Contamination killing Kodai lake
At a glance it is inviting. The salubrious, 24-hectare Kodaikanal lake would tempt anybody to take the plunge without a thought. But appearances can be deceptive, as is sadly the case with the lake.
At a glance it is inviting. The salubrious, 24-hectare Kodaikanal lake would tempt anybody to take the plunge without a thought. But appearances can be deceptive, as is sadly the case with the lake.
<p>Although China's severe air pollution has become a focus in the field of atmospheric chemistry and the mechanisms of urban air pollution there have been researched extensively, few field sampling
Eight consecutive years of inadequate rains have turned Udaipur's lakes into endless stretches of barren land. While the dry, flaky beds of the dying lakes have created panic among residents and
Passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972 brought many improvements to surface waters by curbing much of the toxic and organic pollution going into waterways. But 42 years later, we have yet to make significant
PWD Is Digging Out Earth Used To Fill Up Lake For Flyover Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: Neela Hauz, the centuries-old water body at Aruna Asif Ali Marg near Vasant Kunj that was filled up to construct a flyover, may still have some hope for survival.
Walk by the Minister Road for a variety of visual treats along the lake side. It has everything in heaps
Mangala Lake, once a vital drinking water source to Mogappair(Chennai), is in a pathetic state now. The lake, which once catered to the drinking and groundwater needs of nearly 10 lakh residents of
Omer Farooq Khan | TNN Islamabad: An artificial lake formed by a landslide threatens to inundate scores of villages in Pakistan
The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan, it threatens to kill the lake
The UT Administration is looking at the likelihood of the catchment area of the Sukhna Lake to be made an eco-sensitive zone. The UT Administration has constituted a committee that would study the feasibility of the proposal and make recommendations.
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Tenth Report on “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Nimmala Ankaiah Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 02/08/2016 regarding
A two-km long, 300-metre wide and nearly 10-metre deep “artificial lake” has been created in Tughlaqabad due to polluted water collecting in the low-lying area behind the Tughlaqabad Fort, Ministry of
A massive Christmas storm that whipped up tornadoes, ice and snow from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes has killed at least seven people and grounded more than 2,000 US flights. The storm snarled
Even as hundreds of Ganesh idols are being readied for immersion into the Sursagar lake in Vadodara in Gujarat, voices of concern are rising over the amount of harmful chemicals it would add to the
<p>Bank filtration (BF) has emerged as an economical and sustainable water pre-treatment technology for drinking water supply. In this method, subsurface water of a water body moves into the well by seepage.
Describing the conservation of the Dal Lake as a national issue, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, has recommended the
Artists, scientists, writers, teachers and entrepreneurs in Venezuela's northwestern state of Zulia have set up a foundation to sponsor an eco-tourism museum. At the heart of their endeavour is
"A study has proved that in Balotara and Pali the water has so much fluoride that children there are now being born with twisted bones. In Balotara the water is not even fit for bathing," Justice Bhandari said. A monitoring committee of the high court recently reported that the state government was discharging sewer water without passing it through water treatment plants. IN fact, some of these plants were of low capacity. The single bench of Justice Bhandari noted that the government saved the Jal Mahal water with the help of a treatment plant, but polluted water was still being discharged into the Kanota Dam. Untreated industrial water was also being discharged into a couple of lakes and dams.
The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority's efforts to conserve and clean up polluted lakes may take longer than expected.The integrated treatment and conservation of lakes project was originally