Vivek Gupta

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I am Vivek Gupta, I have worked in several media outlets including The Hindustan Times, The Indian Express and The Tribune. Writer can be reached on Twitter at @journoviv.

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A truck trying to cross the river in Himachal Pradesh.

Monsoon left widespread destruction and uneasy questions in Himachal

Vivek Gupta 26 Sep 2023

Punjab implements policy to prioritise pedestrians

Vivek Gupta 19 Sep 2023

Photo shows an aerial view of a quarry

India steps up plans to explore critical minerals crucial to its clean energy transition

Vivek Gupta 11 Sep 2023

Despite Chamba order, stopping plantation on migratory routes of pastoralists in Himachal still a long journey

Vivek Gupta 23 Jun 2023

Waste-collectors working in Ambikapur's Nawa Para locality. Photo by Vivek Gupta/Mongabay.

Ambikapur’s women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the city

Vivek Gupta 30 May 2023

Documenting India’s water bodies is a good start, but their condition is concerning, say experts

Vivek Gupta 19 May 2023

Funds remain underutilised by regulators in one of the most polluted regions of India

Vivek Gupta 2 May 2023

A view of damaged wheat field in Punjab's Moga district. Photo by special arrangement

After being hit by heat last year, wheat crop suffers from excessive, untimely rains this year

Vivek Gupta 11 Apr 2023

Punjab sticks to paddy amid depleting groundwater

Vivek Gupta 24 Jan 2023

Chandigarh aims to phase out fuel vehicles, but will there be enough EVs to meet the ambitious targets?

Vivek Gupta 28 Nov 2022

As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 40% of the agriculture in India is dependent on rain. The constant variations in rainfall pattern will impact the sector and India's food production. Photo by Leo Sebastian (IRRI-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security)/Flickr

A year of extreme weather events has weighed heavy on India’s agricultural sector

Vivek Gupta 7 Nov 2022

Stubble burning is back, smothering north India with concerns for the upcoming winter

Vivek Gupta 13 Oct 2022

As tourism grows in Leh, so does the concern about its environmental impact

Vivek Gupta 27 Sep 2022

A woman doing farming in Ghoshal, a village in Lahaul valley. Photo by Anupama Shashni, Panjab University.

Farming becomes tough in Himachal’s cold desert with changing climate and crop pattern

Vivek Gupta 1 Sep 2022

Civil society members at the project site with banners to protect Mattewara forest and the Sutlej river. Photo by special arrangement.

How Punjab’s civil society prevented an ecological disaster in already polluted Ludhiana

Vivek Gupta 29 Jul 2022

Himachal’s ecology under pressure; around 31 forest fires per day in April-June this year

Vivek Gupta 8 Jul 2022

The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022

Accelerating rate of groundwater depletion in Punjab, worries farmers and experts

Vivek Gupta 14 Jun 2022

Chilgoza trees in the forest area of Kinnaur district's Jangram Valley. Photo by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

Vivek Gupta 23 May 2022

Chandigarh Fire dept dousing fire at dadumajra dumpsite in chandigarh. Photo by Special Arrangement.

Landfill fire foregrounds improper waste management in Chandigarh

Vivek Gupta 25 Apr 2022

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