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Environment
Environment
On the margins
Cyclones have irrevocably impacted the lives of people on Bangladesh’s south-west coast.
Rafiqul Islam Montu
Photo Essay
Climate change makes life a struggle in Bangladesh
Cyclones have irrevocably impacted lives on the country’s south-west coast.
Rafiqul Islam Montu
Tamil Nadu
Protests against Parandur airport continue, away from media spotlight
The agitating residents hail from 13 villages, which will stand to lose 5,000 acres to the proposed project.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Environment
Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site Arittapatti needs your attention
Locals fear the richly deserving BHS tag, while safeguarding the area, may entail livelihood loss.
M. Mathivanan,
T. Ganesh
Air pollution
Mumbai in a haze: Pollution hits alarming levels
The SAFAR government monitoring system says AQI was 300-400 for 23 days in January.
Anupama Katakam
Joshimath collapses - Info Card
Alarming rise in landslides now a pan-India peril
It is leading to calls for a serious rethink on balancing development with environmental concerns.
Ramesh Chakrapani
Environment
The hungry river
Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
Sudip Maiti
More stories from Environment
Missed warnings on Joshimath: A timeline
A compilation of the many studies done over the years, and how they were all ignored.
Anupama Katakam
Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect
Ignoring protests and pleas of residents for 14 months, the government pushed on with mega projects.
Ismat Ara
Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’
The research scientist says Joshimath was a disaster waiting to happen.
Anupama Katakam
Editor’s Note
While development is indeed required in the Himalaya, it must come with meticulous planning.
Vaishna Roy
Joshimath is proof why eco-friendly development is the need of the hour
It highlights our continued, blatant indifference to rigorous terrain testing and resilient design.
Vinod Kumar Gaur
Tapovan Vishnugad: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis
Were thorough geological, geophysical, and geotechnical studies done before sanctioning the project?
Himanshu Thakkar
Joshimath: A tragedy foretold
In the midst of the current crisis, the Congress and the BJP are blaming each other.
Ismat Ara
How unplanned urbanisation threatens the mountain towns of Uttarakhand
More than 60 per cent of the built-up area in these towns is in environmentally unsafe zones.
Prakash C. Tiwari
The hungry river in West Bengal eats up homes overnight
Villages in Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion.
Sudip Maiti
Hills of Hassan district plagued by perennial human-animal conflict
Giant fences or elephant translocation might not be the right solutions to resolve the problem.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
‘Permanent solution to human-elephant conflict elusive’: Vinod Krishnan
In conversation with the wildlife conservationist.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Sea change
India could learn a few lessons from small island nations like Maldives on mitigating climate change.
Sweta Daga
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