WaterWealth? investing in basin management in Asia and the Pacific
This new ADB report based on 43 case studies highlights how people work together to secure water for all through innovative approaches in basins.
This new ADB report based on 43 case studies highlights how people work together to secure water for all through innovative approaches in basins.
The Arkavathy sub-basin, which is part of the Cauvery basin, is a highly stressed, rapidly urbanising watershed on the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru. This situation analysis document summarises the current state of knowledge on water management in the Arkavathy sub-basin and identifies critical knowledge gaps.
The water resources department will be soon conducting a comprehensive survey to study encroachment of lakes and tanks in Karnataka State and subsequently enact stringent laws, said Water Resources
As Karnataka has the second largest arid zone in the country, lakes should be developed to sustain agriculture for which more assistance is needed from the World Bank, said Minister for Water
Renuka lake, named after the Goddess Renuka ji, the mother of Lord Parashuram, is situated near Dadahu in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh. Since years, it has been receiving silt and debris from 22 nallas, which are all around the catchment of the lake, which is causing ecological deterioration, habitat degradation and eutrification, etc.
<p>Call it the fallout of rapid urbanisation or plain negligence of the authorities, groundwater in Dhaka is sinking at an alarming rate. According to a study by the Institute of Water Modelling in Dhaka in 2009, groundwater in the city is going down three metres every year. It has sunk by 50 metres in the past four decades and is at over 60 metres below the ground.</p>
This Writ Petition arrays a range of legal concerns relating to the ongoing privatisation of lakes/tanks in Bangalore and exposes that such actions are opposed to settled legal norms relating to management and conservation of such ecologically sensitive water bodies, which are also wildlife habitats and support a
As thousands of migratory birds congregate in Chilika, in Orissa, turning Asia's largest brackish water lake into a plumed wonder, the threat of poaching looms large over the exotic avians. Stray
Ensuring that the world's food needs are met by 2050 will take a doubling of global food production. To improve agricultural yields on that scale will require a radical rethink of global water-management
Washington: Lurking in the depths of a California lake, researchers found a bacteria that can thrive on arsenic, an explosive discovery that could expand the search for other life on Earth and beyond. The Nasa-funded findings redefines what science considers the necessary elements for life, currently viewed as: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur.
The Bombay HC passed an interim order restraining Raheja builders, carrying out work in Chandivli Powai, from dumping debris in the Chandivli lake/pond. The order was passed by a division bench of
One of the great spectacles of Africa - the vast flocks of flamingos feeding at Lake Nakuru in Kenya - is under threat because silt from farming is choking the habitat, wildlife experts said. The
<p>Water quality data of water bodies in the country forms the basis of management and planning of water pollution control. Considering the above, CPCB envisaged a National Water Monitoring Programme (NWMP) with 1700 water quality monitoring stations, located on all important rivers, lakes including some wells for groundwater studies. The data collected during 2009 indicates that organ
With the parking area and boating facilities the dull face of Dal Lake below the Dhauladhar range near Dharamshala Cantonment is sure to change in the next two months with the much awaited
With the arrival of at least 25,000 winged visitors from the trans Himalayan region in the famous Pong Dam lake in Kangra, three weeks ahead of the season, the wildlife experts of the Forest
The us state of Illinois has reproached environment regulators in Indiana for permitting a bp refinery near the Illinois-Indiana border to dump more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan.
BHOPAL: The union government will release Rs 500 crore for Madhya Pradesh under the first phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). For this, the State Government will send DPRs
In an alarming development, contaminated silt from Mala Lake, in Panjim in Goa, which was dumped at Parade grounds, Campal, has now made its way to Nagali Hills, Dona Paula. During the last 24 hours,
Offering too much wheat flour, biscuits and other such foodstuff to fish is not a healthy practice, say biologists. This not only pollutes water bodies, especially lakes, but also threatens water
Quartet in wetland show - Experts spot four new migratory species at Tata lake while urbanisation pauses passerine bird count Jamshedpur, Jan. 16: The joy of avian enthusiasts has quadrupled this winter, with four new wetland guests making a splash in the steel city. A recent survey by ornithologist K.K.