In Jammu, the Tawi river becomes one of the most polluted in Jammu and Kashmir, inspiring local clean-up efforts, but little government help

Built under CPEC, Pakistan’s Orange Line Metro Train promised to reduce traffic and cut pollution in Pakistan’s second-biggest city, but is failing to draw commuters

The latest Lancet Countdown report identifies how Covid-19 has created an opportunity for policymakers to work on health and climate change issues together to minimise diseases and deaths

Scientists in Delhi have developed a cheap organic alternative to stubble burning – one of the main culprits of South Asia’s autumn air pollution crisis. But will farmers be willing to adopt it?

Authorities blame India, though wind blows in other direction

Wetlands in Delhi and Haryana, home to hundreds of species of birds, face serious threats from pollution and encroachment; official recognition could be an important step towards conservation

Experts are calling on their governments to strengthen oversight of Belt and Road Initiative projects as anger rises over their environmental and social impacts

The presence of pesticides such as DDT in human breast milk reveals that poor management of storage sites has left a toxic legacy across the region, says a doctor and researcher

In most places, the annual Hindu festival caused serious water pollution this year as well

Over thirty years since high levels of arsenic was found in groundwater in West Bengal, little has been done to avert a slow-burn health crisis