Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2024)

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

India’s built-up area grew by 2.5 million hectares in 17 years

Large part of the increase caused by diversion of agricultural land

Better alternatives

"Resorting" to loopholes

DAMAGE CONTROL

Paperwork

Big urban constructions in Delhi will need EIAs

Wood substitute

Windmill to the rescue

In deep waters

How an attempt to convert a water body into land for commercial use was foiled

Buildings lack safety

Hazardous kilns

Mother's little helper

Farming sand

ORDER REVERTED

CHILE

Choking effects

Workers suffer from respiratory ailments after cleaning World Trade Centre debris

Offloaded

Responsibility to dispose Mumbai's construction waste

One more goes down

India’s carbon roadmap

No signs of science

Mumbai sources out city planning

Climate crime revisited

Climate change and design of houses

Kerala looks for sand in silt

Desilting reservoir may contaminate drinking water

Concrete loss