HC orders recharging of lakes
Passing an order that will have a significant bearing on the water situation in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to maintain all water bodies like lakes, ponds, rivers
Passing an order that will have a significant bearing on the water situation in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to maintain all water bodies like lakes, ponds, rivers
Operation clean up Kolleru lake in Andhra Pradesh will be halted again up to April 3 following directions from a Supreme Court division bench. Though the operation was scheduled to begin on March
Neela Hauz, the ancient water body on Aruna Asif Ali Marg near Vasant Kunj, which was edging towards extinction due to construction of a flyover near it, will soon return to life. On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court told the civic bodies to complete their work and restore the medieval-era lake by May this year. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna ordered th
Anthropological pressures on the world famous Dal Lake in Jammu have influenced the entire water body and its constituents directly and indirectly. Encroachments over open water area, entry of sewage
The Opposition National Conference (NC) members grilled the Jammu and Kashmir Government for the slow pace of work for the conservation of the Dal Lake in Srinagar. The issue was raised during
Introductions or invasions of nonnative organisms can mediate major changes in the trophic structure of aquatic ecosystems. Here we document multitrophic level impacts in a spatially extensive system that played out over more than a century.
Blocked roads and sub-zero temperatures in Himachal affect normal life Winter chill returned on Sunday in most of the northern States as the cold wave pushed mercury to record lows in Shimla and Pahalgam and claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh. Two more persons died -one each from Hardoi and Deoria - in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll in the State this winter to 132, officials said.
Government's own confession that depth of world famous Dal lake has decreased from an average 15 meters to the present level of 1.28 meters over the last fifty years cannot be dismissed as a
Candidly admitting that depth and area of Dal lake in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced alarmingly compared to what existed 50 years back, Housing and Urban Development Minister Tariq Hamid Qarra,
A little-known lake, home to more than 100 species of migratory and resident birds on the edge of Pondicherry town, has raised the concern of environmentalists across the country. Agaram villagers
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has taken up the desilting of the lake bed at Himayatsagar reservoir to increase the storage capacity by around one lakh cubic metres. The
A hallmark of the latter half of the 20th century is the widespread, rapid intensification of a variety of anthropogenically-driven environmental changes
The prima facie observation by an inspection team from the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) that there has been no large-scale destruction of forests in the Lavasa Lake City project ought to bring relief to all concerned. Last week, an MoEF team led by member-secretary Naresh Dayal concluded its 3-day visit to the project on the outskirts of Pune city and Dayal told the press th
A delegation from the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) began its three-day site inspection of the controversial Lavasa Lake City project near Pune on Wednesday even as social activist Medha Patkar arrived unexpectedly to demand a fair hearing. The seven-member delegation was led by member-secretary Naresh Dayal.
The Bhoj Wetland authorities have launched sub project for de-silting and dredging of the Upper Lake in Bhopal. The sub project is currently underway at four places.
migratory birds coming to the Bhatkal Lake area and Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, are dying due to the growing pollution, scarcity of water in the lakes and inhospitable conditions. Members of the
Mumbai, July 30 After 30 days of implementation of 15 per cent cut in the water supply timings in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday withdrew its order saying that the water levels at catchments have improved. The civic body said that considerable amount of recent rainfall in the catchment areas have raised the lake levels and there is no need to subject Mumbaiites to water cut.
The Supreme Court gave a green signal for the housing project to come up on the dry lake near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. A bench comprising of Justice H.K. Sema and Justice A.R. Lakshamanan
The local administration is trying valiantly to revive Udhagamangalam's once famous Boat Lake.
Until the 1940s, the irrigation and drinking water needs of India were met by rivers, ponds, lakes, dugwells, and rainwater sources. However, in the middle of the 20th century India continually faced two