Future shock: The leaning towers of Najafgarh Jheel
Why construction activity around the southwest Delhi water body is a recipe for disaster
How farmers’ protest can be the answer to Satluj-Yamuna Canal dispute
Discussions and sharing arrangement brought by farmers’ collective, unions and other beneficiaries can potentially provide a meaningful …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2019)
Taj could have solved India’s foreign exchange problem had it been preserved: SC
The court blasts the Centre and UP government on their ‘lethargy’ to protect the monument
Yamuna clean-up project - Inaction plan
the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court (sc) for cleaning the 22-kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the …
World Photography Day: India’s year through DTE’s lens
From COVID-19 hollowing out lives and livelihoods to farmers agitating on Delhi borders undeterred to climate change leaving footprints all over, …
All rivers to Delhi?
In their greed for more water for the capital city, planners duck the question of wasteful expenditure of local water sources
Open violation
While private service stations bear the brunt of the Delhi government's green brigade, polluting railway service stations go scot free
Beautification drive
Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi's Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all …
Delhi witnesses record June flood
River Yamuna rose to unprecedented levels on June 19, exacerbated by unregulated activities in the catchment
All That Breathes: Ecological conscience at the heart of Shaunak Sen's Sundance-winning documentary
With an optimistic lens, Sen looks at the symptoms of environmental and ecological degradation that stare back at us.
World Migratory Birds Day: Save the gulls of the Sangam
Siberian gulls, who migrate to the Triveni Sangam in winter, die because of eating plastic; their habits also change when tourists feed them
Not fine!
Once again the Supreme Court cracks the whip on erring ministries. This time it is accompanied by a fine
Shut down!
Forced by the Supreme Court, authorities crack down on industries that pollute the Yamuna river. Over 200 units are sealed; 900 more face closure
Carry on with World Culture Festival but pay Rs 25 lakh first, says NGT
Green tribunal gives go-ahead to mega event on the condition that the initial payment is made by today evening
World Culture Festival to go ahead with reprimand and initial fine of Rs 5 crore
The NGT order said the permission given to the festival was vague, in excess of the powers vested in DDA and not in consonance with the previous …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2020)
Urban flooding: The case of drowning cities and rising vulnerability
Overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, no regard to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all make urban floods a …
Is the Ganga basin drowning in shit?
A slew of loopholes means that the Ganga and its tributaries will continue to receive wastewater and faecal sludge
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 9-13)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Rs 5 lakh fine for dumping debris on Yamuna bank
National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules the person who generates the debris as well as the one who dumps it will have to pay the fine
Poisoning the Yamuna
A study on polychlorinated biphenyls in five stations along the Yamuna river indicates the presence of high levels of these toxic pollutants in …
Here are some measures to upscale Delhi’s flood resilience
Climate-resilient designs and infrastructure can enhance the city’s capacity to withstand extreme weather events