Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Call of the phantom

Government fails to effectively execute Project Snow Leopard

Ganga's moment

NTPC dam rattles local elections

Officials subverted elections to the forest council that opposed dam, allege villagers

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Experts raise questions on geological and geotechnical surveys for project

Accident spot located near Main Central Thrust of the Himalayas

Big response to solar power plan

Uttarakhand gets applications for 65 per cent of its target in 15 days of launching scheme

The Ganga gets highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: Report

The quality of Ganga water in the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj was categorised as being extremely deficient in dissolved oxygen

Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers

Cleared at cost of biodiversity

Environment ministry clears hydro project rejected twice by its advisory committee

Living made difficult

Air to lung to DNA

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Union Budget 2018: Merely increasing funds for Clean Ganga will not ensure results

A CAG report had said underutilised funds and an absence of a long-term plan affecting rejuvenation of Ganga

Science in our daily lives

Jumbo conflict

Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …

Myth of power

Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be …

Warning from Leh

Leh cloudburst is unusual, say scientists. Such extreme events are rising. What’s wrong?

To flow or not to flow

The balancing act

Tribunal cancels three environmental clearances; upholds three

What triggers desertification in India

A low down on the most important causes behind desertification in every state of the country. Addressing these will be critical to meet targets …

A pause on hydropower

A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh

‘MoEF violated Supreme Court order’

Ministry’s own panel says it should not have given clearances to two Uttarakhand projects

Steeled up

Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Himalayan blunders