Rajeev Tyagi

Bhopal’s iconic Bhoj Wetland faces growing microplastic threats. Experts highlight how this Ramsar site could become a frontline defense through improved waste control, wetland restoration, and stricter urban runoff regulations.

"The double of the area that is found in violation of the distance criteria… must be added to the wetland from other sites,” states the order.

Toxic pesticides are killing Indians, yet weak laws let them thrive. Experts say banning them, like Kerala did, can save lives without hurting farming. Will India act before more lives are lost?

Almost every other major city, a representation of urbanization and brutalist infrastructure, struggles to conserve its natural resources, particularly water bodies.

The city's marginalised population disproportionately bears the brunt of the impact, or the collapse of the city’s infrastructure due to heatwaves, floods, or even untimely monsoons.

The clean roads, covered drains, waste management, tap water in (almost) every house and conservation of natural resources have become the identity of Khadi Haat village in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district

Sirpur wetlands, like other Ramsar sites, are wetlands of ‘international importance’. But, these tags don’t change the conservation approach. There are other examples of negligence in the conservation of the Ramsar site(s) by the authorities.

Web story: Recently announced ethane cracker factory in Ashta Tehsil of Sehore district, MP, has become a point of great friction between govt and farmers in area

“We are farmers and are not uneducated. We know that this factory will spew poisonous smoke, our fields will become barren, and the water will not be fit for drinking.” Says Subhadra a farmer protesting against the ethane cracker plant.

In the old Chanderi village, slogans on the walls read, "We have to bring tap water to every house; we have to make the village prosperous." The villagers await the words to turn into reality. Our Ground report from Chanderi village of Sehore.