Four-year schedule to restore 85 lakes
Andhra Pradesh's Roads and Buildings Minister K Vijayarama Rao said that 85 lakes in and around Hyderabad would be restored within four years to conserve the underground water
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Tarbela Dam's capacity drops by 2maf
The storage capacity of Tarbela dam in Pakistan has reduced to nine million acre feet from 11.05maf due to massive accumulation of silt in the lake. Storage of water in the 97km-long and 2km-wide
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Scientists dredge Bass Lake for clues to mini ice age
An ancient lake that once existed between Victoria and Tasmania has been explored by Australian geoscientists who hope to find out whether a mini ice age occurred in the southern hemisphere 11,000
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Is it the end?
For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad
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Social and economic considerations in conserving wetlands of indo-gangetic plains: A case study of Kabartal wetland, India
The Kabartal wetland situated in the upper Indo-Gangetic flood plains in northern India is significant because of its hydrological and ecological services, and the socio-economic and cultural values that it represents. Despite being designated as a wildlife sanctuary, this wetland is under threat from anthropogenic pressures.
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Shrinking lake creating a threat in North Africa
Near the dead centre of North Africa, where water has long been scarce and long-term drought is making it scarcer yet, one of the last large water bodies, Lake Chad, has shrunk by 95 per cent since
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Poaching in Chilika
Chilka lake in Orissa has become a poacher's delight. The railway station in the sleepy town of Bhusandpur, the gateway to the lake, has become a thriving market for birds caught in and around the
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Lake's rapid retreat heightens troubles in North Africa
Near the dead center of North Africa, where water has long been scarce and long-term drought is making it scarcer yet, one of the last large water bodies, Lake Chad, has shrunk by 95 percent since
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Life flows into Australia's barren centre
Water from last year's floods in Queensland's gulf country are surging through Australia's inland river system towards Lake Eyre, bringing animal and plant life to Australia's red, dry outback. Last
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Tap water pumped into lake for GP
Millions of litres of drinking water were used to top up Albert Park Lake and revive grass near the race track in the lead-up to this year's Grand Prix, while government and water authorities were
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A new way of rural development
"Et Bidi/Et Chamber (Every home/ Every Firm)" is now a popular slogan among four lake people of Tarapur, a remote Upazila of Tarapur District of Bangladesh. Since launching of the "Et Bidi/Et
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Weeding out corruption
The Save Dal Lake project is embroiled in a multi crore scam
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Tamil nadu's bhopal
A tragedy similar to Bhopal gas leak is in the making our own backyard -- Kodaikanal. A series of flawed policies in handling the mercury leak at the Hindustan Lever Limited's failure to p factory there nine years ago has denied justice to the people and resulted in f protect a sensitive ecosystem.
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SE Asia's largest lake gets protection
Cambodia has passed legislation making its Tonle Sap Lake-Southeast Asia's largest freshwater body-a biosphere reserve on par with Yellowstone National Park and the Gobi Desert, officials
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Myriad eyes pacts with Indian biotechs
Myriad Genetics Inc, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based genomics company, is exploring the possibilities of joint research and development initiatives with the Indian biotech industry and research
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Plants that made the leap from the deep
Botanists have drawn up the first authoritative "tree of life" for the plant kingdom. One surprise is the findng that all land plants are descended from a green alga that emerged from a lake or river
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Plants that made the leap from the deep
Botanists have drawn up the first authoritative "tree of life" for the plant kingdom. One surprise is the findng that all land plants are descended from a green alga that emerged from a lake or river
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An economy enshrined in nature
ONE hundred and twenty crore Indians cannot shift to urban centres and become software engineers, professionals and service providers. So, villages, forest, agriculture fields, rivers, hills and lakes need to survive in order to enshrine a large number of microeconomic activities.
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EAST AFRICA
The European Union ( eu ) has banned fish imports from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The decision was taken after reports that Uganda had restricted the sale of fresh fish products
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Water war hots up in Salt Lake
A water war has broken out between the civic bodies of Calcutta and Salt Lake. On Saturday, Mayor Subrata Mukherjee threatened to discontinue supply of filtered water from the Trinamul Congress-run