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Aditi Deodhar, founder-director of Jeevitnadi, empowers and mobilises citizens to conserve urban rivers of Pune such as the Mutha river, which has been plagued by pollution and untreated sewage. Illustration by Rohan Dahotre.

People power to clean up Pune river, bit by bit

Himanshu Nitnaware 2 Dec 2020

Digging for soapstone in vulnerable Himalayas

Hridayesh Joshi 17 Nov 2020

[Video] Rampant sand mining damaging Yamuna’s ecology

Hridayesh Joshi 16 Nov 2020
Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020

Saving Darbhanga’s wetlands from encroachment and apathy

Mohd Imran Khan 4 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020

[Photos] Erosion along Ganga’s riverbanks in West Bengal finds new victims

Tanmoy Bhaduri 2 Nov 2020

Sankar and his community dig canals to save Muthupet’s mangroves

Ankita Sengupta 21 Oct 2020

[Video] In conversation with Rahul Ram: Exploring the confluence of music and environment

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 16 Oct 2020

Bodh fish, the ‘shark of Bastar,’ threatened by a proposed hydropower project

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Oct 2020

The shepherd who digs ponds for animals

Arathi Menon 2 Oct 2020

How dams affect the gene flow of golden mahseer in the Himalayas

Neha Jain 1 Oct 2020

Hydropower not a very ‘green’ solution in Himachal Pradesh, finds study

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Sep 2020

The precarious journey of Goa’s mining-affected and dependent people

Supriya Vohra 23 Sep 2020

[Commentary] Of ants and antelopes – the ecological history of Chennai was not what one would imagine

R.J. Ranjit Daniels, N. Muthu Karthick, Anjana Vencatesan, Jayshree Vencatesan 22 Sep 2020

To dam or not to dam? Floods in eastern Vidarbha raise the perennial debate

Nivedita Khandekar 18 Sep 2020

Punjab’s Mattewara forest and Sutlej river under threat from upcoming industrial park

Vivek Gupta 15 Sep 2020

Your Environment This Week: Wild campuses, e-waste disposal, Onam food for thought

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2020

Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment

Nina Varghese 22 Aug 2020

Floods across the country highlight need for a robust flood management structure

Hridayesh Joshi 13 Aug 2020