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Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 Aug 2026

Tribal council calls recognition of forest rights on Great Nicobar Island ‘false’

Simrin Sirur 17 Jul 2026
A large container ship at Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Government proposes increasing clearance validity for ports and harbours

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2026
An iron ore mining operation. India's environment ministry granted post-facto clearance to over 100 projects and issued terms of reference for more, including coal and iron mines, factories, and other large projects. Representative image by CDE Global via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Supreme Court rolls back order banning post-facto environmental clearance

Simrin Sirur 20 Nov 2025
Dredging activity on the Beas River near Aaloo Ground, Kalath, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. Image by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Flood control plans could open doors to unregulated mining

Meenakshi Kapoor 5 Sep 2025
The construction of the Mandal dam began in the 1970s, and was left unfinished. It is now being revived, and met with protests from local communities who are being denied the jobs, land titles and compensation promised. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla/Mongabay.

A dam that drowned dreams but never delivered water

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 1 Aug 2025