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Unchecked urbanisation, waste dumping: Study warns of ‘invited disaster’ as khadi floods threaten half of Surat

An action research report, “Invited Disaster: Khadi Floods in Surat City”, published by two civil rights groups, Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and the People's Union for Civil Liberties, Surat, states...

Unmindful mining will bring permanent pandemic

A closer look at the allocation of the country’s natural resources to crony corporates during the Covid-19 lockdown

Climate activism website, Fridays for Future India, restored!

The website had been allegedly blocked by the GOI and been served a notice by the Delhi Cyber Crime Unit which cited anti-terror law UAPA

Another explosion at Baghjan oil well injures three foreign experts

The explosion reportedly took place while the Baghjan oil well capping operations were underway

Floods wreak havoc on 31 out of 33 districts in Assam

Over 25 lakh people displaced, standing crop destroyed, over 3,000 villages affected

Did Labour Ministry delete its paper on Gov’t ban on asbestos mining and use? 

Paper was presented at India-EU Seminar 2011, but asbestos still used for for making Amphan, Covid-19 shelters, says Toxics Watch Alliance

Crushing dissent: Did GOI block websites of three environmental groups?

The three websites were running campaigns against the Centre’s controversial draft EIA 2020

Amphan Relief Fund scam hits WB

Allegations galore with dead people listed as beneficiaries, discrepancies in beneficiary account numbers and misappropriation via transfer of relief funds to politically connected people

Three decades on, many Sardar Sarovar Dam affected persons still await rehabilitation

The third and final part of the series on the project is an overview of the shortcomings of the government in providing resettlement and rehabilitation to project affected persons

Vadodara’s industries continue to pollute river and groundwater with impunity

Even though environmentalists have video evidence to support their claim, the industries are allegedly given free rein to operate by the authorities

The environmental impact of the Sardar Sarovar Dam

In part two of a three-part series, we look at the widespread ecological damage upstream and downstream of the dam and the loss of flora and fauna

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