Snuffing out lives with pollution
Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the …
Who owns the river?
The Rajasthan government believes that it has a right over every raindrop and makes a move to demolish a water harvesting structure set up by …
The selenium scourge in Punjab
Two districts of Punjab -- Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar -- have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint …
Rise and fall of water managers
Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …
New Age Approach
We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that …
Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an …
ADB’s flawed water programme promotes scarcity
As the annual meet of the board of governors of Asian Development Bank gets under way near Delhi, a critique of the bank’s approach to …
Centre seeks to expedite interlinking of rivers
Water resources ministry publishes draft guidelines for water sharing amongst states seeking greater role for the Centre in water resource development
Kerala's answer to drought: PPP model for water management
Activists say the move will end up privatising water sources and wetlands; increase water cost manifold
Delhi's water supply skewed and mismanaged
Is the Haryana government really to be blamed for Delhi's water shortage? The answer perhaps lies in understanding the disparity in water supply …
Bandh over Cauvery: Mixed response in Bengaluru; Mandya fully shut down
Another statewide bandh called by farmer associations on September 29 expected to evoke bigger response
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Scientists detect two water worlds 218 light years away
Study of the twin planets shows exoplanets are more diverse; new planet in same system discovered
How a noxious aquatic weed was used to make eco-friendly products, generate employment in rural Bengal
Demand for woven baskets, cups, plates, boxes and other cottage industry products is high in the state, neighbouring areas
COP 26: Water and Climate Coalition stresses on better disaster-warning to buffer water cycle changes
Water dimensions of climate change adaptation and mitigation must be addressed, says letter to global leaders
Patiala village uses unique method to treat wastewater
The wastewater treatment plant in Dhingi village uses the Seechewal method to use treated wastewater for irrigation and prevent further …
Once upon a time, the Chilika was a part of the Bay of Bengal: Study
Historical records and the presence of stone anchors and hero stones confirm that the Chilika was a part of the sea once
How 40 villages in Odisha came together to address water crisis
Charmalik has recorded a 2-2.5 ft increase in the surface and sub-surface water level since 2010
Flour surplus: Ponds transformed farming in villages of Jharkhand's Pakur
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act helped flood-hit Jhenagaria build back stronger
Ganga cleanup delay may cost states Rs 10 lakh/month: NGT
Green bench order also said the National Mission for Clean Ganga would be held liable to pay 50% of the amount if directions not followed&…
Sikkim best prepared to tackle drought, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh the least
All four districts of the northeastern state are resilient to drought, but that’s not the case with any of the districts in Rajasthan and …
Will Africa meet its sanitation target?
African countries, although serious about safe and total sanitation, are likely to miss Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Delhi’s groundwater plummets
As groundwater levels fall to crisis levels, the government moves to limit use of borewells, but activists say it's not enough, and not based on …
42 rivers have extremely high concentration of neurotoxic heavy metals
Ganga was found to be polluted with five heavy metals, namely chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron
Union Cabinet approves setting up of Tribunal for Mahanadi water-sharing dispute
The Centre’s move comes a month after the Supreme Court ordered the Constitution to settle the decades-long dispute