Tag: Environmental Damage
Highway to Help: India’s Trucking Predicament
Research by Aditya Vikram
Written by Tanvi Mehta
India’s trucking industry relies on heavy-freight trucks for 65% of its activity. While they are the most efficient...
Crisis in Bangalore: Nature’s Wrath or Human Error?
Written by Stuti Pachisia
“It only has to rain for a short while for the city to get completely submerged. This creates a lot of...
Threats Looming in the Air: An Assessment of New Delhi During...
Researched by Siddhant Sachdeva
Written by Gauri Bansal
Every year, a blanket of thick and toxic smog engulfs most of the National Capital Region, with air pollution...
Electric Vehicles, Clean Indian Lungs: The Reality of the 2020 NEMMP
At the SIAM convention earlier this month, Nitin Gadkari, Union Road Transport Minister, made evident the government’s intention to make a switch to electric...
Eat Your Spoon and Save the World
Researched and written by Supriya DG.
When Grade 1 students at Henderson Mill Elementary School, a STEM certified school in Atlanta, contacted the creator of...
The Case of the Missing Sparrows: What can be done?
Here’s a haunting question to ask yourself: when was the last time you saw a House Sparrow fluttering about in your balconies or even...
Jal, Jangal, Zameen: The Paradox in Mumbai
Written by Stuti Pachisia
Mumbai is a city of dichotomies: on one hand, it invites thousands of migrants to indulge in its rapid urbanization by virtue...
Blood on India’s Sand Trail: Part II
Written by Sourya Reddy
Updated on 09/09/18
India uses an estimated 450 million cubic meters of concrete annually. On average, one tonne of concrete is used...
Jal, Jangal, Zameen: Adivasis Amidst Bauxite Mining in Rayagada, Odisha
Baphlimali is a small hill, hidden away in Kashipur block in Odisha’s Rayagada district. In areas surrounding the hill live the Jhodia, Paraja, Penga...
