Ban on construction work at Maheshwar dam lifted

This despite Jairam Ramesh himself accepted rehabilitation was slow

Think institution

The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long-term

India

Debate over mobile towers close to hospitals

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce

Misplaced pride

Malwa is thirsty

‘You may like to make sure that PIL does not succeed’

State wildlife warden sends friendly warning to tourism industry

Naxalism works

Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

Green tribunal dismisses Madhya Pradesh’s plea on sand mining

The state had sought exemption from seeking environment clearance from MoEF

Maheshwar dam land acquisition award lapses as developer fails to cough up rehabilitation amount

Officials not clear about the fate of the project

Tilapia fish may have killed gharials in Chambal

Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing

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Court orders fresh public hearing for Lanco power plant in Wardha

Declines to grant stay on environmental clearance

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Mandla Brimful of thirst

Average rainfall: 1,300 mm Irrigation: 2% of gross cropped area

Minor no more

Environment ministry regulates mining of minor minerals, finally

Deaf to nuclear plant protests

Government tries to begin work on the 1,400 MW plant in Madhya Pradesh

States take the fizz out of cola

January 31, 2009

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

R Devendra

Kedar, Tamil Nadu

Ram Karan Bhadana

Laporia, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Laxmi Narayan Joshi

Saipura, Rajasthan