Has COVID-19 lockdown really helped Yamuna health in Delhi?

Domestic sewage comprises 80% of pollution load and continues to get discharged into the river

Polluted rivers pose risk to human health in three continents

Water pollution level has increased in Asia, Africa and Latin America, putting aquatic flora and fauna under extinction threat

A revolution misplaced

Apathy towards China's environmental degradation may seem a thing of the past. But the damage that has already occurred places a daunting task …

Search for the lesser evil

A Down To Earth survey of the civil society shows that when it comes to the environment, no political party in India has anything substantive …

Truth or dare

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …

Village of woe

The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Uttar Pradesh are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local NGOs.…

West Bengal platform demands green focus in poll agendas, releases charter of environmental issues

Politicians acknowledge environmental shortcomings but deflect responsibility to public; BJP MP advises against expecting significant action from …

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids  

Orissa villages face crisis

Mining woes

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION

Foul play

Fluoridation raises concerns

Devilish sea

Aquifers brimming with poison

Complete muff-up

MoEF falls far short of tenth Five Year Plan targets

Researchers engineer landmass to treat sewage in wastewater

Drug abuse

Ranbaxy, Dutch pharma put paid to groundwater

High court closes polluting factory

Don't eat tuna

No rules for mining

Mahad loses river, crops

Polluting industrial units closed only on paper

An Arunachal Pradesh town has swapped its water pollution problem for air pollution

Residents take to burning waste after orders to not dump it in Kameng river; facility to handle waste incomplete due to lack of funds

Rewind 2018: Is India’s head above water?

Here’s a lowdown on how India struggled to get its act together as its groundwater levels dipped and water bodies diminished

Karnataka government seeks more time to clean Bellandur Lake

Officials say that one month is too short a period to finish cleaning as they need to redirect the waste currently being dumped in the lake

Bare facts

Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is …