TWISTING FACTS
Awaiting disaster
Pong dam eco-sensitive zone: Awaiting rehabilitation for over 50 years, not consulted for policy decision, say locals
Union environment ministry has created a draft policy to declare region eco-sensitive zone
Power talks
Flakes for inspiration
Counting the cost
Is Span motel's punishment commensurate with its crime? Experts wonder...
Political parties show concern for environment in Punjab elections
Promise clean air and water; subsidies on solar appliances
Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India
Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan
Span of contention
Was the Supreme Court correct in saying that the former Union minister of environment and forests had betrayed public trust?
Turning rivers into killers
The recent tragedy in Manali caused by flash floods in river Beas raises serious questions on the management of dams and barrages in the country.
Sutlej river pollution: Millions on verge of health risks, NGT raises alarm
NGT has directed Punjab and Rajasthan governments to submit quarterly compliance reports to Jal Shakti ministry about remedial action being taken
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Re-negotiate Indus Treaty with Pakistan in light of climate change: Standing Committee on Water Resources
The 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan did not take present-day issues like climate change into account, a new parliamentary …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 19, 2020)
