India’s draft road safety bill focuses more on penalty and technology

Death and injury prevention get little attention

Government admits to have bypassed environment impact assessments for Chardham project

Project was divided into 53 parts each less than 100 kilometres long, because of which it didn't need environmental impact assessment, says …

Houses damaged, power supply and road transport hit due to tornado in Odisha

The tornado hit seaside villages in Kendrapara district at 4 pm on June 15

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 10, 2023)

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

Char Dham project: Is development equal to disaster?

A significant portion of the project falls under dry deciduous biome along dry slopes of rivers. Ruthless harvesting can be perilious for&…

How QUAD can boost a self-reliant India through green politics

India has countered Chinese aggression in Galwan; the new American president will redefine US-China relations as well

How we feel about our cars means the road to a driverless future may not be smooth

Research suggests people’s attitudes to driving and their cars could limit predicted benefits to traffic flow and city efficiency

Road safety bill: Can it help achieve zero mortality?

Experts attending a roundtable organised by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment urge for a people-centric law rather than one …

A tribal family is building a 6-km road to connect an inaccessible Odisha village

Its work would have gone unnoticed if two social workers had not lost their way in the forest near the village

How is Southeast Asia’s charge to EVs going?

Who’s leading the race to develop electric vehicles in Southeast Asia? The answer is complicated.  

Char Dham project to miss deadline, Centre blames court cases

Parliamentary answer reveals Rs 1,800 crore has already been spent on the project

Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas

Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others

Bearing climate burden?

Himalayan plunder: Hydroelectric plans in Arunachal will effect downstream Assam too

Arunachal Pradesh is highly susceptible to landslides; debris flowing downstream will change river behaviour, fear experts 

Rs 25,000 fine on NHAI, BRO for not answering queries on roads in Uttarakhand

Green tribunal pulls up highway authority for claiming it is not in charge of any highway in the state where there are chances of landslide

Supreme Court bans tourism in Jarawa reserve

Turns down plea of Andaman administration to allow limited tourism and small government guest houses in buffer zone

Car Control

Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads. Not the choked Indian cities, though. Time to make cars in India pay the real …

Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides

Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city

RTI reveals MoEF&CC cleared 3 highway proposals disregarding WII’s views

Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals

Fat? Blame petrol

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Road maze

The controversy around the Kandi road through the Corbett Tiger Reserve

Peripheral ring road project: Karnataka HC bars action on virtual hearing

HC issues notices to state authority; asks whether virtual hearings were sufficient and valid under procedure established under EIA, 2006 

How Delhi slums can fight climate change

Women's roups in the national capital are making efforts to build resilience against climatic impacts

Maintenance boards made mandatory along rural roads built with central funds

Rural development ministry says installing boards along roads built under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana will help communities monitor …

Bachelors' villages in Bihar announce poll boycott

Residents of twin villages in Kaimur district say government move to shift polling station 8 km away will dent their chances of finding brides