Why excreta matters? Sunita Narain answers
About 85 per cent of Bengaluru’s water bodies severely polluted: study
Water of none of the lakes in Bengaluru is safe for drinking or bathing
Wetland wars
Fresh evidence
US biosolids regulations outdated
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 19, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Swachh Bharat Mission: Need focus on citywide sanitation, clean Ganga
Safe and equitable access to sanitation and ensuring behavioural change necessary for sustenance
Microplastics on agricultural lands may threaten farm productivity: study
Between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastics are transferred to agricultural soils in Europe and North America every year
Namami Gange nudges ahead as government launches new initiatives
The Ganga Eco-Task Force and village-level initiatives to manage sewage see light of day
Muckraking
Calcutta comes up with the "most efficient and ecologically benign method" of re-using municipal waste and sewage
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Lake conservation plan flawed
In Court
Urban shit: where does it all go?
India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism
Mired in sewage
Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition
Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC
Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms
Delhi's sewage
Aerobics for Yamuna?
In court
Lessons from Bellandur: Governments should allocate more resources to monitor, protect lakes
They should focus on judicial utilisation of the water census reports and identify plans to restore the encroached and lost water bodies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Devotees observe yet another Chhath on a dead Yamuna
Toxic froth made up of ammonia and phosphates covered the Yamuna’s waters in Delhi as Hindu devotees offered oblations to Surya, the sun god
Manual scavenging: Non-existent for govt, yet people die 30-ft under ground
The recent deaths of five manual scavengers again raises the question of how far will India let this problem go
Could bio-toilets solve India's sanitation problems and save the Yamuna river?
The Indian Railways is now adopting bio-toilets in recognition of their affordability, ease of maintenance and water savings
Bacteria resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotic found in US sewage
Environmental spread of resistant bacteria is a global health concern, but there are no policies to address it