Dimple Behal

Development, Socio-Environmental Justice, Water, Sanitation, agriculture & Climate Change | Previously @EnvDefenseFund @Sydney_Uni @EYnews (Views are personal)

[Dimple Behal @behal_dimple]

The weight of the pipe that we use to clean septic tanks is unbearable at times,” told a desludging operator in Odisha. “It weighs a quintal, and we have to carry it for the entirety of the day, making three or four trips to complete our work.”

[Frontline @frontline_india]

After Cyclone Titli, Odisha moved Saura families to “safer” ground. They got cement houses but lost forests, medicine, food, and a lot more.

@behal_dimple writes.

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[Bhaumik Gowande @bhaumikgowande]

Burst firecrackers in the name of culture, rev your ICE engine to feel man enough, live in 300 AQI everyday but remember, you’re still struggling class.
You can’t afford to send your wife to a green AQI zone for 9 months and deliver a “perfectly healthy” child.

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

My first film for @AJEnglish . Watch the full documentary at the link below.

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

This is the face of a Hindutva raj — rooted in the hatred of Muslims, and no longer something the government even bothers to deny. My latest for @AJEnglish.

Dm for the full documentary link.

[VOGUE India @VOGUEIndia]

Meet the women powering the Delhi thrift market, turning discarded clothes into a living despite shrinking routes, falling incomes and rising competition https://t.co/pD25cajmj4

[Chinmay Tumbe @ChinmayTumbe]

You've heard about Gujaratis, Keralites, etc. across the world, but how are they spread across India itself? The word 'videsi' after all is also used among internal migrants.

📢My new paper provides estimates on these different 'linguistic diasporas' of India (1/5)

[Walking Project @walkingproject]

Freedom means many things: speaking your mind, going where you want, or simply being left alone. For us at Walking Project, it also means something simple yet powerful: the freedom to walk.

Walking is part of the human story. More than transport, it has shaped who we are, fueled economies, and spread education and emancipation. From the Sabarmati to Dandi march that helped win our nation’s self-determination, to daily journeys connecting people to schools, jobs, and opportunities — walking has always been a ticket to upward mobility and progress.

Streets that let people move freely open doors to work, education, and recreation. But when walkways lose even 10 percent of their capacity, travel slows and walking ranges shrink. This hurts most those who rely on walking: the domestic worker unable to reach better-paying jobs, children cut off from a nearby school because it’s unsafe to walk to, elderly residents isolated at home, and salespeople slowed by broken or slippery footpaths.

Good walking mobility is a chance at earning a better life.
This campaign is about shifting focus to what matters: moving people, not vehicles. Prioritising those who need very little and emit even lesser.

Join us as we march for this freedom for the millions who walk our cities and nation every day. Support our advocacy, and help secure the right to walk with dignity. Support Walking Project. Visit: https://t.co/jogRHJwMuS

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

Since Rekha Gupta became Delhi CM, bulldozers have hit 23 settlements, displacing 15,000+ families. Despite claims of rehab before evictions, courts and officials remain ruthless and complicit.

@frontline_india

https://t.co/OXdqmJidOc

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Thoreau, what a line

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

More than 72 hours after the crash, just 11 victims had been identified through DNA,with remains of only three returned to families.Officials warned that due to severe fragmentation, relatives might receive remains in a “kit” rather than a coffin. @guardian

Photo:Ajit Solanki

[Public Pulse @public_pulseIN]

Explored a bit of #Bengaluru today.

I must say, I love this city bcz of the greenery and tree shaded footpaths.

I walked in the afternoon and it was superb!!

Footpaths here are much better than Mumbai.

I was shocked to see bollards everywhere, even on 1m wide footpath.

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

It’s been a month since the Kumbh Mela ended—a "once-in-144-years" spectacle, as marketed by the government, that turned Prayagraj’s floodplains into a sprawling megacity.But where does this pop-up city go once the festival is over?My report for @guardian traces its afterlife.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Hayao Miyazaki... 84 and still working

He never forgot what children know

[Dimple Behal @behal_dimple]

In 2024 alone, at least 12 out of 48documented demolitions were punitive—meaning that one in every four evictions was carried out as a form of punishment, often targeting individuals based on their identity.

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

In 2024, at least 41,085 people were rendered homeless by the state. Just like hate speech and communal violence, UP was also a leader in Bulldozer Raj.

BJP-ruled states have followed suit, weaponizing demolitions against minorities especially Muslims. @frontline_india 🧵

[Public Pulse @public_pulseIN]

Yes, we live in a country where AQI, terrible footpaths, dwindling public transport @myBESTBus doesn't get attention or any comments from the CM.

But a defluencer gets attention from the CM of MH for a joke which was pathetic!!!

#ViksitBharat

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

Urban smog makes headlines, but rural India silently battles rising #AirPollution from biomass fires, stubble burning & industrial neglect. Health risks soar as clean fuel access remains limited.
Read more from @behal_dimple & @Anuj__Behal:

https://t.co/TbzkpDQgTR #HYST

[Frontline @frontline_india]

#AirPollution | Pollution from stubble burning is often seen as a major contributor to air pollution, esp. PM2.5 in metros such as #Delhi. However, its immediate effects are felt in nearby agricultural belts.

By @behal_dimple & @Anuj__Behal.

https://t.co/lc6IzAzVzJ

[Ramandeep Singh Mann @ramanmann1974]

82% of what you pay for #Amul milk, reaches the primary stakeholder, the farmer; this model is the need of the hour; for vegetable farmers, for fruit farmers, for every dairy farmer, for pulses farmers, for oilseed farmers, for cereal farmers. This is the way ahead, the only way.

[Sandeep Singh @PunYaab]

YY has forgotten basic fact that SAD rules SGPC which runs Sikh Gurudwaras and decides jathedars. If SAD is secular party then it does not have any right to contest Gurudwara elections, run SGPC and decide who will sit on temporal seat of Sikhs.

[Mercedes Stephenson @MercedesGlobal]

Global News Investigation: Visas have become an Indian foreign interference tool | https://t.co/RD1lLNBpCM https://t.co/wJlQxlrW42