Kolkata evicts ecological refugees
Seven hundred squatters occupying prime land rendered homeless; activists demanding their rehabilitation branded Maoists
Wastewater, seasons, tides: How Ganga water quality in Bengal changes every year
Pollution is less in the monsoon and post monsoon due to dilution of river water with rainwater; it is the opposite in pre-monsoon
Phasing out environment-friendly transport in Kolkata
The state government is also trying to phase out tram lines laid in the city in 1903. Earlier, it banned cycles on more than 174 roads
Toxic air: Graded Response Action Plan announced for Kolkata, other Bengal cities
West Bengal government’s GRAP is neither graded nor forecasting-based like Delhi’s, say experts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 14, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission
Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source
COP27: Kolkata presents climate action roadmap, announces city-level summit
Kolkata was the only Indian city at the meeting on urban climate resilience organised by the Climate Action Network South Asia
Kolkata and Sundarbans: climate change rhetorics
The Indian Sundarbans, covering an area of nearly 10,000 sq km and having a population of 4.5 million, is facing a serious threat
Stink in the leather belt
Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …
West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar experience most polluted winter in three years: CSE report
Problem shifting to smaller cities & towns of the region, analysts note
Is cycling a crime?
As the world moves towards non-motorised vehicles, Kolkata harasses and penalises people riding bicycles
National Girl Child Day: Without HER, there is no tomorrow
There are millions of girls across India, who are waiting to find their voice and realise their dreams; let’s extend a helping hand
Fourth wave on in Bengal but experts say COVID-19 endemic, less virulent this time
INSACOG plans sewage testing for early prediction future waves
Timing and geography of COVID-19 spike in Bengal point to elections: Experts
Bengal districts polling later have been seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases which hints at the role of the elections, experts said
The butterfly effect
As India continues to lose its rich butterfly diversity at an alarming rate, a handful of individuals work towards creating newer habitats
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 6-12, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 8, 2020)
Delhi High Court questions Centre on junk food
Asks it to file affidavit in six weeks on whether it has framed policy to ban it in schools
COVID-19: ‘Bengal hospitals turning into epicentres of novel coronavirus’
At least 80 healthcare workers, including 38 doctors, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the state
Buying time? West Bengal government sets up panel as explosions in illegal firecracker factories kill 16
Three back-to-back explosions; Green activists say priority should be to close illegal units
Rising air pollution in West Bengal no longer a Kolkata syndrome
Lack of adequate monitoring of polluting industries beyond Kolkata among causes behind the trend, claim activists
Kolkata is one of world’s 10 cities most at risk from natural disasters
Study spanning 616 cities around the globe says most of the world’s cities facing maximum risk from floods and quakes are in East Asia
Cyclone Gulaab: Heavy rain lashes West Bengal, 2 dead
Large swathes of land in Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, Bankura and the coastal areas inundated
West Bengal transport minister calls cycle ban in Kolkata illegal
State government yet to revoke ban on non-motorised transport despite repeated protests, calls from civil society and advisory from Union …
Cleanest Kolkata Diwali in 2 decades, but microphone noise a concern
PM2.5 pollutants plummeted four times compared to their maximum recorded value on Diwali day 2019