Simply put: NSSO on ODF

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustaining ODF a multi-faceted process

Bangladesh took 15 years to become ODF, while Thailand took 40

Simply put: Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers

Saving the degraded river basin

Assam shows how water needs can be met without disturbing a river’s ecology

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 11, 2023)

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

Water, Africa’s Gold: One crisis too many

Africa is caught in a vortex of poverty, water and disease

South Africa’s drinking water quality is declining since 2014 — nearly half of it is unsafe to drink

Of total 958 water supply systems in the country, 29% were in a critical state  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 5, 2023)

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

Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series

Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate

Simply Put: Sanitisation amid COVID-19

Bihar to pipe Ganga water to three cities

Gaya, Rajgir, Nawada suffer drinking water shortage

Monsoon watch: How it rained in June

Here's how different Indian states recieved rainfall in the whole of June.

Gujarat’s rain-fed Fofal river dries up

This has sent villagers in Saurashtra region into a tizzy owing to the acute agrarian crisis

As told to Parliament: Over 1,000 groundwater units in India over-exploited

All that was discussed in the House through the day

COVID-19: Novel coronavirus may be present in water cycle; poor, marginalised at risk

Virus may be present in the water cycle, says editorial in scientific journal 

Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar

Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears

Simply Put: The black river

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system — the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

It is uncertain what the health system of Gaza will look like in the future 

Alarm bells ring as groundwater levels dip in 10 districts in Bihar during monsoon

Nearly 48 per cent rainfall deficit till date in state

The heat is on: Reservoir, groundwater levels dip in Bihar amid high temperatures, poor pre-monsoon

Bihar has recieved 99% less than normal rains during the first week of June

Simply Put: Wilting Arctic, wallowing Yamuna

Alarming dip in groundwater levels in 11 Bihar districts: Report

Groundwater level in Katihar, Begusarai at 25 & 24 ft respectively

How big a challenge is sustaining India's open-defecation free status

Indian packaged foods least healthy globally: Survey

Packaged foods from the UK ranked the healthiest, followed by US, Australia

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 9, 2024)

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