Physiography

Out of 41 study points, the Ganga clean only at the Haridwar barrage location: CPCB

Yamuna river pollution: NMCG approves projects worth Rs 1,573 crore

Centre notifies minimum e-flow for the Ganga river

World is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention

No more clearance to activities affecting eco zones in the Western Ghats: NGT

Nearly 30 percent of springs in the Himalayas are drying up: Niti Ayog

Around 127 people died and 300 others were injured during the severe dust and thunderstorms that shook north India on May 2. Winds touching a speed of 126 kilometres per hour brought down houses and uprooted trees, thus becoming the strongest storm in the last six years. What led to such a massive weather event?

The mountain range that runs along the west coast of peninsular India from Tamil Nadu through Kerala, Karnataka, and Goa to Maharashtra is known as the Western Ghats and is very well known for its majestic beauty. It is also among the top eight biodiversity hotspots in the world.

Tenzing Lepcha, the lead activist of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), is proud of his work in the last year. “All this was overgrown,” he says pointing at the orderly farm.

Hanumanthappa Ramanagar from Kushtagi taluka of Karnataka’s Koppal district has 15 acres of arid land with two deep wells on two sides of the land. One is a “very old” dug well and the other, a tubewell, is just 10 years old. Both were on the verge of going defunct two years ago. “There were many areas of land around us which were facing a similar fate.