Joshimath evacuees return to their unsafe & damaged homes even as rehabilitation policy non-existent after 16 months

They say they have not been given enough compensation to restart their lives; work for stabilisation of Joshimath has also not started

FULL COVERAGE | Chamoli glacier burst: A changing climate & human errors

Simply Put: Mirror Image

Sleepless in Chamoli

Landslide leads to lake formation on the Ramganga, which may burst any time

Simply Put: The Andolanjivis

Skeleton Lake

What happens when ice melts in the Roopkund tarn?

Himalayas on fire: Uttarakhand recorded maximum fire alerts countrywide in snowless January

December and January have been extremely dry in state; concerns being expressed about water availability, agri-economy and tourism in the days ahead

12 grain route to prosperity

Jyotika Sood finds out how farmers in the Himalaya manage food round the year

Embrace of an unforgettable conservation crusade lingers on

Impacts of Chipko are still visible in the state after four decades.

Web unravels

Spiders can tell us about the health of the environment

Shaky foundations

Uttaranchal's pastoralists deliberate over saving their depleting pastures

Uttaranchal's pastoralists discuss depleting pasturelands

FIR against dam activists

Devsari hearing postponed

Joshimath: What escalated the situation on the intervening night of January 2-3?

New leaks reported in several areas; closed tunnel in Tapovan may be the source

Cleared at cost of biodiversity

Environment ministry clears hydro project rejected twice by its advisory committee

Green tribunal halts tree felling for Alaknanda-Badrinath hydropower project

Bench says no tree can be felled without prior permission of tribunal

Sikkim earthquake was unusual for Himalaya

It occurred due to sliding, not thrust motion

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

Clear and present danger in the Himalayas

As Himalayan towns continue to grow haphazardly without development plans and carrying capacity assessment, how does one secure their future?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 26, 2024)

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

Battle to preserve nature resumes in Uttarakhand’s Raini village 48 years after Chipko

Following the dismissal of the petition in the high court, the residents of Raini village are now preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court, …

Lateral thoughts: Holiday plans in quandary

The Chamoli disaster could affect tourism and economy, already battered by COVID-19 pandemic 

Chamoli glacier burst: Himalayan blunders compounded

The issue is about carrying capacity of the fragile region, which is even more at risk because of climate change

Chamoli glacier burst: It is time to learn from our mistakes

The cumulative effect of hydropower projects has turned out to be more environmentally damaging than sustainable, given the current policy of the …

Rock, ice avalanche triggered Chamoli disaster, satellite images show

A crack near the ‘bergschrund’ (a crevasse that forms where moving glacier ice separates from stagnant ice) of the steep hanging …