Nod for conservation plan for Srinagar lakes
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved an expenditure of Rs. 298.76 crores for conservation and management of the Dal and Nagin lakes in Srinagar. The cost of the project will
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved an expenditure of Rs. 298.76 crores for conservation and management of the Dal and Nagin lakes in Srinagar. The cost of the project will
The Centre will spend Rs 298.76 crore for the conservation and management of Dal-Nagin Lake in Jammu and Kashmir. The project is likely to be completed by March 2010. The conservation, to be taken up
A natural dam holding back a lake in Cameroon is on the verge of collapse, threatening to unleash a wall of water into neighbouring Nigeria and sweep away 10,000 people in its path, a scientist
The water level in most of the lakes has drastically fallen by around two metres and most likely the city will have to face a water cut by almost 10 per cent from the first week of
" Dying Dull" (Dal) Lake in Jammu and Kashmir was assured safe water-passage. Status quo and improved water quality was respectively offered to its devastating shrinkage (in size) and deteriorating
Mumbai * The cubs had been found without their mother near Middle Vaitarna Lake Tuesday. Spotted by factory workers, rescued by the Shahapur forest division, now being cared for at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. * A male and a female, they are one month old, measuring barely 30 inches from head to tail and 8 inches in height. Forest officials say their state is
By August next year, at least three natural lakes in Delhi may be revived. The Natural Heritage Division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) will now be working
New Delhi: With the opening of one side of the Neela Hauz bridge, Vasant Kunj residents are now anxious about the revival of the centuries old water body that had to be filled in with concrete to facilitate the construction.
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Monday directed the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to appoint consultants to study the possibility of diverting excess rainwater from lakes in Bommanahalli
Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative real estate for builders, the last resort for slum dwellers, or garbage dumps. In the past decade, concerned citi
It's official, Drinking water wells in the vicinity of the once picturesque Xalpem lake at Navelim-Nagomodem are contaminated, rendering the water unfit for human consumption. Sample testing has
Drought unearths a buried treasure along the Colorado. A severe Western drought - some say the worst in 500 years - is shrinking Lake Powell at the rate of up to a foot (0.3 metre) every four days.
The Kattedahn Lake in Andhra Pradesh is so polluted that it is "pinkish and turbid." This is how an expert committee looking at the extent to which industrial wastes pollute our water bodies
The Hyderabad (Pakistan) chief minister's inquiry committee on water contamination has recommended in its report that inlet sources of the Manchhar Lake - Danster and Aral Wahs - should only be made
A seven-year-old tiger was found dead at the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. "The tiger was found dead in a lake located in the Karmajhiri Range of the park on Wednesday. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of poisoning," Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) T R Sharma told reporters.
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said that his government would leave no stone unturned in preserving the world famous Dal Lake as it is a glaring example of the rich heritage of the state.
Mono Lake, the high desert fascination of humorist Mark Twain that's nearly three times as salty as the ocean, remains the home to trillions of brine shrimp where thousands of California Gulls nest
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has sought enhanced grants from the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) for heritage conservation and development of tourist infrastructure in Orissa as tourism has become one of the major sources of employment generation.
The Government must ensure the protection of tanks and lakes in the state as the traditional resources could save up to 300 (mcft thousand million cubic feet) of water for TamilNadu every year,
A meeting presided over by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan (Pakistan) decided to construct Thado dam and to develop a lake in Gadap Town. Sindh Irrigation and Power Secretary Ashfaq Memon, EDO (Finance)