Esha Lohia

About

Esha Lohia is an independent environmental reporter and researcher based in Mumbai. Her stories focus on the impacts of industrialisation, pollution, and climate change on marginalised communities and ecosystems. She is a graduate of Xavier Institute of Communications.

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A man collects water from a well as a woman washes clothes in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An unregulated groundwater economy drills into trouble

Esha Lohia 12 Jun 2026

Why are Mumbai’s bakeries feeling the pinch of a recent change

Esha Lohia, Megha Acharya 8 Dec 2025

Workers at a bakery get newly baked pav ready for sale. Image by Megha Acharya/Mongabay-India.

Clean fuel mandate pushes Mumbai’s traditional pav bakeries away from coal

Esha Lohia 5 Dec 2025

Adivasi Bhoir family’s home in Kelti Pada, where they grow and sell vegetables and fruits in their garden. Image courtesy of Amrita Bhattacharjee.

Uncertainty around future of Mumbai’s last green lung

Esha Lohia 5 Nov 2025

Farmer Laxman Shankar Dalvi, one of several residents served eviction notices by the Maharashtra Forest Department. Image by Esha Lohia for Mongabay.

Caught between laws and loss

Esha Lohia 16 Sep 2025

A Waste-to-Energy plant is being constructed within the dumping ground, close to residential areas. Image by Esha Lohia.

Redevelopment plan sparks fear of displacement and toxic relocation

Esha Lohia 10 Jul 2025

General view of the motorcoach ready for service — First GIPR EMU, 1924. Image courtesy of Central Railway.

The railway journey to net zero began a century ago, but coal slows it down

Esha Lohia 6 Jun 2025

Migratory birds at the DPS Flamingo lake that is half covered with algae. Image by Esha Lohia/Mongabay

Citizens continue a decade-long fight to conserve an urban lake

Esha Lohia 2 Apr 2025

critical minerals

India approves mission to bridge critical mineral gap in energy transition

Esha Lohia 7 Feb 2025

A government survey reveals nearly a fifth of collected samples exceed permissible pollutant limits, including nitrates and significant quantities of radioactive uranium. Image by SuSanA Secretariat via Flickr (CC-BY-2.0).

Government report highlights groundwater contamination across India

Esha Lohia 8 Jan 2025

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A cement naala baandh in Kiraksal constructed in 2017. Image by Vinaya Kurtkoti.