Albino black bucks spotted near Thol
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: They are the whites among a host of blacks. Two rare male albino black bucks were spotted close to a village grassland near Thol Sanctuary by wildlife enthusiasts of the city.
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Water hazard slur on Sarobar clubs
Taking a dip in Rabindra Sarobar could be injurious to health. The Dhakuria Lakes harbour pollutants that irritate the skin, resulting in rashes and "severe eye disease'. This was revealed by
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BMC to acquire 784 private wells to tide over water cut
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.”
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Ramsar site status sought for 2 more lakes
Keeping in view the vital role of wetlands in conservation of biodiversity, the State Council for Science, Technology and Environment has sent proposals to seek Ramsar site status for two more lakes
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Halt rampant digging of borewells
Once upon a time there were lakes in the erstwhile garden city. Now, there are only memories as they have been filled with debris upon which concrete structures grown. With water sources drying up,
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NO TO DAM
Pakistan North West Frontier Province (NWFP) minister for irrigation, Bashir Bilour said in Peshawar recently that the construction of the Kalabagh dam could not be allowed at any cost as it
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Tourists will have to pay eco tax for entry to Mussoorie
Nainital: It may not be good news for tourists but for Mussoorie it could literally mean a breath of fresh air. The Uttarakhand government has decided to introduce eco tax upon entry into the Queen of Hills with immediate effect, which is a first in the history of Mussoorie. It will be in line with the Naini lake tax charged from tourists in Nainital.
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Indore, Bhopal pollutes its water resources, heavily dependent on Narmada
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
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Kalpasar project inaugurated
The Rs 55,000 crore Kalpasar project that aims to turn the Gulf of Cambay into a massive sweet water lake by slicing it out of the Arabian Sea through the construction of a 60-km long dam was flagged
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Bacteria flourish in Antarctica ice lakes
In a discovery that suggests life is possible on Mars or on a frozen moon of Jupiter, researchers say they have found colonies of bacteria thriving inside blocks of ice in lakes near the South Pole.
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Oh, sweet water!
With rains having failed once again last year for the third successive time, many parts of Karnataka state are reeling under drought, and Hassan is no exception to this. Lakes and small ponds have
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Underground lake promises more Thai fragrant rice
Thailand has found a huge underground lake beneath one of its most important fragnant rice-producing areas, an officials has
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Madurantakam has no water to spare: Panel
The Madurantakam lake does not even have enough water to serve the irrigation needs for standing crops in the region, let alone supplying water to Chennai, the experts team formed to study the level
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Rajarhat land-grab model
One morning in the summer of 2008 Asharf Molla woke up and saw the irrigation department water pump, the only source of water for his 1.5-bigha plot, was not working. When he started asking around, the middle-aged farmer learnt that all the four pumps in Baliguri village, barely 3km from Salt Lake, were out of order.
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Bottle palm trees neglected at Kankaria
Ahmedabad: The beautiful bottle palm trees planted along the picturesque Kankaria Lake Front development (KLFD) during its inaugural year in 2008 are dying a slow death.
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TNPCB team finds site for waste management not suitable
CHENNAI: A three-member team of senior engineers of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has said that a nearly 65-acre site at Kuthambakkam, near Poonamallee, where a Solid Waste Management Facility is proposed, is not a suitable location for establishing the facility. This is because rainwater which collects in this area reaches the Chembarambakkam Lake, a major water source for Chennai.
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Khaste lake on lease
Khaste, one of the seven lakes of Pokhara, which have been neglected so far has been handed to Khaste Agro Enterprise Pvt Ltd in lease for the period of ten
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Government draws up 5-yr treatment plan
BHUBANESWAR: To improve Chilika
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Renuka Lake aging slows down
The efforts of the Wildlife Department to slow down the "aging process' of the shrinking Renuka Lake in Sirmaur district have started yielding results. The removal of weeds and measures taken over
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$3m health boost for sickly Gippsland Lakes
Victoria's sickly Gippsland Lakes will be given a health boost, with more than $3 million State Government funding set aside to reduce pollution. Acting Premier John Thwaites said that the Gippsland