Indore is showing how India’s resource-scarce municipal bodies can improve their financial health

Indore’s first green bond has received overwhelming response. Can other cities learn from its success?

Kundan Pandey

· Feb 26, 2023 · 07:30 pm

More trees have to be cut down at Aarey Colony due to litigations, Mumbai Metro tells High Court

The authorities said that saplings have now turned into trees as four years have passed since the matter was brought before the court.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 17, 2023 · 11:31 am

Bangladesh’s only coal mine is swallowing farmlands and polluting rivers

The Barapukuria coal mine has hollowed out adjacent villages, leading to incidents of land subsidence and cracked homes.

Kamran Reza Chowdhury

· Jan 13, 2023 · 09:30 pm

SC allows Mumbai Metro to seek civic authority’s approval to cut 84 trees at Aarey Colony

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited said that it needs to cut the trees to enable the construction of ramps for the trains at the metro car shed.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2022 · 07:52 pm

Protest slogans with bhajans: In Ratnagiri, a proposed refinery has sparked resounding opposition

During the five-day Ganpati festival in September, many young people who had come home worked with residents to coordinate protests against the plant.

Abhijeet Gurjar

· Nov 22, 2022 · 01:30 pm

In its efforts to ensure justice for Adivasis, Narmada Bachao Andolan strengthened Indian democracy

India’s flawed development process does not include the cost of restoring the lives and livelihoods of the displaced communities.

Vikramaditya Thakur

· Oct 25, 2022 · 09:00 am

The real price of development: Shifting the debate is the Narmada movement’s greatest contribution

The attacks on Medha Patkar have ignored the displacement of Adivasis and the fact that fertile areas have been submerged for irrigation.

Vikramaditya Thakur

· Oct 24, 2022 · 07:30 am

Urban Naxals opposed Sardar Sarovar Dam by peddling misinformation, alleges Narendra Modi

The prime minister said that an enormous amount of money was wasted due to the delay in completing the project.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 23, 2022 · 06:03 pm

Is economic ‘degrowth’ the only path to an environmentally sustainable future?

Growth has not (yet) been constrained by a lack of resources, partly because technological advances enable us to generate more from less.

Eoin McLaughlin, The Conversation

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Cristián Ducoing, The Conversation

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Les Oxley, The Conversation

· Sep 20, 2022 · 11:30 pm

A railway line being built in the Himalayas may spell disaster for the fragile region

Local villagers have raised concerns over the declining water table, threat of landslides and construction waste leaching into natural springs.

Niladry Sarkar, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 24, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Why a Niti Aayog study on the economic costs of ‘judicial activism’ must be viewed with scepticism

The report fails to make its evaluations in an unbiased and rigorous manner.

Annanya Mahajan

· Aug 08, 2022 · 06:30 am

Development and mangrove conservation can go hand in hand. A new Gujarat study offers proof

Involving local communities can help preserve and restore the crucial ecosystems.

TV Padma

· Aug 02, 2022 · 01:30 pm