Poisoned Punjab: This tiny village in Punjab is impacted by non-communicable diseases, cancers

Down To Earth ground report finds Pakki Tibbi village suffering due to consumption of polluted water; poverty and illiteracy adding to …

Poisoned Punjab: Three children in this Fazilka village family are intellectually disabled but there’s no aid

Contaminated canal, groundwater linked to huge disease burden in Churi Wala village, show ground visits by DTE

Lessons for Ludhiana

Ludhiana will have to fight for its right to be clean

How farmers’ protest can be the answer to Satluj-Yamuna Canal dispute

Discussions and sharing arrangement brought by farmers’ collective, unions and other beneficiaries can potentially provide a meaningful …

Here is why India has given notice to Pakistan for amendment of the Indus Waters Treaty

In all the five meetings held from 2017 to 2022, Pakistan has objected to India’s hydropower projects

Mattewara: Why Punjab needs this ancient forest near its largest city and river

The Punjab government should build industrial parks for the state’s economic development but not at the cost of its precious natural resources

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2020)

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

Khab dam off hinge

Power talks

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)

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

World Bank won't fund Luhri hydropower project in Himachal

Move to withdraw US $ 650 million follows inspection and review by USAID of environmental and social impacts of the project

Poisoned Punjab: Children with intellectual disabilities, severe skin allergies are common in this village

Ground visits by DTE in Dharangwala village reveal 12-13 cancer deaths every year, teetotallers with liver cirrhosis

7,000 litres of oil in Sutlej

Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large-scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 19, 2020)

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

Catchment Area Treatment Plan funds badly spent in Himachal

Fishy deaths

IN SHORT

Political parties show concern for environment in Punjab elections

Promise clean air and water; subsidies on solar appliances

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …