Republic quaked
Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …
A dark tunnel
Twenty-nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the "weak mountains" for …
Sand slips
Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …
Road to disaster
Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …
Kangra safe corners
The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …
Real estate on water
Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative …
Lavasa exposed
By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …
Structural collapse
The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …
The see-saw approach
The Central Public Works Department has banned the use of wood in its construction projects, ignoring the fact that the substitutes are more …
Indian bridges on their last legs
A recent survey by the Union,ministry of surface transport has revealed the pitiable state of bridges in India
India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE
The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution
Infographic: Himalayan blunders
Haphazard infrastructure development has made the fragile Himalayas even more vulnerable
Supertech: It is essential to mitigate pollution, waste post-demolition; here is why
Huge amounts of construction and demolition waste in a residential area is hazardous for human health and warrants immediate disposal
A revolution misplaced
Apathy towards China's environmental degradation may seem a thing of the past. But the damage that has already occurred places a daunting task …
Curse of the urban boom
Real estate sector in India has serious environmental implications. How effective are regulatory agencies?
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 25, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
The women who are left behind
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Shaky business
A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat's homes to rubbles
Noida’s Supertech Twin towers done to dust in 9 seconds
Down To Earth’s photographer, Vikas Choudhary, captures the demolition of the towers with his camera
Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse
Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown
Delhi rubble diaries
A casual investigation by a CSE researcher reveals that most municipal employees in the national capital neither know, nor care about proper ways …
‘New Raipur’ and ‘New Chhattisgarh’ in old India
Growth in the state and its capital city has reinforced and further accentuated an unequal order and concentration of wealth
Homing in on tradition
Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected
Delhi's Sangam Vihar needs to use its natural drainage to solve waterlogging
There is a need to look at informal settlements like Sangam Vihar as part of a larger drainage basin while conserving the natural topography