Fishy deaths
In Bangalore s lakes
In Bangalore s lakes
This year's Ganesh Nimmajam has been one more year of false promise about saving the Hussainsagar lake in Andhra Pradesh. Out of the 9769 idols immersed in the lake, only 215 were immersed in the
Scores of fish died and many came out gasping for oxygen in Kankaria lake in Gujarat. Authorities of Kamla Nehru Zoological Park called the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services to help oxygenate the
The Karnataka Golf Association's course, beside Airport Road, Bangalore, was once the Chalaghatta Lake. And before it faded into history, this lake played a crucial role in the city's ecosystem by
Rivers in the southwest coast of India are under immense pressure due to various kinds of human activities among which indiscriminate extraction of construction grade sand is the most disastrous one. The
The Rs 500-cr Save Dal Project launched in 1997 has failed to salvage the lake, which has fallen prey to population explosion, pollution, illegal constructions. The world-famous Dal Lake, once the
Farmers from Tarikere taluk have raised objection against the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of Bhadra Upper canal project.
Builders and property developers in Bangalore are being wooed by the Lake Development Authority (LDA) to participate in their
Jalandhar: The Punjab government
The West Bengal had promised a paradise for visitors to Rabindra Sarovar after it was declared a national lake by the Centre, but it hasn't been able to support its words with action. Now, the lake's
<p>The devastating flood episode (16–17 June 2013) at Kedarnath (Uttrakhand, India), caused a huge loss of lives and loss of physical/material wealth. To understand this catastrophic event, rainfall/convective
The black kites that swarm over Switzerland's Lake Geneva are a dime a dozen. Sadly, the same can't be said for a fellow raptor on the other side of the country that has come close to the brink of
The heart of Sopore town in Jammu nestles in a lake popularly called Jheel-i-Bhog. Once a sprawling lake it has been the inspiration for poets and its crystal clear waters used to leave the visitors
The Gujarat high court has ordered the Ahmedabad's civic authorities to recharge the city's lakes for increasing groundwater level. Ahmedabad had 204 lakes in 1960, but now only 130 are left,
After showing the graffiti-scarred city how to keep its walls clean at poll time, Salt Lake seems to be leading the clean-fuel move with around 50 per cent of its two-stroke auto fleet going visibly green.
Himanshu Kaushik & Kevin Antao
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday issued a welcome and overdue rule compelling power plants in 27 states and the District of Columbia to reduce smokestack emissions that pollute the air and poison forests, lakes and streams across the eastern United States.
Bis Hazari lake in the buffer zone of Nepal's Royal Chitawan National Park (RCNP) is getting a facelift. Efforts are on to sanitise and beautify the picturesque waterbody. The district development
From fossils of thecamoebians, scientists know that Uttarkashi and Kedarnath areas in Uttaranchal were once covered by glacial lakes. This group of Thecamoebians are predominantly found in arctic ice
The centuries-old Nakki Lake, a major tourist attraction of this hill resort, is facing a crisis due to lack of rainfall and leakage of municipal waste into it. The lake, which normally has a water