It rained but an unlucky palace prays for lake
Udaipur in Rajasthan is called The City of Lakes, but these days that tag's more of a cruel joke. Udaipur's famous water bodies are running dry, and boats have been replaced by cars cutting through
Udaipur in Rajasthan is called The City of Lakes, but these days that tag's more of a cruel joke. Udaipur's famous water bodies are running dry, and boats have been replaced by cars cutting through
Tate Power has received all the necessary clearances from the environment department for setting up a 1000 MW hydropower plant in Ville, near Bhivpur Lake in Raigad District (about 60km from Pune).
As scientists worry about the prospect of a catastrophic flood from Lake Sarez in the Pamir Mountains, agricultural communities on the plains below face a very different problem. This arid region in Central Asia has inherited a set of resource blunders made decades ago by the Soviet Union. And since the Soviet collapse in the 1990s, competition for fresh water has increased.
The recent tests conducted by the Department of Minor Irrigation have revealed that Bellandur lake has been severely polluted. The Department has written several letters to the Bangalore Water Supply
The Wuhan Urban Planning Bureau has issued a ban on all construction projects in areas that were previously lakes, unless the companies obtain special permission from the local government. Companies
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to acquire all privately-owned wells in the city to tide over the 10 per cent water cut that was recently extended till July-end. There are approximately 784 private wells in the city and the BMC will solicit the Collector’s assistance in acquiring them. The civic body told its Standing Committee on Wednesday that a plan has already been put forward to repair and clean the 789 public wells that belong to BMC. According to Additional Municipal Commissioner Mohan Adtani, the plan includes cleaning wells that are unused since 2009. “Ward officers have been instructed to collect information on the state of wells in their jurisdiction along with records of their water levels.”
Biologist Robert Wharton of the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, US, is convinced that there once existed life on the Mars, planet. For the past 17 years, Wharton has been melting
The Standing Committee of Beijing People's Congress approved regulations on the protection of rivers and lakes in the city. Statistics show that there are more than 30 rivers and man-made channels in
a fresh analysis of the skeletal remains found at Lake Mungo in New South Wales, Australia, 25 years ago indicate they may be up to 68,000 years old
The Orissa Government has decided to ban prawn culture in the Chilka lake. The decision comes in the wake of the recent agitation by the traditional fishermen demanding demolition of all types of
Indore, the state's commercial capital, once dependent on the Bilawali and Limbodi water tanks, as well as from the Yashwant Sagar dam is now heavily dependent on the Narmada River (70 km away) for its
Right under the noses of the district administration and the State Government, the land mafia are active at the banks of the Upper Lake. This illegal and uncontrolled construction is posing a grave
Nepal will have to confront with the incidents of Glacial Lake Outbrust Floods (GLOFs) "at any time" in future, as global warming continues to affect the fragile Himalayan environment, scientists
Morning in Dal: commotion behind the scenes
Congress leader and former Vice-Chairman of the Bhopal Development Authority Mohammad Salim has expressed concern over the increasing pressure of urbanisation of the lakes of the state capital.
P. Oppili Currently nearly 70% of the lake has been filled up SEASONAL VISITORS: Birds from different parts of the world have begun flocking to Vedanthangal. CHENNAI: Passionate bird-watchers seem to have a lot to look forward to this season. The Vedanthangal birds sanctuary, about 90 km south of Chennai, was opened up for visitors on Monday.
Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an alarming rate and could cause a catastrophe if meltwater lakes overflow into surrounding valleys, Indian researchers have warned. "All the glaciers in the
Beijing: Chinese scientists claimed to have bred the world’s first genetically-modified calf that would produce low-lactose milk in two years, state media said on Monday. The calf, named ‘Lakes’, was
Mumbai receives water from six lakes :Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Vaitarna dam project, the latter being located in Nashik district and owned by the state sources together feed Mumbai with 971 MLD of which
IT'S been three years since Rs 6.62 crore was sanctioned by the Union government to clean up Powai lake. Rs 4 crore has already been utilised on the first phase of the project. On Thursday morning,