarakhand claims hydropower projects had no role in 2013 floods
State seeks Supreme Court nod for stalled projects
Sleepless in Chamoli
Landslide leads to lake formation on the Ramganga, which may burst any time