Rs 67 crore later
...In Kanpur's Jajmau area, chromium enters food chain. How spent is the Ganga Action Plan?
Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake
Up against GM
Road risk
RTI assessment
Tannery convicted
EPCA directs slew of measures as Delhi air turns noxious again
Diesel generator sets to be banned; construction and industrial projects asked to adhere strictly to norms
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 25, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Ghaziabad is ignoring its waterbodies despite court rulings
The Uttar Pradesh government has not submitted any action taken report on measures taken to restore waterbodies in the last seven months
Bihar all set to check encephalitis
Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study
Kiln Eco-
Brickmaking is a profit-driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built-up world. But what of the hidden -- ecological and …
Resurgent polio
Eradicating polio in India is proving to be a tough ask. The disease, which seemed to have been contained a few years ago, is rearing its head …
Floods in north and east India kill 120 people
Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in peril
Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new eu directives
Drought spreads its tentacles
UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2020)
Age at marriage in India: A gossamer of complexities and intricate linkages
India is the home to largest number of child brides. Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)
Blind spot in Namami Gange
By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the …
Penny unwise, pond foolish
The government should have revived traditional water bodies and ponds to prepare Bundelkhand for drought. Rather, it spent Rs 15,000 crore to …
Out of control: why monkeys are a menace
Damage by raiding monkeys has become a menace of unprecedented magnitude. Down To Earth travels to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar …
Ami’s dirty picture
The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and …
Channels of change
Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms