Patna deluge wasn’t caused by climate change alone. Government ineptness was also to blame

Officials don’t even have a map of the city’s colonial-era sewage system.

Alok Gupta

· Oct 10, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Streams of red, green and yellow: The water in a Bihar village is too toxic to drink

The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater.

Alok Gupta

· Mar 04, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Karan Johar is right to be cautious about his sexuality – India's gay sex law isn’t just about sex

Section 377 may be a law about sexual acts, but it camouflages a more sinister agenda.

Alok Gupta

· Jan 10, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Why many of Bihar's bridges are under threat

Bigger floods and increased erosion due to climate change are threatening and damaging river bridges in the state.

Alok Gupta

· Jul 19, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Plan to revive Jharkhand dam with bloody past poses threat to people, wildlife

Several villages and parts of a tiger reserve can be submerged by the irrigation project.

Alok Gupta

· Jul 09, 2016 · 08:30 pm

With vultures disappearing, it's getting increasingly difficult to dispose of carcasses

New methods have come up to deal with animal carcasses, including North India’s first crematorium for animals.

Alok Gupta

· Apr 21, 2016 · 08:45 pm

India’s Ganga waterways project raises hopes (and fears)

A government plan to promote navigation along the Ganga has one of its provinces up in arms due to a bad history with earlier barrages and embankments.

Alok Gupta

· Apr 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm