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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding regulating all hotels/restaurants in NCT of Delhi, 08/01/2014
<p>The NGT ordered closure of 12 restaurants in Delhi’s Hauz Khas area for not having applied for consent to operate till date since its last year’s order dated 20/09/2013 directing them to do so after complying with all the norms.</p>
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Chennai's agony
Chennai, the country's only metropolitan city without a perennial source of drinking water, is in the grip of acute water scarcity. Two of the rain-fed lakes that meet the city's needs - Poondi, and
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Governors, premiers move to save Great Lakes water
Eight U.S. states bordering the Great Lakes and two Canadian provinces plan to review any proposal to tap into the world's largest body of fresh water under an agreement signed yesterday. The
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Number of storm-water drains on the decline in Vadodara
Just as lakes in the city of Vadodara have been filled up to make way for concrete structures, the natural storm-water drains in the city too have become victims of road-widening exercises and
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Nainital faces water pollution
Nainital is facing potable water pollution. Naini lake in the heart of the city, the main source of drinking water, presents a grim picture of the problem. Even water supplied to household is not
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Undisposed Pesticides pose grave health hazards
The accumulation of old and unused pesticides that have been banned or expired has mounted to a whopping five lake tonne globally, posing grave health hazards for the mankind. The pesticide waste
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Notice issued to BMC to close drains polluting Powai lake
The Mumbai Pollution Control Board has served a notice on the Brihan-mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to forthwith close five storm water drains which continue to pollute the Powai lake. The
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HC takes a serious view of lake, pond encroachments
The Gujarat High Court has ordered recharging of 130 existing lakes in the city for increasing ground-water levels, and has advised the civic authorities not allow use of high-rise building or
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Top priority to conserve Dal lake
The Jammu & Kashmir Government is taking all possible measures for the development and conservation of the prestigious Dal lake, the State Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Mohiuddin
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Kenyan wins prize for project to save Lake Victoria
A Kenyan has won a prestigious environmental prize for his project to protect the world's second largest freshwater lake and the people that live around it. George Odera Outa, from the University of
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Great Lakes' water levels drop below average
Water levels in North America's Great Lakes, the world's largest fresh-water system, are below average for this time of year, and this will affect shipping, recreational boating and marina operators
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Jamoniya lake finally inaugurated
The Jamoniya lake water supply scheme constructed at a cost of Rs 22 lakh received from urban development authority to solve the drinking water problems in the city of Sehore has been inaugurated by
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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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Evaluation of bioremediation effectiveness on sediments Contaminated with industrial wastes
<p>A treatability study was conducted to determine the most effective bioremediation strategies for the decontamination of sediments dredged from industrially polluted Gandigudem Lake. Microcosm experiments were performed with the addition of a microbial consortium and
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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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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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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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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