A ritual offer of nothing
On June 16, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's exhortation to "implement the river conservation programme with a greater sense of urgency and …
Ganga pollution: UP ordered to take action against 687 industries
Green tribunal asks Centre, state to chalk out time-bound action plan to prevent and control pollution in the national river
PMO issues directives to reduce pollution load on Yamuna
Delhi government asked to ensure sewage and effluent treatment plants meet effluent quality norms
Ganga pollution: Uttar Pradesh issues notices to 956 industries
Green tribunal seeks report on the polluting industries along with photographs by May 21
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 22-26)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Committee to speed up Namami Gange formed a day after NGT questions outcome
The National Green Tribunal, on February 6, said that not even a drop of Ganga was cleaned and public money was wasted under the programme
Kumbh karma
It took a trip to Harvard for the Uttar Pradesh top brass to realize that back home their house was not in order
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2022)
Futile deadlines: Afforestation drive in 5 states along Ganga is over with just 22% of target being met
Experts have questioned as to whether the Ganga catchment area is really available for afforestation
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)
Holy men threaten to boycott next Shahi Snan, general elections
Pass unanimous resolution at Kumbh that only the party that pledges to protect Ganga will get votes
North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna breaches evacuation mark in Delhi; expert calls flood policy ‘absolute failure’
The Yamuna inundates parts of Delhi even with very little rain as it is silted and is not dredged, according to Gourishankar Ghosh
Supreme Court asks NGT to monitor industrial units polluting Ganga
Apex court had recently asked government to explain why Central Pollution Control Board has no chairperson for the past six months
Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga
Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.
Veerbhadra Mishra on Ganga Action Plan
Veerbhadra Mishra heads the Sankat Mochan Foundation, an NGO at the forefront in trying to revive the Ganga's fortunes in Varanasi. A man who …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
Uttarakhand pushes for more hydropower projects
Lakhwar-Vyasi project cleared by Centre this year is a violation of Supreme Court order, says expert
Bihar awaits Centre's nod to interlink four rivers in the state
State says Burhi Gandak-None-Baya-Ganga intra-state river link will reduce devastation caused by floods in three districts
Higher incidences of water-borne diseases in fishermen drinking from Ganga: Survey
Consumption of and exposure to contaminated water has also led to predominance of skin diseases among fishing community
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 13, 2020)
NGT pulls up UP municipalities for sewage discharge into Ganga
The tribunal refuses to accept financial crunch as the reason behind the nagar palikas polluting the river
How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather
New study says there is a connection between fog conditions in Indo-Gangetic Plains and anomalies in movement of air in the Arctic and Eurasian …
What happened to India’s flood management plan?
There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …
Daily Court Digest: Major Environment Orders (June 15, 2020)