Joshimath Sinking: Preparations for Char Dham Yatra begin; locals still clueless about permanent rehabilitation

Reports by eight central technical institutes behind the cause for the crisis in the holy town not released to public yet.

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

For a clean ganga

Shut and opened

Sewage discharge in Ganga: NGT orders Uttarakhand PCB to take criminal action against officials concerned

Just half of total sewage generated daily in 13 districts treated properly before being dumped in river

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)

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

Yours unilaterally

Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour

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

Anaemia rampant in women in Bageshwar

Uttaranchal Pollution Control Board contradicts itself on pollution in state

Poor little rich states

Rich in natural resources but extremely poor, the three new states are in need of a new strategy for development. But no blueprints have been …

Trespassers allowed

Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement  

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Can rural Uttarakhand retain its COVID-19 returnees

Deserted villages are springing back to life as residents return due to lockdown. The state government has announced several schemes to retain …

Delivering safety

All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest …

Dangerous deal

To promote development in hilly states, a committee recommends dilution of forest clearance rules, reward for setting up projects

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

Centre, state battle over electricity

Ganga's moment

Plague is spreading to new areas

NTPC dam rattles local elections

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

Shrouded in controversy

A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people's rights over forests.