Master plan to revive lakes
The Karnataka State Government is devising a master plan to rejuvenate the lakes in Bangalore. Mr Mohamed Sanaulla, Secretary- Department of Ecology and Environment on Wednesday, said the master plan
The Karnataka State Government is devising a master plan to rejuvenate the lakes in Bangalore. Mr Mohamed Sanaulla, Secretary- Department of Ecology and Environment on Wednesday, said the master plan
Thanks to the availability of satellite data archives covering more than a decade, Permanent Scatterer SAR Interferometry (PSInSAR) nowadays represents one of the most powerful techniques capable of retrieving surface displacements of either natural (rock outcrops) or man made objects (buildings, infrastructures) already present within the surveyed area, acting as permanent radar reflectors.
Renuka lake, one of Himachal Pradesh's most picturesque and largest lakes in the Sirmaur district is suffering from serous natural hazards, such as heavy silting growth of dense weeds and pollution
Deepening and desilting the Ramapuram Lake would benefit the residents of both Ramapuram and K.K. Nagar,Chennai, Tamil Nadu say representatives of the residents' welfare associations. The original
An ancient fort which evokes fear and suspicion thanks to its past association with idol smugglers, a muddy lake the locals reverentially call Sagar (the sea) and a mela at the Sagar devata temple in
THE Rajasthan government has been asked by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Rajasthan, to find alternative sites to the Keoladeo Ghana National Park near Bharatpur so that the pressure of the
Bhopal: To ensure that residents of State capital get uninterrupted water supply till July 2009, Municipal Corporation has started the work of bringing water from Kerva Dam to Upper Lake on war footing. Work of connecting pipeline will be completed by Sunday night.
Two drinking water lakes of Hyderabad - Osman Sagar and Mir Alam, were studied for their chemistry for two years (1977-78). Mir Alam, the older of the two, showed higher silicate content. Dissolved component formed 91-27% of the total silicate content in these lakes.
The Japan Bank for International Co-operation has agreed to give a Rs 270-crore soft loan to the Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Urban Development Authority to clean the Hussainsagar lake. Huda will have
The world's biggest fresh water system, the Great Lakes, straddling Canada and the United States, are cleansing themselves of pollutants
Ambattur police seized three water tankers for illegal extraction from Ambattur Lake in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The police followed the directions of the Ambattur tahsildar, who was urged by the
Resident welfare associations and government agencies are working together to launch a programme to save lakes in the southern suburbs of Chennai. The associations have been told that it is possible
Even cattle dare not ingest the water of the Naini lake
The Chembarambakkam Lake, one of the city's main drinking water sources, is under "green attack." It is losing water due to the invasion by aquatic vegetation, according to a study done by the Centre
China bows to nature, abandoning efforts to hold back the Yangtze's flood waters in favour of restoring lakes and wetlands around the
Many flamingos were recently found dead on the shores of Lake Nakuru and Lake Bogoria in western Kenya. Researchers attribute their death to pollution. "We have identified several toxic metals
New Delhi: Plans have finally been drawn up for the restoration of Neela Hauz, a centuries-old waterbody located near Aruna Asif Ali Marg in south Delhi. The construction of a flyover on the lake in March 2008 saw over 45,000 cubic metres of earth being dumped into it.
Green campaigners are demanding that the new Israeli Government take urgent action to save the Dead Sea, which is shrinking by over a metre a year. The surface of the salt lake has been reduced by a
Rivers as big as the Thames in England that may connect sub-glacial lakes have been found deep under the Antarctic ice, scientists said. British researchers who discovered the plumbing system that
The Jammu and Kashmir government has chalked out a comprehensive plan for the restoration of the Dal Lake to its original shape and avert its possible extinction. The lake has shrinked from 48 sq km