Drying lakes, Dying past
Many of the capital's lakes go back to the Delhi Sultanate. Some of them are neglected. The Mehrauli Archaelogical Park has the Rajon ki Baoli, built by the Lodis in the 16th century it was mainly
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Assessment of ground-based atmospheric observations for verification of greenhouse gas emissions from an urban region
International agreements to limit greenhouse gas emissions require verification to ensure that they are effective and fair. Verification based on direct observation of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations
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Senseless exploitation dries up Kolleru lake
Kolleru the biggest freshwater lake in the country is posed on the verge of an ecological disaster. Alarmingly declining water holding area, clogging of streams an channels high pollution levels
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Mala is no lake, says government
Campaigners of the Goa People's Forum, who are opposing the Mala lake beautification project, sought information about the plan, which has raked up a row in the Fountainhas-Mala locality of Panjim.
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BMC reduces water supply to 5-star hotels
MUMBAI: Rains may have come to the catchment areas of lakes, but that has not come as any relief to Mumbai's five-star hotels. The BMC has curtailed supply to as many as 23 hotels across the city, including Oberoi, Taj and J W Marriott. Water supply has been curtailed to 21 mineral water companies.
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Panel to review management of Loktak Lake
The Central Government has reconstituted a high-level technical advisory committee on lakes to oversee matters of development and management of these natural water bodies. The Committee headed by the
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Victims of development
Six years ago, the Bagur-Navile canal evacuees were as happy as they could be, growing ragi, paddy and other crop. Their source of water was local tanks and lakes. The fact that the Hemavathy river
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Sanjay Lake remains a dream
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since the DDA created Sanjay Lake in the late 70s in Mayur Vihar. It had been decided then to develop it as not only the biggest tourist spot of
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Water level at Rawal Lake rises
Water level in Rawal Lake (Pakisan) has increased to 20,000 acre feet from the previous 15,000 acre feet due to torrential rains in the last few days, official sources said. This increase in Rawal
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Making sport of Conservation
The Asian Junior Rowing Championships at Chandigarh, held from November 24 to 27, took a cruel toll of trees. The organisers found that the heavy inflow of silt and seepage of water from the
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Sand miners ravage city's water source
When a group of bird-watchers of the Madras Naturalist Society landed up at the Chembarambakkam lake one early morning-almost a year after they had last visited it-they were in for a rude shock. Most
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Rs 1,700 crore gone down the drain
Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh PTI NEW DELHI IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were
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Nilnag lake faces encroachers' onslaught
The half-hearted official attempts to restore this stunningly beautiful lake in Nilnag (Budgam), Jammu has once again made it vulnerable to the greed of encroachers. It was with much fanfare that the
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In Udaipur, tourism dries up along with its lakes
Udaipur: When Jennifer took the non-stop flight from New York to New Delhi, there was a place she
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SC: Plastic bags bigger threat than atom bomb
New Delhi: Excessive use of plastic bags and their unregulated disposal has been choking lakes, ponds and sewage systems, the Supreme Court said on Monday while warning that it posed a threat more serious
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Colleges to help clean up lakes
Tired of wrangling with private firms, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has turned to local educational institutions for assistance with its lake-cleaning project. The project, funded by the
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Concrete jungle chokes lake town
As part of the series that turns the spotlight on our decaying hill resorts, TOI takes a look at Nainital
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Blood flows thicker
Murders are taking place over water in Madhya Pradesh, including the capital Bhopal, once known as the 'city of lakes' Even as blood is being spilled over water here, parched Madhya Pradesh seeks divine help for rainfall with people trying every trick in their book to please the rain gods.
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Investigation of nitrate content in ground and surface waters in urban and rural areas
In this study, water samples collected from various ground water sources (bore wells, open wells etc) and surface water (rivers, lakes, etc) and treated water in urban and rural areas and analysed for its nitrate contents. Over 500 samples were analysed for nitrate contents so as to find out the source of contamination and the mechanism of its formation in waters.
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Modeling future acidification and fish populations in Norwegian surface waters
Despite great progress made in the past 25 years, acid deposition continues to cause widespread damage to the environment in Europe and eastern North America. Legislation to limit emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds in Europe is now under revision. The most recent protocol was based in part on the critical loads concept.