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 …

INDIA

EU bans Indian guar gum

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

Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills

Reality check

Himalayan blunders

Drug firms, retailers on warpath

Pharma companies say chemists refusing to store essential drugs; retailers deny the charge

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

COVID-19 lockdown impacts rhododendron flower collection in Uttarakhand

The collection of rhododendron flowers has reduced 60-70 per cent this year because of the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of …

Matter of life and death

In court

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Gods must be dazed

Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

IN COURT

COVID-19: Will Uttarakhand be able to provide work to its migrant population?

More than 330,000 people have returned to their villages so far, with Almora and Pauri Garhwal districts getting the greatest number of returnees