Hunger claims five lives
Government aid too late for family in Orissa’s tribal district
Health hotline
The virtual reality of being Indian
The remoteness of 190 villages in Orissa's undivided Koraput district is an elegy on governance. Over five decades, living in islands inside huge …
Coal liquefaction: India’s ticket to energy independence?
The Indian government should facilitate in bringing leading foreign companies investing in domestic Coal-To-Liquid projects with private Indian …
Leafy saga
Of the 106 species of leafy vegetables consumed in southern Odisha, 78 are wild species—each with a distinct taste and medicinal property
Odisha may ban catching under-sized fish
The state has also banned use of purse seine nets, gill nets to protect the baby fish, particularly the Hilsa
Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes
The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea
Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?
As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra
Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village
The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say
Kendu leaf trade: Stringent laws needed to keep children out
The news of children working at kendu leaf collection centres often trickle in during April-May every year. Children are mostly engaged in …
Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days
As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha
Why Odisha's nutrition budget, the first in India, is a cut above the rest
Odisha supports its nutrition agenda through agricultural policies, the public distribution system among others
Odisha govt lures industries via land banks, alienates people from commons
Down To Earth travels to some of the areas in Odisha worst hit by a government-sponsored land grab to lure industries and investments
Lack of water intensifies distress in the Mahanadi basin
Climate change at the global and local levels is reducing water flow in the Mahanadi river, severely impacting agriculture. Tackling that …
Plantation mission may destroy Odisha’s forests and river ecology
The Green Mahanadi Mission would fiercely impact the livelihood of farmers and cattle herders
Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha
Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans
Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths
Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer
Tribal women in Odisha attempt mass suicide over rail track construction
The women alleged the track was being constructed without compensating tribals in the area for their land
Ripe for a green economy
Forests are home, say women of Kodalpali, Sinduria and neighbouring villages in Odisha’s Nayagarh; they can build the economy of the future
World Rivers Day: Does a river exist for us only when it floods?
It’s important to spread river education in its totality, before dams and canals take over ‘rivers’ in the perception battle
The invisible bhadralok
Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.
Flamingos, pelicans yet to leave Chilika, despite early onset of summer
Some of the migratory birds have been staying at the lake because of the availability of food and water
Why are fires raging in Similipal?
The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts
Heavy rains lash coastal Odisha as Bulbul nears
Fishermen have taken shelter in harbours even as farmers are harvesting paddy that has not fully ripened
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal