Kashmir's iconic Dal lake is dying a slow death – and authorities are fighting over it

Srinagar residents blame a corrupt, inept bureaucracy and botched plans to relocate people who live on the lake.

Safwat Zargar

· Jan 20, 2019 · 09:00 am

Missing in the panel set up to frame India's new mineral policy: Adivasis, ecologists, civil society

The KR Rao committee was set up on the directions of the Supreme Court to check illegal mining.

M Rajshekhar

· Sep 24, 2017 · 06:30 am

Who owns Manipur's natural resources? News of oil exploration revives old debate in the state

Attempts to explore oil in the state have been futile so far.

Arunabh Saikia

· Sep 20, 2017 · 09:00 am

'Small Fields' plan to extract oil and gas has stirred protests in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery basin

Barely two months after the jallikattu protests, there is another stir in the southern state.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Mar 02, 2017 · 07:30 am

Watch: The world is actually running out of sand, and there's not much we can do about it

From the department of things we take for granted.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 19, 2017 · 08:00 pm

Varanasi villagers ask Coca-Cola bottling plant to pack up after growing water scarcity

Environmentalists said the beverage manufacturer exploits the same groundwater source to meet its production requirements, placing itself in direct competition with the local community's needs.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 28, 2015 · 04:16 pm

As India grows, so does the sand mafia ‒ from Kashmir to Kanyakumari

Many have speculated that DK Ravi's death was related to his decision to take on people involved in illegal sand mining.

Mridula Chari

· Mar 17, 2015 · 08:18 pm

Why linking rivers will not solve India's water crisis

Many projects are already stuck because of disputes between states, and these will only increase, say experts.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Jan 25, 2015 · 04:30 am