HC contempt notices to top officials
Taking a strong note of the earlier orders on illegal construction around the famed Dal Lake having been ignored, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court issued contempt notices to several top officials and
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Courting action
For the residents of Udaipur, the struggle in the courts has been a long one
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Shot in arm for waterbody
Santoshpur's lake, in poor shape for want of maintenance, is set to be restored, thanks to residents of the area. They have decided to take up the job themselves, after requests to Calcutta Municipal
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CM assures to desilt Gaondongrem lakes
Chief Minister Mahohar Parrikar has assured to launch a scheme to desilt water bodies like ponds and lakes, in a bid to solve the drinking water crisis in Gaondongrem village of Goa. During his visit
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Ulsoor lake desilting to be over ahead of schedule
At last, Ulsoor lake in Karnataka is being clea-ned up. All the slush, filth and mud will go and the next mon-soon will bring in not just fresh water but also a fresh lease of life for the choking
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Heavy metal abundances in the Kandy lake—An environmental case study from Sri Lanka
The Kandy lake, situated in the heart of Sri Lanka's second largest city with a population of nearly 120,000, has been monitored to probe the extent of heavy metal pollution. Although the lake is a source
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Facelift for AP lakes
The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) has lined up a cluster of initiatives to convert the Durgam Cheruvu Lake resort into a major tourist attraction, even while maintaining the
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Another lake in city is fast dying, thanks to liquor joints, brick kilns
While water is still scarce in several parts of Bangalore, yet another water body in city is facing threat of depletion. This time, it is the 500-year-old Gottigere lake, located in the vicinity of
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Wullar lake shrinking year after year
The sprawling Wullar lake in Bandipore, J&K, has these days become a headache for thousands of people residing in its peripheral villages. Excessive snowfall this year increased its water level,
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Chilka is shrinking
Continuous siltation will choke Asia s biggest brakish lagoon to death
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Mangar on edge: Authorities want the realtors out
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state
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Drought takes its toll on Kolleru
In a reflection of the severity of drought in Andhra Pradesh, Asia's biggest fresh water lake Kolleru in coastal Andhra has completely dried up. It is the first time in the history of this unique
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Underground ways to ease water woes?
Rivers and lakes far beneath the earth's surface may be tapped to relieve the chronic water shortage suffered by many countries around the world, a global survey has said. "This is a resource that is
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Ban on construction around Dal lake
To save the Dal from further degradation, the government has issued a notification banning all construction activities within 200 sq ft of the lake. The ban had been imposed by the Jammu and Kashmir
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'Protect Shahpura lake from illegal encroachment'
Rameshwar Sharma, Opposition leader, Bhopal Municipal Corporation has demanded from Chief Minister Digvijay Singh to protect the roadside near Shahpura Lake from illegal encroachments. Sharma alleged
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Govt finds 600 illegal buildings around Dal
A day after J-K DGP and Additional DGP appeared before the J-K High Court in a case regarding illegal police construction in the prohibited Green belt around the Dal Lake, J-K Urban Housing
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Rebirth
The government announces a project to revitalise the dying upper lake
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Upper lake level diminishing fast
Deficient rains last season and summer days now are contributing to the diminishing water level of the Upper Lake in the Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh. The nearly two feet higher level of the Upper
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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
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The circuit of life: Water and water reservoirs in pre-modern India
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most parts of the country.