Jyotsna Richhariya

For the last three months, Kharghahna village of Bajag block of Dindori district has been waiting for water supply. Rainwater might help to ease the water crisis but villagers worry about water-borne diseases.

The people from marginalised communities, with no cattle to provide dung, are the last beneficiaries of this clean energy initiative. Unfortunately, people from low-income communities majorly are exposed to unhealthy cooking.

This massive plantation advertising is to divert attention from the massive cutting of trees across Indore city, say experts.

Neither any action has been taken on the integrated drainage management system since the year 1995. Nor, any major modelling/remodelling/extension of drains has been done post-1995, even as the population of the Capital trebled during this period.

The Zika virus infection in Pune has raised concerns about India's ability to diagnose emerging infectious diseases. India reported its first Zika case from Gujarat State in 2016.

As the data shows, the majority of people who died due to heatwaves this month were homeless. Alia, an 11-year-old girl, lives on a footpath under the Jamia metro station with her family.

SEEDS provided unique cool roofing technology to families in Delhi slums. These roofs, which include reflective insulation sheets, dramatically lower internal temperatures as residents observed.

When we first started our walk, along the river, we saw just regular families, all mining sand from the riverbanks and just piling it into little triangles beside Betwa river, in Madhya Pradesh

Lately, in India, ‘what is a forest’ is a subject of great debate. This is one such case. In times of climate crisis, any green cover with a flourishing ecosystem should be conserved.

11 of 15 major river basins in India will experience water stress by 2025, with annual per capita renewable water availability below 1,700 cubic metres. Hence, it is essential to explore alternative sources of water to address the demand-supply gap.