Central assistance for Sukhna Lake
Special Correspondent CHANDIGARH: The residents of this City Beautiful along with tourists and visitors will now witness a new, innovative and beautiful face of Sukhna Lake.
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40 birds, fishes found dead in Jamnagar’s Lakhota lake
Jamnagar: Large number of birds and fishes were found dead in Lakhota lake in the city on Friday. According to sources, besides nearly 40 birds, fishes, a snake and turtles have also died. While the exact reason for their deaths is not immediately known, it is suspected that they died after consuming something poisonous. The birds found dead included pelicans, spotbilled ducks, coots among others. Interestingly, it was only after TOI called up forest department that their staff rushed to the spot.
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Census records over 32,000 water birds in Loktak
Lesser whistling duck outnumbered all other birds sighted during recent water birds census conducted across the Loktak lake, the largest fresh water body in the North East. The Lesser whistling duck is
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HC to hear plea to save waterbodies
Bombay high court will hear on Monday a public interest litigation for restoration of waterbodies and for making Mithi River encroachment free. A bench headed by Justice VM Kanade will hear a petition
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New water heater rules aimed at reducing winter pollution
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah residents buying a new water heater will soon be required to pay more for one that emits less nitrogen oxide due to a new rule designed to reduce wintertime pollution. Joel
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A lake's last sigh?
The Sasthamkotta lake, the source of drinking water for seven lakh people in Kerala's Kollam district, is shrinking fast. JULIA lives in a working-class housing colony at Rajagiri, on the edge of a laterite mound, one among the three dozen such hillocks overlooking the Sasthamkotta lake, about 30 kilometres from Kollam in south Kerala.
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Cabinet nod for water project, fire institute a boost for Moily
Union oil minister M Veerappa Moily appears to have influenced the decisions of the Karnataka cabinet on Tuesday. With Lok Sabha polls fast approaching, the state cabinet approved revised estimates
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Rs 120 cr for conservation of Wullar Lake: Mian Altaf
Minister for Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that Rs. 120 crore has been sanctioned by Central Government under 13th Finance Commission for the conservation of Wullar lake in Kashmir. This information was given by the Minister after a question raised by M. Y. Taing in Legislative Council today.
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes, 21/03/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes, 21/03/2017. State-wise details of funds released to various State Governments under the NRCP/NGRBA during the last three years and
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De-silting of Ropar lake begins despite protest
The state Irrigation Department has taken up a Rs 10-crore project for de-silting the Ropar lakebed to restore the capacity of the wetland and to provide water at the tail ends of Upper Bari Doab Canal
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Waterbodies may get life with JNNURM funds
K. Lakshmi Detailed project report sent to Centre The project will include works on straight cut canal from Maduravoyal lake to Cooum Alternative lands identified near Avadi for residents evicted from waterbodies
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Rubble in 'bio-clean ' Powai lake
Rs 6.62 crore has been pumped in over the last three years to clean the lake, but now debris is being dumped on the bank of Powai lake."On one hand the BMC is carrying out the desilting and
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Socio-economic implications of the Oussudu lake (Pondicherry, India)
Lake Oussudu, which is the largest wetland in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, is one of the most important bird sanctuaries in India. Apart from being an important water resource and a heritage site, Oussudu watershed also caters to the other needs of the people living around the lake; notably fishing, grazing of the domestic livestock and harvesting of reeds.
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UDD submits report on Gottigere lake protection
The Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD) has submitted a comprehensive report in connection with the protection of the Gottigere lake on which the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) planned to build its road.
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Government accused of failing to protect waterways from farm pollution
Conservationists and angling organisations have joined together in a legal challenge, accusing the government of failing to protect some of England’s “most precious rivers” from agricultural pollution.
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Poaching of migratory birds goes unabated in E Champaran
Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in different lakes and rivers in East Champaran district in this winter despite warnings issued by the police, administration and forest and environment officials
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Realty bites into Hyderabad lake areas
Hyderabad: There has been a spurt in real estate activity in several villages covered under the GO 111 which restricts development in the 10-kilometre radius of twin water bodies of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar. Besides increase in transactions by 10-15 per cent, the local registration and revenue offices are flooded with enquiries by realtors about relaxation of stringent norms of construction in 84 villages covered under the GO.
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National Wetland Atlas of India
The National Wetland Atlas 2011 has used confusing and inappropriate classifications. Many man-made wetlands have been treated as naturally occurring, tanks have become lakes, and a large number of ponds
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Once upton a time...THIS WAS A LAKE!
The halubidda kere is a familiar landmark in most of our villages. It is important that our tanks and lakes are revived, points out S V Upendra Charya
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Rs. 100 crore allocated to augment water resources
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday ordered allocation of nearly Rs.100 crore to strengthen water resources across the State which include construction of a check dam at the cost of Rs. 35 crore across the Kosasthaliyar for storing the Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh for meeting Chennai’s water requirements. An official release said a basin dam would be constructed at Ladanenthal village in Sivaganga district to channel water to Maranadu lake from the Vaigai river and to nine other lakes at a cost of Rs.12.85 crore, while another bed dam would be built near Atthur village at the cost of Rs.16 crore to supply water Parthibanur Periya Eri, Siriya Eri and Vannikudi Eri.