Wave of concern

How many Indians are pastoralists? No official data, but report says 13 mln

A figure of 35 million is often quoted, but without a source, claims report  

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

North-East

Assam-type solution

Catchment Area Treatment Plan funds badly spent in Himachal

Elemental woe

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Medicinal plants help animals digest better

Monkeys destroy crops in Himachal, farmers fume at government apathy

That's your sink

Parbati glacier shrinks

May affect the flow of Beas river

Himachal's tree sanction policy is flawed

Road risk

Not so lovely fair trade

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles

Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Banking on variety

Himachal villagers resist pine monoculture, reclaim forests for fodder

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

Monkey relocation plan: Urban bias?

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

Against the flow

The PDS learning curve

Tike tike in Orissa

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on