Final verdict
Government authorities are to • Notify all lakes in the state and protect them • Take urgent measures to regenerate the waterbodies • Remove
Government authorities are to • Notify all lakes in the state and protect them • Take urgent measures to regenerate the waterbodies • Remove
Brutality, man-made disasters cause regular elephant deaths With their habitat shrinking fast, elephants are regularly falling prey to human brutality and man-made disasters. The last few days have been especially tragic for these gentle beasts. After the shooting down of a tusker in Ranipur Jhal area of Hardwar district last Thursday, an elephant and her one-year-old calf were electrocuted near Dimna lake near Jamshedpur on Monday while the decomposed body of another pachyderm was discovered at the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.
The citizens of Udaipur are increasingly taking on the government to check degradation of the city"s famed lakes
In 2005, southwestern Amazonia experienced the effects of an intense drought that affected life and biodiversity. Several major tributaries as well as parts of the main river itself contained only a fraction of their normal volumes of water, and lakes were drying up. Analyses of climatic and hydrological records in Amazonia suggest a broad consensus that the 2005 drought was linked not to El Nin
Human actions rather than natural forces are the source of most contemporary changes in the state and flows of the biosphere. Understanding these actions and the social forces that drive them is crucial
Climate change is already altering our planet's biology, with only life in Antarctica so far spared its influence. That's the conclusion from an analysis of tens of thousands of individual local studies covering shrinking glaciers, changing river flows, melting permafrost, increased coastal erosion, and warming lakes and rivers. The study, published in Nature (DOI: 10.1038/nature06937) this week, is based on more comprehensive data than any previous investigation of the biological effects of climate change.
• Geological studies in Kashmir have shown that the rise of the Pir Panjal range around four million years ago resulted in the formation of a vast lake, impounding drain- age in the
Turtle meat on sale at Bansdroni bazaar. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya Turtle meat is being sold across the city and its adjacent areas, in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The act bans slaughter, sale and consumption of the turtle, a protected species. Forest department officials said there were reports of turtle meat being sold in Garia, Kidderpore, Kestopur, Lake Gardens and other places. "We conduct raids and arrest the sellers,' said Atanu Raha, the state principal chief conservator of forests.
The shady streets of Yangon, one of Asia's greenest cities, could have been changed forever by Cyclone Nargis, which knocked down many of its 100-year-old trees. People in Myanmar's biggest city fear the storm's 190 kph (120 mph) winds not only took lives but also ruined livelihoods, dealing a blow to an already fragile tourism industry. "This was such a beautiful city, but no more," said Kyaw Win, standing by his house next to Kandawgi Lake surveying fallen trees mangled with electricity pylons. "And after the trees fell, it's so hot."
The price of haphazard development is paid by residents of BHEL Nagar and Amman Nagar, who have endured a persistent water stagnation problem for over 10 years now. Well into the summer, buffaloes find a cool haven in the water and sewage stagnant inside the colony. "The water dries for a few months from June or July. Since the layout of over three acres area was occupied from 1992, residents have had to deal with stagnant water two or three feet deep for six to eight months a year,' said Adhi Narayanan, Secretary, BHEL Nagar and Amman Nagar Association.
Japan has detected a strain of bird flu in four wild swans after stepping up checks following major outbreaks of the disease in neighbouring South Korea, local and government officials said on Monday. The birds, three of which had died, were found on the shores of Lake Towada in Akita prefecture in the north on April 21, the prefectural government said in a news release. Inspectors detected the H5 strain of bird flu in the swans, the prefectural government said, but they were still checking whether it was the highly virulent H5N1 strain.
West Bengal ministry of environment and forest will fund Rabindra Sarobar's development. The artificial lake over 73 acres was built in the 1940s. KIT had submitted to the Centre a project to develop
A division bench of the J&K high court on Saturday directed all the departments linked directly or indirectly with the lakes and water ways to effectively preserve them. It has also issued a set of
Final judgement delivered in Ahmedabad lakes case. But apprehensions remain...
The Supreme Court has asked the Environment Protection Authority headed by Mr. Bhurelal to submit a report on the water table in the eco-sensitive Badkal lake and Surajkund area in Haryana, on a
The picturesque Renuka lake in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh continues to shrink despite serious efforts by the State Wild Life Department to check the flow of silt into the national wetland.
Bhoj Wetland Project officials actively participated in Upper Lake 'shramdan' on Saturday near Karbala Pump House Madhya Pradesh. A large number of intellectual community members besides BMC staff
The Kodaikanal lake, one of the prime attractions of this tourist resort in Tamil Nadu, is a picture of utter neglect with weeds, moss and brush covering the surface. There is a tussle as to who owns
The Bhopal city is facing severe water crisis with Upper Lake drying up and the ground water level falling with every passing day. There is no sign of monsoon even as it is mid July, which is causing
This study is a humble attempt to project the evolving environmental crisis faced by the people of the most advanced urban city, Cochin, of the state of Kerala. Cochin backwaters provide the natural energy