Court orders on Uttarakhand
COVID-19: Uttarakhand wants to retain returning citizens
Uttarakhand is dealing with a migration problem for a long time.
Global Eco Watch: Carnivorous frog enters South Australia, could wreak havoc
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Learning from disasters
Crores of money pours in after every disaster. But only a fraction reaches the people for whom it is meant
Joshimath dispatch: Afraid to report cracks in homes, locals protesting demolition of hotels say
Joshimath locals claim they have been stopped from entering their houses; demand clarity and transparency in compensation
High time climate justice reflects in India’s forest policy
It is clear that recognition of tenure rights not only supports the building of climate resilience among forested communities but also co-…
Van Gujjars: A repeat of historical injustice
The Uttarakhand High Court’s August 16 order on the removal of Van Gujjar families from the Jim Corbett National Park shows the deep-seated …
‘Climate change could be behind Uttarakhand cloudbursts’
March, April and May were warmer than normal over Uttarakhand, which could have contributed to the cloudbursts
Besides illegal structures, tourist influx, focus on sanitation systems in Himalayas too: CSE
Most Himalayan towns lack sewerage systems; millions of litres of grey water seeps into the clayey, loamy soil, making landslides inevitable
New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?
Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already …
Departure in rainfall across flood-affected districts this June very sharp: DTE analysis
A detailed study of data across districts and subdivisions reveals that such excess rainfall in June has rarely occurred otherwise
How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks
The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks
Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022: What role will caste play in the hills
Why are Dalits not as assertive in Uttarakhand as in Uttar Pradesh despite forming 19% of the population
Kumbh amid COVID-19: Protocol sinks as over 3 million take a dip
Down To Earth tracked developments from Haridwar as a sea of humanity bathed in the Ganga amid the second surge of COVID-19
Three dead, 17 missing in Uttarakhand’s Gaurikund landslide; questions raised again on disaster management
People sleeping on the banks of the Mandakini river missing; the administration says they were prevented from sleeping here several times
Uttarakhand to declare missing persons as dead by July 15
973 first information reports for 3,078 missing persons lodged; government, telecom companies attempt to trace the missing
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 17, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal