A midsummer dream

Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about following stories of specific villages and how they fare year after …

Reservoir of dams

Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. …

North Bihar faces flood threat

Water released from barrages swell rivers; Saharsa-Mansi railway line eroding

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Karnataka fast tracks power plant

In court

Starved of fodder

Marathwada has been struggling with acute fodder shortage, but the state government has not taken any step to counter the problem

Rajasthan’s olive dream

An expensive project to grow imported olive trees is not yielding enough oil, and imposing other costs

Polavaram project: Andhra high court stays eviction, demolition in affected areas

At least 15 villages in two districts of the state have been demolished since 2016

The acre-feet fuss

But Punjab and Haryana farmers depend on groundwater!

South Asia

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem

Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2019)

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

Centre proposes more power for states to grant environmental clearance

The draft notification, which is in public domain, now puts more mining projects under the ambit of State Environmental Impact Assessment Authorities

New tool tracks water usage in agriculture

There is a direct relationship between water and food security. In order to be sustainable, agriculture must adapt to the impacts of climate …

Malaria in the Thar Desert: Facts, Figures and Future - Book review

One usually does not associate malaria with a desert environment. Common sense dictates that mosquitoes, that breed only in stagnant water, would …

Spreading message

Organic drive in Uttaranchal ignores farmers' concerns

Assam's dam crisis

Protests against dams are snowballing into a political movement in Assam

Andhra to file review petition in Supreme Court on Babli barrage

Apex court had earlier ruled in favour of Maharashtra, rejected Andhra’s plea for demolition

Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report

71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region

Rivers of discord

Same indifference

Water distribution of Rajsamand Lake in Rajasthan cause of rift

No substance in budget's agriculture hype