Can India enforce its environmental laws?
India has no shortage of environmental laws, but enforcement remains a major challenge with shrinking forests, polluted water bodies and disappearing wetlands.
Flash floods and landslides have killed 25 people across North-East India, with Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur heavily affected. In Guwahati, 5 people died in mudslides, while 9 drowned in Arunachal Pradesh. Over 78,000 people are directly impacted by the Assam floods. The government has issued red alerts for several districts, with NDRF and SDRF conducting rescue operations. There is growing public frustration over the government's perceived inefficiency in handling the flood situation.
India has no shortage of environmental laws, but enforcement remains a major challenge with shrinking forests, polluted water bodies and disappearing wetlands.
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Three generations of the Aggarwal family were wiped out in the devastating Delhi fire.
A major crisis has erupted within the Karnataka Congress after senior minister Ramalinga Reddy resigned just two days after being sworn in.