"We are not afraid to lay down more lives for our rights"
Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of …
Advocate for Hyderabad's threatened lakes
Jasveen Jairath, convener of Save Our Urban Lakes, a citizens initiative for saving water bodies of Hyderabad, talks about the challenges of …
Climate change blues: Many lakes to turn green, brown
Air, temperature, precipitation, lake depth and elevation determine the colour, along with factors like algae and silt
Balancing urbanisation with environmental preservation key to combat urban flooding
Approach that combines improved forecasting, flood-resilient infrastructure & sustainable urban development is imperative to ensure the …
Karnataka revives dying lakes: Why a decentralised governance was long overdue
The High Court of Karnataka June 15, 2021 passed an order calling for decentralised governance of lakes in the state
How civil engineers lead lake rejuvenation in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Pollution, solid waste dumping, flooding and encroachment issue plagued Coimbatore’s Kurichi Lake and Bengaluru’s Mylsandra …
Beware of the developers
In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be …
Lakes, halitosis and engineers
Bharat Lal Seth talks about his experience on his journey to Pushkar and efforts being made in lake conservation.
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 16, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
This year the OECD reported that only one in four people in low-income countries can swim
How do India’s policies and guidelines look at ‘urban lakes’?
The country has come a long way in the fight to protect these bodies of water, but much more needs to be done
Bengaluru lakes are frothing and a household item may be the cause
Scientists say excessive phosphorus from detergent, which enters the lakes along with sewage, is creating the foam
Expert panel opposes desilting of Mysuru's Kukkarahalli Lake
A two-member committee recommended that the existing polluted water should first be pumped out and then the lake should be filled with clean …
Of barren hills and barrel smoke
Militancy has destroyed much more than peace in Kashmir. Kalashnikov-trotting extremists are ravaging the last green frontiers of the 'heaven on …
New method developed to map and monitor glacial lakes
The Object-Based Image Analysis method’s advantage is that it can help map even a glacial pond as small as 100 square metres with high precision
Gujarat high court orders fencing of water bodies in Thatlej area
In the absence of proper protection laws, the city’s lakes are becoming vulnerable to encroachments and building activity, say activists
Aral Sea: living sample of a human-made catastrophe
The Aral Sea has shrunk to a fourth of its size. Neha Mungekar travels to Uzbekistan and recounts how it remains a living sample of a monumental …
The ripple effect: A report from Kodai’s beloved lake
Through community partnership, Kodaikanal’s residents are working with the municipality to find real solutions for the evolving needs of …
Enabling state machinery to protect Delhi’s wetlands: Operationalising state wetland authority
Protecting Delhi’s wetlands will not only improve the environmental quality of the city but will also enhance local water resources
Left to dry
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation hopes to arrest the city's dipping groundwater by reviving its dying lakes. But in the absence of strong wetland …
Chilika documentary fails to make a point
Oriya film-maker Prithwiraj Mishra's documentary is impressive for its photography, but he fails to deal convincingly with the question of the …
Climate change affects world's lakes
By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…
Contempt notice to Karnataka chief secretary in lakes protection case
Top state bureaucrat failed to set up lake protection committees to check encroachment, pollution and destruction of lakes in the state
11.7 million persons displaced in East Africa and Great Lakes region in 2023: UN Report
Displacement is due to climate shocks, especially floods and droughts, conflict, and violence
Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong
Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …