BMC proposes filter plant at Shahpura lake
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation(BMC) would write a letter to the District Planning Committee for installation of a filter plant for the Shahpura lake of the city. As per the decision taken in the
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation(BMC) would write a letter to the District Planning Committee for installation of a filter plant for the Shahpura lake of the city. As per the decision taken in the
This study was driven by two objectives: to develop a framework and methodology for assessing the outcomes of conservation-poverty reduction initiatives and to apply it to such initiatives in wetlands to understand conditions and methods that can support the integration or balancing of ecosystem
Continuous siltation will choke Asia s biggest brakish lagoon to death
For the residents of Udaipur, the struggle in the courts has been a long one
Salvaged: A kumki elephant helping the wild elephant at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near Udhagamandalam on Tuesday. Udhagamandalam: A male elephant which was struggling to get out of a mud pit was rescued by a forest team headed by the Tiger Reserve veterinarian Kalaivanan at Ombetta, a part of Kargudi range inside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. Enquiries revealed that sometime in the night or early in the morning, the pachyderm which was playing in the mud pit near the Ombetta lake had put one of its tusks under a root.
Bellandur lake, which has hit the headlines over the past two years for its phenomenal levels of pollution-causing froth, will now be restored - naturally.The Union Ministry of Environment and
After Ulsoor, Bangalore, it's now the turn of Sankey tank to get a facelift, courtesy the Bangalore City Corporation's (BCC) lake rejuvenation programme, Jalasamvardane. From Wednesday, the BCC will
The water level in Upper lake had been receding every day with the scanty rain witnessed this year. The people once again would have a tough time and will have to manage with water of dead storage in
Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1,300 years, and, if the climate scientists include the somewhat controversial data derived from tree-ring records, the warming is anomalous for at least 1,700 years. The proxies used by the researchers included information from marine and lake sediment cores, ice cores, coral cores and tree rings. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and is enclosed herewith.
Being one of the largest man made wetlands in the country, Pong Lake in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh attracts more than 230 species of migratory and resident birds. Renamed Maharana Pratap
Even as the Tamil Nadu state reels under monsoon failure, forcing the government to declare all but one district as 'drought hit', a man made lake, once the prime source of water supply to Salem
The panch, deputy sapanch and villagers of the village Hirapur of village panchayat,Madhya Pradesh Kalmeshra have opened front against irregularities in lake construction works under Rajiv Ghandhi
Hyderabad, Aug. 27: Experts of IIT Mumbai have asked the government to put in a place a disaster management plan for the city since floods would become common owing to climate change. They were speaking at a meeting organised by the GHMC to tackle floods and water stagnation. Hyderabad, which used to get an average rainfall of 806 mm till 1988 now gets 840 mm. Encroachments of lakes, ponds, nalas have led to a situation in which there is no drainage for rainwater. Prof Kapil Gupta of IIT Mumbai said that the government should prepare a disaster management plan.
To combat malaria, the Kenya Ministry of Health and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have distributed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for use over beds, with coverage for children under five years of age increasing rapidly. Nevertheless, residents of fishing villages have started to use these bed nets for drying fish and fishing in Lake Victoria. This study investigated the extent of bed net misuse in fishing villages.
Desilting, formation of road embankment, island formation, gardening and landscaping of Vengaiahana Lake in K R Puram, which is in a highly polluted condition, will be taken up at a cost of Rs 2.55
A Rs 50-lakh project for a new drainage system from Karakkamuri, Kerala, to the lake on an experimental basis has been prepared and the work will start soon, Tourism Minister K V Thomas
Sri Lanka is on the verge of facing ecologically harmful acid rains. Prof. O.A. Illeperuma of the University of Peradeniya said as indicated by the recent environmental studies carried out by environmental scientists, in Anuradhapura, Mahailuppallama and Uva areas for over many years during North-Eastern rainy seasons, Sri Lanka is likely to experience acid rains in the future. Acid rains cause acidification of lakes and streams and contributes to the damage of trees at high elevations and many sensitive forest soil and harm public health.
The government announces a project to revitalise the dying upper lake
A scientist has warned that taking a slip of the world's purest water, now locked deep under ice in Antarctica, might erupt in a soda can-type explosiion on a massive scale. Lake Vostok in Antarctica
This is the story of two lakes, both in south Kolkata. Both are shown as blue stretches in the latest Kolkata map drawn up by the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation, government of