Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 26, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
NDMA vice-chairperson's post vacant for three months
Members of the apex disaster management body asked to leave after new government came to power at Centre
Springing back to life
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict
Joshimath: What escalated the situation on the intervening night of January 2-3?
New leaks reported in several areas; closed tunnel in Tapovan may be the source
Ban on illegal mining ineffective
It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material
Uttarakhand on bumpy recovery road
The state needs stringent town planning and environment assessment to prevent disasters
Rainfall pattern changing in India
Uttarakhand receives more rainfall in June than before
Industry shadow on forest panel
Controversy over non-official members; one appointee to advisory committee quits
Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal
Growing construction in the hill station is drying up springs downhill
Only a sixth of India’s reservoirs full: Central Water Commission
Reservoirs in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh have less than normal storage
At least 24 out of India’s 123 reservoirs are full: Central Water Commission
Situation precarious for Karnataka and Maharashtra, where ‘heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rainfall is predicted in some parts;…
Joshimath Sinking: Preparations for Char Dham Yatra begin; locals still clueless about permanent rehabilitation
Reports by eight central technical institutes behind the cause for the crisis in the holy town not released to public yet.
Maximum devastation occurred in areas of maximum forestland diversion
Experts say deforestation aggravated floods in Uttarakhand; only 12 per cent compensatory afforestation achieved
Joshimath: Subsidence in several Uttarakhand villages since December 25, 2022
Down To Earth ground report finds widening cracks in remote villages around Joshimath
Labour exit
Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat
For a clean ganga
Shut and opened
Sewage discharge in Ganga: NGT orders Uttarakhand PCB to take criminal action against officials concerned
Just half of total sewage generated daily in 13 districts treated properly before being dumped in river
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)
India’s reservoirs now have 155% more water than last yr
Live storage in 123 reservoirs is at 66.372 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of total live storage capacity
Yours unilaterally
Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour
Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand
Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic
Rebuilding Uttarakhand: experts deliberate action plan
Participants at a workshop emphasise on implementation of recommendations while framing future development policy for the state; earlier expert …
Trespassers allowed
Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement
Urbanisation making us more susceptible to natural disasters, says global report
Calls for preparing communities and locals for possible disasters