Tag: Environmental Damage
A Crisis is Brewing in Goa’s Booming Alcohol Industry
India’s 'party capital' is never short of a drink. With 92 registered distilleries, wineries, and breweries, Goa’s alcohol industry is a highly polluting and resource-intensive one. Could small-scale producers of local beverages like feni offer alternatives to the larger beer , gin, and whiskey industry?
What’s wrong with the EIA 2020?
Research by Charith Reddy & Isha Malaviya
Edited & Presented by Sumit Krishna Yadav
The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 has garnered a host...
Lessons from Another Disaster: Revisiting Kachchh Amidst COVID-19
As humanity struggles to stay standing after the knock-out punch delivered by COVID-19, it may be useful to look at how we survived previous...
Budget 2020: How well is India financing its fight against climate...
The 2020 Union Budget has been released. With an aim to create a $5 trillion economy to push India out of its current economic...
Out Of Breath: The Okhla Landfill
Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty and Ohida Khandahar
For years, residents of and around Delhi have witnessed mountains of waste popping up in different pockets...
Why Do We Need Green Politics In India?
Despite India facing regular environmental and natural crises such as floods and droughts, there is a lack of political representation of the "environment" as...
Out of Breath: The Bhalswa Landfill
Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty
Just a few kilometres further from Delhi’s Jahangirpuri metro station lies a ‘hill’ that will leave you staring at it in...
Whatever Happened to the Lutyens?
This is the first instalment of Ajitesh Bohar's graphic series 'Whatever Happened to the Lutyens?' Click here to read the other parts.
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Bastion Shorts: Is “Odd-Even” really the answer to Delhi’s smog problem?
Delhi-NCR and most of Northern India face the recurring bane of smog and pollution every year around the months of October and November. Delhi...
Water Pollution Takes Over Ludhiana
Authoured by Manu Moudgil
In August this year, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) filed a criminal case against the mayor, commissioner and four other...
