BJP corporators threaten to sue BMC
The Bharatiya Janata Pary corporators announced that if Bhopal Municipal Corporation and the Bhoj Wetland authorities failed to stop flow of nullahs into Upper Lake immediately, they would file a
The Bharatiya Janata Pary corporators announced that if Bhopal Municipal Corporation and the Bhoj Wetland authorities failed to stop flow of nullahs into Upper Lake immediately, they would file a
Bhopal: All lakes of Bhopal District has been conserving for the water supply in Bhopal by the Collector of Bhopal, canales from Kaliasoat & Kerwadam were closed. Due to this, the thousand acres of land of nearby canals are facing drought problem for 'Palewa'. It is said by President Nilesh Rathore of 'Rastriya Jagran Manch' here today in a press-release.
Desiccation of the Sahara since the middle Holocene has eradicated all but a few natural archives recording its transition from a "green Sahara" to the present hyperarid desert.
The report by the governmental Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies modern agricultural practices, pollution of rivers and lakes, mechanised peat extraction, urban development and road
Eight engineers of a government agency responsible for the restoration of Dal Lake were arrested on charges of swindling the government of crores. Eleven others, including contractors and suppliers
At long last there is a ray of hope for Kolleru - the biggest fresh water lake in Asia, which was ravaged and throttled by indiscriminate encroachment over the last two decades. The administration of
The state government has decided to set up an autonomous agency for the maintenance of the Hussain sagar lake. Efforts are on to hand over the responsibility of improving the water quality in the
All large dams and natural lakes in the boreal and tropical regions studied in an investigation by the World Commission on Dams (WCD) gave off greenhouse gases, some even more than the thermal energy
The entire world applauded Rajendra Singh for his ability to mobilise the community in village, to rejuvenate dried-up ponds and lakes and harvest scarce rain water through simple, inexpensive
The researchers studied the epidemiology of cholera in Katanga and Eastern Kasai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by compiling a database including all cases recorded from 2000 through 2005. Results show that lakes were the sources of outbreaks and demonstrate the inadequacy of the strategy used to combat cholera. May 2008
Subglacial water can significantly affect the velocity of ice streams and outlet glaciers of ice sheets. Depending on the geometry and capacity of the subglacial hydrologic system, increased surface melting in Greenland over the coming decades may influence the ice sheet's mass balance. Furthermore, subglacial lakes in Antarctica can modulate ice velocities and act as nucleation points for new fast-flowing ice streams.
Veeranam lake, the hope of Chennaiites, has been receiving steady inflow with the onslaught of the north-east monsoon. The water level in the giant tank touched 44.2 feet against the total capacity
Most of the lakes and ponds in and around Ahmedabad city which used to store water until 1960, have now been either encroached upon or have given way to various constructions. This was revealed in a
The Chandigarh administration has prohibited throwing of any kind of waste material, including puja material, into sukhna lake in Chandigarh to protect its flora and fauna. An official spokeman
The state government has been directed to comply with an earlier order of the Gujarat High Court to furnish details of lakes and ponds in and around Ahmedabad city by Tuesday next. A division bench
Hokkaido Gov Harumi Takahashi issued an environmental appeal Monday ahead of July's Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya hot spa resort, calling on each of Hokkaido's 5.6 million residents to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from homes by 10%, or 1.1 kilograms a day, from current levels. The targeted figure is bigger than the 1-kg-a-day proposal by the Environment Ministry.
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS THE piped water you get at home could be laced with toxins if a proposal by five municipalities and a town panchayat to set up a compost yard in Kuthambakkam village comes through.
Kolleru, the biggest fresh-water lake in Asia, has now shrunk to a pathetic extent and its entire ecological system has been destroyed by the rampant encroachment and the conversion of lakebed into
Biologists have identified a soft-shell giant turtle of cultural significance in northern Vietnam that was believed to be extinct in the wild, researchers said on Thursday. After three years of searching, Asian turtle experts found, photographed and identified the turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), the only known living such specimen, in a lake west of the capital, Hanoi. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in the United States, which sponsored the research, made the announcement in a statement.
Deposits of methane gas so large they are capable of influencing the greenhouse effect and possibly sinking ships have been discovered by Dutch scientists in submarine lakes and mud volcanoes under