J&K s Wullar lake rid of encroachments
the Jammu and Kashmir government launched a major eviction drive to remove encroachments from the catchment area of Wullar lake in Baramulla district. A vast piece of land was cleared in Magnipora
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Chemical units on notice
The State Environmental Protection Administration (sepa) of China has reported that almost half of the country's chemical factories pose serious environmental risks. Following an environmental
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Gujarat dam might not materialise due to tremors
The future of a 63-km long dam planned across the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat to create the world's largest sweet water lake is in doubt following intermittent tremors in certain parts of the state
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Better water resources management: greater resilience today, more effective adaptation tomorrow
This perspective document addresses water as a primary medium through which climate change will have an impact on people, ecosystems and economies, and aims at achieving and sustaining water security through water resources management in order to build resilience to current climate variability, while building capacity to adapt to future climate change.
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Signs of bacteria in Antarctica lake
Bacteria may lurk underneath the surface of a frozen Antarctic lake, having survival for millions of years without light or outside oxygen, researchers have reported. Three separate studies in
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Report on cleaning Dal lake ready
Jammu and Kashmir Government has prepared a Rs 297.90 crore project for cleaning and conservation of Dal and Nagin lakes, officials said. The project report has been forwarded to the Centre which has
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A facelift project for Dal Lake
A Rs. 297.90 crore project for cleaning and conservation of Dal and Nagin lakes has been prepared by the Jammu and Kashmir government which will be sent to the Centre for release of funds. The Centre
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Environmentalists say Phewa Lake fast dying a slow death
Environmentalists in Nepal and local stakeholders once again sounded death knell for Pokhara's lake, saying it might die a slow death if something is not done immediately to preserve it. According to
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Newly build drain canal renders Tsho-Rolpa lake safer now
After two years of continuous work, immediate danger of overflowing of the Tsho-Rolpa glacial lake has been averted for the time being. Engineers and glaciologists opened a canal door that drains out
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Action plan to launched to revive Bangalore lake
State government representatives, environmentalists and non-governmental organisations have launched an action plan to save Bellandure Lake. Various task forces will be set up as part of the plan to
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Lakhota lake's depth to be increased at cost of Rs 4 cr
Water Conservation Committee vice-president Hargovind Tanna told newspersons that the depth of Jamnagar city's Lakhota lake would be increased by another one-and-a-half to two feet at a cost of Rs
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Jupiter moon Io's volcanoes look like young earth
New images of monster volcanoes and lava lakes on Jupiter's moon Io could help scientists look back in time to earth's younger, more volcanic days, astronomers
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Caution over cleanup of Nura river
As the cleanup of the decade-old mercury pollution in Nura river started in Kazakhstan, environmentalists emphasised the need for extreme caution. Mercury had been discharged in the river over many
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Plea to declare meteoritic lake a protected wetland site
A washim-based zoologist has proposed that the world famous meteroritic Lonar lake in Buldana district be declared a 'Ramsar' site, arguing that it fulfills all the criteria for such a step. A Ramsar
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Smooth sailing
Ten African nations show how a river can be shared peacefully
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The central problem
Callous unconcern, pollution, encroachment and politics is finishing off the lakes in Bhopal and Indore
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Sand palmed off from Thanneermukkom
ALAPPUZHA: Large quantities of sand, mined from the Vembanadu lake during the dredging of the Kollam-Kottappuram Inland Waterway-III at Thanneermukkom, is alleged to have been illegally transported to various places inside and outside the State.
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Russian lake faces eco threat
Russia's lake Baikal is under renewed threat from a deteriorating environment. In a masterful peice of Soviet Planning, the Baikalsk pulp and paper mill was built 33 years ago at the southern tip of
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Two glacial lakes caused ancient freeze-up - study
Two vast ancient glacial lakes which long ago gushed out of what is now northern Canada into the North Atlantic caused the most abrupt cold snap of the past 10,000 years, scientists
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With dam in place, Tsho-Rolpa is a safer place now
With the construction of a new dam, risk of a possible Glacial Lake Outbrust Flood (GLOF) in Tsho Rolpa (Nepal) has minimised, say officials. Department of Hydrology and Meterology (DHM)-run