A battle for fishing rights
The Chilika lake continues to be the bone of contention between traditional and non-traditional fishermen, while the Orissa government sits over a Bill seeking to delineate the rights of the two
The Chilika lake continues to be the bone of contention between traditional and non-traditional fishermen, while the Orissa government sits over a Bill seeking to delineate the rights of the two
With two more dengue deaths reported yesterday, the toll reached 21. State health officials said Pritam Guha (5) from Habra, North 24-Parganas and Bijoya Sinha (50) of Lake Gardens, Kolkata died of
President Bush created a Cabinet-level committee Friday to oversee the nation's ocean and Great Lakes policies, but some environmentalists voiced concerns that the initiative could be underfunded and
Alarmed with the ' zero progress' on the issue of cleaning Powai lake, despite a massive central grant of Rs 6.62 crore allotted to the Bombay Municipal Corporation(BMC) for the lake, top officials
A sprawling field near the Ashtangu village in Jammu is all set for paddy cultivation. Bordering the famous Wular lake, it was once a fresh water area of the lake itself. The massive siltation
With the country struggling to keep its rivers and lakes clean, the Environment Ministry has come up with a draft proposal which gives states the option of raising money by levying user charges. In
Relief for Pallavaram Municipality The Pallavaram Muncipality got some relief from the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Thursday on the issue of dumping garbage. The Tribunal directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to make a spot inspection on the new site at Venkatamangalam mooted by the municipality and to accord ‘consent to establish’ without further delay.
After the death of 38 Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilka lake in the past three years, the Orissa Government has decided to move. A meeting called by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday,
A photograph showing a large herd of cattle roaming unabashedly in the drying basin of Wullar lake, Asia's largest water bodies, tells the sorry tale of neglect of the environment at the hands of
Chief Minister S M Krishna has two prescriptions for Bangalore's deteriorating environment. One: a Lake Development Authority to revive the dying and dead lakes. Two: all non-transport vehicles that
American scientists studying a hidden Antarctic lake say they can sample waters believed to be the world's purest without contaminating what environmentalists say should remain untouched. Lake Vostok
At least 11 people were killed and hundreds rendered homeless when their houses were submerged in a lake formed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Pithoragarh and Chamoli, Uttaranchal,
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the state government and Chhatarpur Collector for not removing illegal encroachment near Chandra Sagar lake and illegal allotment of 'pattas' near pond area of Chhatarpur.
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and Bangalore Mahanagara Palike are pulling out all stops to protect lakes and other water bodies in the
The flood waters that caused so much misery and death in New Orleans were being pumped back into Lake Pontchartrain and authorities braced for what the receding deluge would reveal. "It's going to
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A top federal wildlife official says the pelican mystery at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge may be a natural correction. illiam Hartwig, the chief of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
ROMILA SAHA Birds at the Santragachhi jheel. (Sanat Kumar Sinha) Fewer birds have made the Santragachhi jheel their home this winter. Overgrowth of water hyacinth in the 13,75,000sq ft lake, the largest hub of waterfowl around the city, could be one of the reasons, according to experts.
limiting the emission of toxins to
This atlas is part of the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA) project towards the wetlands of International Importance under Ramsar Convention. These comprise sites constituting representative,