"Things are getting worse in Western Ghats", says eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil as he urged the people on the "grassroots" to "sufficiently pressure" the elected representatives to take measures......
'Man-made interventions vastly increased the magnitude of the tragedy.' IMAGE: A rescue team evacuates people from flood affected areas in Kottayam district, August 20, 2018. Photograph: PTI......
Prakash Javadekar enjoys being information and broadcasting and parliamentary affairs minister, but heading the green ministry is turning out to be thornier than he had expected. The minister spoke......
A global water report promotes privatisation narrativewhich could be disastrous for India and the world, says Gopal Krishna. Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development being......
The Sabarimala stampede has sparked criticism of Kerala government and the temple board for alleged failure to act on recommendations of the panel, which probed a similar tragedy in 1999, to......
A glimpse of the Western Ghats. Photograph: Reuben NV/Rediff.com The Centre on Wednesday told the National Green Tribunal it would pursue the implementation of the Kasturirangan......
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300-billion) refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp......
Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010. The report zoned 75 per cent of the Western Ghats into different grades of......
It was a big victory for RTI activist G Krishnan when the Delhi high court dismissed the plea of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) against making public the Gadgil Committee report......
In response to a RTI application seeking to make public a report by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel under the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi......