Reserve game

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 2, 2020)

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

By how much?

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

Promised land turns arid

Rajasthan fails to allot land to those displaced by Pong dam

People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

SC orders land compensation

Recognizes rights of people affected by Narmada canals  

Farmers resolute on not sharing Hirakud waters

Poisoned Punjab: Mystery illnesses haunt this Fazilka hamlet dependent on canal water

Down To Earth ground report finds around 30 cancer deaths in 12 years in Burj Mohar in Fazilka district 

Channels of change

Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms

Bureaucracy restricts potential of Orissa's pani panchayats

The key: empowerment

Arouse people's interest in governance

TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall

Militancy's most distressing casualties

WATER: Fading glories

Kashmir's dying lakes are choking their dependants

FORESTS: Losing its soul

The information is public

Supreme Court allows canal work

Overrules high court on Narmada irrigation projects

Blind to rain

Endgame for bustards

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops

Short circuit

On the face of it, the ambitious Sethusamudram project to bridge the east coast with the west coast of the country seems a great idea. The …

Diminishing returns

Going off course

As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed

The politics of inefficient irrigation technology

Desperate for Expressway

Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …