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The heavy rains and landslides in 2023 have highlighted the city's inability to bear the burden of additional population (Image: Vincent Desjardins; CC BY 2.0 DEED)

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Shimla's future: Crafting a development plan

05 Feb 2024

5 min read

Landslide menace grips Himachal, triggered by unplanned development, climate shifts, and environmental degradation (Image: Sridhar Rao, Wikimedia Commons)

How can Himachal Pradesh be protected from natural disasters?

29 Aug 2023

5 min read

India has rigorous environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure norms (Image: WallpaperFlare)

India's updated ESG reporting format and rules

31 Jul 2023

7 min read

The conclave highlighted the challenges and instances of marginalization that exist due to factors such as land dispossession, forced displacement, lack of access to education, healthcare, and basic amenities, and limited representation in decision-making processes. (Image: Simon Williams/Ekta Parishad; Wikimedia Commons)

Building solidarities for just futures

ActionAid India

16 Jun 2023

3 min read

River Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

No construction allowed on reclaimed land near Mahanadi river: NGT

09 Oct 2022

3 min read

Water conflicts pose a challenge to India's river water governance (Image: sarangib, Pixabay)

Book review: Water conflicts and resistance

Somnath Bandyopadhyay

09 Jan 2022

5 min read

Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)

What’s forest governance without local hand

Sharadchandra Lele

02 Apr 2019

5 min read

A house submerged in water during floods in Kerala. (Source: Ranjithsiji via Wikimedia commons)

Centre calls Kerala floods a 'calamity of severe nature'

22 Aug 2018

2 min read

Public hearing for Jakhol Sankri hydropower project did not take consent of affected communities on a sensitive issue that impacts their lives. (Picture courtesy: Vimal Bhai)

Public hearing for green clearance a sham

21 Jun 2018

6 min read

River Rongyoung which is sacred to the Lepchas is not yet dammed.

Village heads come together to save Dzongu

Chicu Lokgariwar

15 Mar 2018

8 min read

Noted river activist Latha Anantha passed away on Thursday after battling cancer for more than three years. She was 51. (Photo credit Latha Anantha Facebook)

In Memoriam: A Tribute to Our Dear Friend Latha Anantha

Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India

18 Nov 2017

4 min read

Described as 'the temple of resurgent India', Bhakra displaced many people.

Seven decades of water woes

Chicu Lokgariwar

15 Aug 2017

5 min read

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