Govt. urged to shut units polluting Kodai lake
Kodaikanal Lake Protection Council and Tamil Nadu Environment Council (TNEC) have urged the Government to immediately close down all the commercial and other establishments that pollute the lake till
Kodaikanal Lake Protection Council and Tamil Nadu Environment Council (TNEC) have urged the Government to immediately close down all the commercial and other establishments that pollute the lake till
The governors of the eight states in US that border the Great Lakes have approved agreements aimed at curtailing exports of water to inland municipalities, including arid regions that cover the
A multi-crore project is under consideration to improve the water management of Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in the north-eastern part of the country, and sustain its resources for the
State water managers have acquired about 103,000 acres of land as part of a plan to reflood 43 miles of the Kissimmee River bed, allowing the water to reclaim its original meandering path toward Lake
Beautification of Rabindra Sarobar has been in progress for almost three years, but the city's only national lake, spread over 192 acres, remains as dirty as it was before. The problem of water
The Orissa government has established a separate body, the Chilika Development Authority (CDA), to deal with all aspects of the lake.
This WWAP publication (produced in close collaboration with IUCN Environmental Law Center, University of Dundee IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
The work on Operation Cleanup of the murky Hussainsagar waters has finally started and would end in a couple of days. The stench-filled Hussainsagar lake, Andhra Pradesh had been infested by
KOLKATA, 1 FEB: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will supply an additional 60 million gallon of water per day (MGD) to Salt Lake and north and central parts of the city from December this year, mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee said today. After visiting Indira Gandhi Water Treatment Plant at Palta today, he said that KMC will complete laying of 64-inch underground main within December and then
For mer chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, during whose tenure most of the controversial structures came up around Hussainsagar, defended beautification of the lake and creation of recreational
Hussainsagar Lake, Andhra Pradesh has shrunk to one-fourth of its original size in the last few decades. Records submitted by officials to the Assembly committee probing IMax and other constructions
The first phase of the cleaning and beautification work of the Powai Lake was launched on the occasion of World Environment Day. The work is part of several groups' efforts, including the Save Powai
A high-tech laboratory with a stem cell research facility will come up in Salt Lake, West Bengal within the next two years. Authorities of the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology declared today that
<p>Large-scale episodal mortality among the freshwater fishes of certain<br /> lakes of Bangalore City, Karnataka State, India occurred in June 1995.<br /> We conducted an intensive study of the Sankey Lake which is situated in<br /> Sadashiva Nagar of Bangalore city where fish mortality occurred on quite<br /> a large scale during June - July 1995. These studies reveal that the fish-
When it originates from a lake called Fulhaar Jheel near Madho Tanda east of Pilibhit, the Gomti is a stream. Gradually, it starts growing. Around 100 km away from the point of its origin, this stream is joined by tributaries like Sukheta, Choha and Andhra Choha near Mohammadi Kheri, a tehsil of Lakhimpur Kheri. The stream now turns into a river.
When it originates from a lake called Fulhaar Jheel near Madho Tanda east of Pilibhit, the Gomti is a stream. Gradually, it starts growing. Around 100 km away from the point of its origin, this stream is joined by tributaries like Sukheta, Choha and Andhra Choha near Mohammadi Kheri, a tehsil of Lakhimpur Kheri. The stream now turns into a river.
The University of Sindh Vice-Chancellor Dr Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has said that deterioration in water quality due to contamination of lakes, rivers and groundwater aquifers has led to increased waterborne diseases and other health hazards. He said at the inaugural session of a workshop on "Urban Water Demand Management' organised by the university's Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (NCEAC) on Wednesday that Pakistan needed to formulate policies on a war-footing to balance water withdrawals by recharging resources.
An earthquake was felt at the Dhaka Seismic Centre at Agargaon at 07 hours 34 minutes and 53.18 seconds Bangladesh Standard Time Wednesday. The intensity of the earthquake was 6.4 on the Richter scale which was strong in magnitude, said a Met Office press release. The location of the earthquake was near Lake Baikal region in Russia and the distance of the epicentre was 3,190km north- northeast from the Dhaka Seismic Centre, the release added.
Only one foot water is remaining in the Upper Lake, which, according to sources, could hardly cater to the needs of the people of Bhopal up to June 8.
The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to place before it before June 13 a scheme to recharge Chandola lake, currently polluted and encroached upon, and to indicate how encroachers