Gomukh glacier, the source of Ganga is today facing a threat to its existence because of ecological assault by insensitive visitors and greedy locals. What has aggravated the situation is the

Every year in from April to July, over one lakh visitors trek 20 km along the Ganga to reach at 14,000 feet above sea level, the Gomukh glacier, the source of one of India's mightiest rivers.

Four decades of misery and scores of suicides later, Vidarbha had a high-profile visitor who wanted to provide the healing touch.

The Narmada Bachao Andolan's push for rehabilitation has the Government scrambling to clean up its act even as the oustees rake in the benefits. Madhya Pradesh government is trying to speed up relief

A governemnt plan to privatise water supply in Bangalore raises the hackles of local organisations who say that the poor will be deprived of an essential

The cleaning up of the Mithi, the virtually invisible river which is used as a drain by Mumbai's rich and poor alike, may be the key to the resolution of the city's most serious ecological

Suryakant Jog a former DGP has devised and implemented ingenious ways of storing rainwater to address the problem of water shortage. Towards that end, he has already succeeded in raising water levels

The recent arrest of four poachers belonging to a tribe of traditional hunters gives Rajasthan's beleaguered police and forest officials yet another clue in the mystery of the missing tigers of

Vultures are flying back to their natural environs in Katarniaghat Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh and are breeding naturally, raising hopes of their

The Modi Government's blocking of funds to an earthquake rehabilitation project of the reputed NGO SEWA reeks of vendetta and deprives thousands of poor families of their earnings. Seven lakh Gujarai