Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2022)

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

Track, the problem

As traffic increases on existing lines, accidents due to derailments reach alarming levels in the Indian Railways

Meghalaya coal mine mishap: A week on, no sign of trapped miners

Heavy rains, technical snags and unavailability of labour due to COVID-19 lockdown continues to hamper operations 

BHP and Rio Tinto’s ‘mining messes’ must be held to account: Report

The two UK-based multinationals had mined in Brazil, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and then left the scene without compensating for their …

Brazil environmental disaster: 9 killed, 300 missing after dam near iron mine bursts

The accident happened at the Feijao mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerias; it is the second such incident in the same state in 3 years

Blast in Anpara D power station

Hydrogen leakage from generator suspected to have caused blast

Jharkhand mine collapse: 11 workers killed; over 50 feared trapped

Rescue operations still on, exact number of trapped miners yet to be ascertained

Engulfing apathy

Dumped in a pit

The 2014 National Green Tribunal ban has not only failed to contain rat-hole mining, but has also stopped the Meghalaya government from …

Talcher coal mine accident: 1 dead, 4 trapped after landslide

The death toll might go up to 14 as the nine rescued workers are in a serious condition

India ratifies nuclear liability convention

The ratification may attract international nuclear suppliers to invest in the country

Stakeholders discuss measures to reduce elephant mortality from rail collisions at meet

Organised in mid-March, government agencies and conservation organisations at the meet also agreed to begin a series ‘focused workshops&…

10 killed in mine collapse in Jharkhand

Just two days after the state observed the 40th year of India's worst mining tragedy in Chasnala, a coal mine in Lalmatia collapsed trapping more …

Who fares best and worst on road safety across the world

Don't panic, bang the walls

New technology pinpoints location of trapped miners faster

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2023)

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

'Rat-hole coal mining must be discontinued'

There is no such thing as environmentally acceptable and safe rat-hole coal mining 

Four killed in gas leak at Rourkela steel plant in Odisha

Plant chief executive suspends two deputy general managers for dereliction of duty

Maharashtra govt's apathy derails Matheran’s clean and green prospects

The hill station struggles to keep plastic, motor vehicles and ropeway out of its confines

Chhattisgarh may have stopped Bailadila mining, but for how long?

Tribal protestors may have had the first round, but mining giants are sure to put pressure

World has failed to respond to accidents and diseases at work

In 2017, 2.7 million workers died from work-related injuries and diseases, up from 2.4 million workers in 2014. With a nearly 20 per cent rise in …

Explosion at nuclear plant in northern France injures at least five

The explosion took place in the engine room of the plant owned by a French energy giant Électricité de France

Third railway line through Palamu Tiger Reserve threatens to increase human-elephant conflict

Expert says it’s a vital passage used for crossing by elephants coming from Baresarh in Latehar district to Betla National Park and back

CSE road safety audit: Delhi tops in road accident deaths; city most unsafe for cyclists, pedestrians

Delhi NGO releases assessment of road accidents and accident hot spots; puts forth an action plan

Uranium spill