Lake clean-up runs into roadblocks
The Pallavaram Municipality is cleaning up the Pallavaram Periya Eri of garbage it dumped on the lake bed but is now facing complaints from residents of Chengalpattu where it has been dumping the
The Pallavaram Municipality is cleaning up the Pallavaram Periya Eri of garbage it dumped on the lake bed but is now facing complaints from residents of Chengalpattu where it has been dumping the
In an attempt to save the Dhanmondi lake in Dhaka, the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association has issued legal notices to various officials of the ministry of housing and public works and the
The Otsu District Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by anglers who claimed a Shiga prefectural ordinance that bans the release of nonindigenous fish, including black bass, back into Lake Biwa after
More than a thousand huts on the Porur lake bed are releasing sewage into its waters. A herd of buffaloes is idling in it. And nearby, a man is urinating into the lake that feeds K.K. Nagar and other
Opposition leader V.S.Achuthanandan will inaugurate a public meet at Vellayani Agriculture College Junction in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, against the move to drain Vellayani Lake for agricultural
Sir MV Layout residents’ woes continue as BDA is unable to solve problem Water woes continue to dog residents of Sir M Visvesvaraya Layout in Ullal near Kengeri here, as they brave one of the worst summers. Ten years since the layout’s formation, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has not provided water connectivity to residents and site owners, despite promising to do so before the properties were purchased.
State Human Rights Commission member S. Varghese has directed the Kerala State Government to drop the move to drain the Vellayani lake for agricultural purposes. The commission directed Kerala
Hundreds of fish were found afloat in Ulsoor lake in Karnataka, falling prey to lack of oxygen in the water. Grass carp, Silver carp and Catla, the major Indian carp and Mrigal fish varieties, which
The City Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has urged the Government to drop the move to drain out the fresh-water Vellayani Lake for restarting puncha farming. Moving an adjournment motion
Backwater tourism is thriving on account of the pristine beauty of the Vembanad Lake and the unfading greenery of Kuttanad. But the free-for-all attitude of the industry has been posing a grave
Backwater tourism has been fast changing the face of towns and villages on the rim of the Vembanad Lake in the Alappuzha-Kumarakam belt in Kerala. Many hotels, resorts and homestays have sprang up in
About two dozen lakes located in Dang district( Nepal) are vanishing gradually because of lack of proper
Recalling that the IAMWARM Scheme was being implemented since 2005 with financial assistance from the World Bank, the CM said, the corrected estimate of the scheme was Rs 2,816 crore. | EPS/File Chief
The thin crust of ice in Nakki Lake of Mount Abu. The snowy frost in far off Madhya Pradesh and below freezing point temperature in Amritsar. All these are certainly the most "unusual" phenomenon of
Hussainsagar in Andhra Pradesh is no longer a lake. It has become a big cesspool emanating stink. The stench from the lake which began on a small scale some two weeks ago, has now reached intolerable
A brimming lake with a meditation centre in the middle, a jogging track around, a sprawling entertainment park with gaming centres, swimming pools, zoo
The World Bank has agreed to extend the Rs 2,816 crore water bodies restoration projects in Tamil Nadu by 18 months, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa informed the state Assembly today. Making a suo motu
In Tyrone Weerasooriya's lakeside hotel in southwest coast of Sri Lanka, hundreds of heron, cormorant and Siberian ducks that usually crowd Lake Hikkaduwa are gone in killer tsunami, as are the
Poaching of migratory birds at Chembarampakkam Lake, which is on the city's western suburbs, has come to light.The founder of the Trust for Restoration of Ecology and Environment, T.Murugavel, said
As thousands of migratory birds of various species are flocking to Loktak, the largest freshwater lake in the NE region to spend their winter time, hundreds of them have been trapped and caught by