Manu Moudgil

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Independent journalist writing on environment and governance issues. Twitter handle @manumoudgil

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Lives, homes and crops lost as Punjab faces the worst flood in decades

Manu Moudgil 9 Sep 2025

An aerial view of Tabo village in Spiti, with the monastery visible on the right. Image by Manish Pathak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safeguarding vulnerable heritage sites from extreme and erratic weather

Manu Moudgil 31 Jul 2025

Saplings planted alongside Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Manu Moudgil, Simrin Sirur 18 Jul 2025

A shopping mall in India

Study highlights difference in environmental footprints between economic strata in India

Manu Moudgil 24 Apr 2024

From pollution to power, what stops paddy straw from becoming the fuel of choice

Manu Moudgil 7 Dec 2021

Women working at a MNREGA site in Uttar Pradesh. Photo by UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok

Rural job scheme guarantees carbon sequestration

Manu Moudgil 18 Jun 2021

Camel milk inspires hope for herders

Manu Moudgil 21 Oct 2020

Why Punjab failed to douse farm fires

Manu Moudgil 6 Jan 2020

Ludhiana attempts to come clean, again

Manu Moudgil 27 Nov 2019

Private-forest

A forest to my name

Manu Moudgil 19 Jul 2019

Elections hold out little hope for Punjab’s farmers

Manu Moudgil 19 Mar 2019

After pollution, riverfront development chokes Lucknow’s Gomti

Manu Moudgil 4 Feb 2019

Cordyceps, the Himalayan Viagra, kindles fortunes and begets plunder

Manu Moudgil 4 Jan 2019

[Interview: Anish Andheria] ‘Citizen science can help reduce wildlife mortality’

Manu Moudgil 11 Oct 2018

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

An elderly farmer shows fallen fruit and flood damage in his submerged orchard in Pulwama. Image by Abid Bhat.