Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 17, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 19, 2023)
In strange waters
Kenyan authorities are caught between reviving a dying lake and ensuring livelihood to farmers living in its catchment
Gairan land encroachment in Maharashtra: Official surveys do not always show the real picture, say those affected
Land has not been demarcated correctly in many villages; or residential land has been so insufficient that houses have been built on pasture land
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2022)
West Bengal sees highest coastal erosion since 1990
A national survey of India’s coastline from 1990 to 2016 shows West Bengal saw the biggest coastal erosion followed by Puducherry, Kerala &…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 9, 2019)
Mizoram’s Chite Lui River is crying for help
Chite Lui River is in danger as it turns into a dumping ground in Aizawl. Citizens’ efforts, lauded even by PM Modi, are making a …
No construction on Sukhatal lakebed near Naini lake, orders Uttarakhand High Court
All encroachments to be immediately removed; Administration would have done it by now if squatters were from poorer sections of the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2019)
Over a third of forest land in Burhanpur lost to encroachers: Officials
On March 11, about 250 forest officials were attacked by the encroachers while launching a drive to remove encroachments here
Now tribal affairs ministry FRA claim settlement number under cloud
Is there something fishy behind giving wrong data for over a decade and then disowning it?
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 23, 2022)
Value your local water system
Bengaluru floods should draw our attention to how the same tragic story of loss of waterbodies in almost all Indian cities. But will it?&…
Odisha resumes evicting illegal prawn gherries in Chilika
29 of 97 acres of prawn culture pond area cleaned on day 1; drive to continue for few more days
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2019)
This coastal village in Mozambique now at the mercy of Chinese mining company
Local residents want the government to probe into company's operations and negotiate compensation for irresponsible sand mining
Pluck a problem
The government in Himachal Pradesh finds itself in a tight spot as a court order forces it to manage apple orchards on encroached forestlands
Two sides of the same coin: Shrinking water bodies and urban floods
Water bodies have become even more critical in current times when cities are facing the challenge of rapid, unplanned urbanisation
Future shock: The leaning towers of Najafgarh Jheel
Why construction activity around the southwest Delhi water body is a recipe for disaster
Haryana police encroaches upon forest land to build training centre, residential complex: RTI
At both the sites, the cops have not procured any permissions and cut thousands of fully grown trees
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 19, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 7, 2023)