Kolkata reconnects with its riverfront

Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do

Water woes at Allahabad's Kumbh mela

Sun, sea and garbage

March to Delhi to save Yamuna called off

Centre to release additional water into river; to construct canals for sewage in two years

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Alembic plant in Gujarat asked to shut down

Songe iron unit asked to shut shop in Goa

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Oil in the well

Polluted to the brim

How an urban planner undertook green recovery in Telangana’s 72 ULBs

Extensive mapping, designing of parks with detailed cost estimates and implementation frameworks were prepared as part of the project 

Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols

With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies

A very heavy metal load

Waters of the gulf of Mannar and Palk bay are contaminated with industrial pollutants like lead

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)

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

INDIA

Delhi to get interceptor sewers

EIA for Jindal coal mine in Chhattisgarh ignores threats

Chella Krishnamurthy, 57, murdered

Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

The political economy of defecation

This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India's richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The …

INDIA

Assam's wetland, Deepar beel, under threat

Cancer state