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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Courting action
For the residents of Udaipur, the struggle in the courts has been a long one
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Chilka is shrinking
Continuous siltation will choke Asia s biggest brakish lagoon to death
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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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Winter sets in, Chilika hosts avian guests
BANPUR: Here is a piece of good news for wildlife enthusiasts and bird watchers. About 17,000 migratory avian species have arrived in Nalabana bird sanctuary in Chilika, the largest brackish water lake in Asia, according to DFO (wildlife), Chilika, Akhyaya Kumar Patra.
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Bellandur lake to get new look, naturally
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
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Sankey tank to go Ulsoor way
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
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Upper lake level fast receding
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
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Pong lake: popular with winged visitors
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
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Encroachers find a safe haven in Panamarathupatti lake
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
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'Irregularities in lake construction works'
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
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Rebirth
The government announces a project to revitalise the dying upper lake
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Good practices and lessons learned in integrating ecosystem conservation and poverty reduction objectives in wetlands
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
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Rs 2.55 crore sanctioned for Vengaiahana lake works
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
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Perched atop an abyss
The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake s nemesis
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Plan for new drainage
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
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Elephant rescued from mud pit
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.
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Tapping world's purest water risky
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
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A tale of two lakes
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