Evacuation starts as lake overflows
Thousands of people staying in and around Arapath lake-bed, in Thirumullavayil, on the outskirts of Chennai, moved out of their homes on Tuesday as the heavy rains the city has been experiencing
Thousands of people staying in and around Arapath lake-bed, in Thirumullavayil, on the outskirts of Chennai, moved out of their homes on Tuesday as the heavy rains the city has been experiencing
A minor earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in Mugu district (Nepal). The tremor was felt at 11:36 a.m. around Gamkha area near the Rara Lake, the National Seismic Centre said.
India will build the world’s largest solar plant to generate 4,000 mw from sunlight near the Sambhar lake in Rajasthan that will sell electricity at an estimated rate of . 5.50 per unit. The proposed
Neville Worth walks along the cracked bed of Lake Eppalock, Australia, where he and his wife run a holiday park. The lake is down to 10 per cent water capacity. Bendigo, Kyneton and Castlemaine
Residents of Chitlapakkam and Sembakkam areas have joined hands in a bid to draw the government's' attention to the Sembakkam Lake and ensure immediate implementation of schemes to protect the water
A local authority of Kenya has recently admitted that it is discharging effluents into Lake Victoria. Kisumu city municipal council pollutes the lake because its sewage treatment plant stopped
The central government will provide Rs 639 crore required for the execution of the Poonch-Shopian Mughal road project, that was agreed upon during the two-day visit of the central team that concluded yesterday.
The Thane Municipal Corporation has bagged the prestigious CRISIL award constituted by the Union Urban Development ministry for the lake conservation project. Bangalore and Hyderabad corporation
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of HP & Others dated 16/09/2013 regarding unauthorized encroachments and non-forest activities in the forest area
A few months back it seemed that saving the world famous Dal Lake was a 'mission impossible'. But when J&K high court donned the mantle of environmentalist, the hope came alive that Lake could be
In an unique decision, the Tilicho lake, the world's highest lake which many believed never existed and was "a figment of fantasy," Khaptad National Park which is a living historical and natural
Over the last couple of weeks, several tanker operators have dumped lorry-loads of a ready mix of cement waste on the banks of the river in Thiruneermalai, and this has found it way into the water. After a few days, the dumped waste solidifies and becomes permanent blocks, affecting the river’s course, residents said.
For biological control over mosquito population carrying dengue virus, the Department of Fisheries has started survey of all water bodies in Lahore. Director General Fisheries Muhammad Ashraf while giving
The processes that control climate in the tropics are poorly understood. We applied compound-specific hydrogen isotopes (D) and the TEX86 (tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms) temperature proxy to sediment cores from Lake Tanganyika to independently reconstruct precipitation and temperature variations during the past 60,000 years.
Marking International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on Friday, some of the schools in Chandigarh organised various events to raise awareness regarding environmental changes. Dikshant Intl
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding Nayanjuli canal and its restoration.</p> <p>The Tribunal directed the
The traditional practice of immersion of idols in water bodies during festivals such as Durga Puja results in a great deal of pollution to the waters of rivers, lakes and ponds. In addition to
The Obama administration called Thursday for a comprehensive national system for regulating the use of federal waters along the nation
Hundreds of troops carrying explosives trekked through a quake-devastated area in southwest China on Sunday, attempting to reach a "quake lake" that threatens a secondary disaster. Concerned by a steep rise in the water level of a giant lake at Tangjiashan, authorities want to blast a hole in the barrier before it bursts and causes a flashflood. Thousands have been evacuated below the lake as a precaution. Also on Sunday, state television reported an 80-year-old partially paralysed man had been pulled alive from rubble, 266 hours after the 7.9 magnitude quake hit.
Delhi is fact gulping down its various lakes. And over the years, these lakes have shrunken into tiny pools, chocked with vegetation, encroached by slums and dumped with garbage: these are more like