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Tata Power to conduct study for 500mw project
Tata Power Ltd, with agressive growth plans, is in the process of conducting a feasibility study for a 500-mw power plant at Ville, near the TPC-owned Bhivpuri lake (Bhivpuri lake is behind the
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The Chilika lake is still dying. But there are indications that once the Ramsar International Mission submits its report, the lagoon may be out of the Montreaux Record. The joint secretary, union
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Will children's argument on Powai lake hold water?
It's kiddie power that is surging forward to save Powai lake and its surroundings from turning into a commercial hub, on Chilren's Day. More than 500 children will gather on the banks of the lake to
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A great lake fills with filth
Pollution may soon kill South America's largest lake Maracaibo (Venezuela). The lake is forested with oil derricks, crowded with tankers, and saturated with sewage and chemicals. "The toxic level is
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4 more birds die in Mysore lake
Even before the Pollution Control Board could come out with details behind the death of 40 migratory birds in Lingambudhi lake, another four birds were found dead at the lake on
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Greens see greed, neglect tainting Siberia's pearl
- Shimmering between the Siberian taiga and the mountainous Mongolian border, Lake Baikal is the crescent-shaped jewel in Russia's rusting ecological crown. The world's deepest, oldest major lake is
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Ecologists fearing for Lake Baikal
Shimmering between the Siberian taiga and the mountainous Mongolian border, Lake Baikal is a crescent-shaped jewel in Russia's rusting ecological crown.The world's deepest, oldest major lake is home
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Kolleru freshwater lake is clinically dead
Kolleru is clinically dead, if the finding of a recent research study on the Asia's largest freshwater lake is taken into account. Several studies in the past had revealed that the lake was polluted
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Clean Dal Lake if you want votes, say boatmen
Boatmen of the Dal Lake have set a condition to political parties if they want them to vote in the coming elections: clean the picturesque lake which is in danger of being destroyed. There are more
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Chilka lake under threat from prawn mafia
Asia's largest brackish water lake, Chilka, is under threat due to large-scale 'fishy' operation by 'prawn mafia' in and around the lake. By encroaching over thousands of acres of land and water area
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Toxic bloom hits Gippsland lakes
A toxic blue-green algal bloom is spreading across the Gippsland lakes (Australia), with signs being erected from Metung to Lakes Entrance warning against swimming and fishing. The bloom, so far
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Toxic bloom hits Gippsland lakes
A toxic blue-green algal bloom is spreading across the Gippsland lakes (Australia), with signs being erected from Metung to Lakes Entrance warning against swimming and fishing. The bloom, so far
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Huge population of turtles in Mansar lake
Mansar lake, 56 km east of Jammu, is probably the only sweet water lake in the entire world which has a huge population of turtles, according to Sadiq Ali, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly
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Vadodara council to file plea in HC over lake pollution
Despite a recent Gujarat High Court order asking Gujarat government to maintain all water bodies-like lakes, ponds, rivers and canals in the state-Masiya lake at Manjalpur is currently in the process
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Blue algae strangle lake in Yunnan
Blue algae are plaguing Dianchi, Yunnan Province's once-beautiful "Mother Lake." The smothering organisms have formed a sticky green layer on the surface, suffocating life in the lake and sending out
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Stink beetles herald a miracle in the desert
About once a decade, a large lake-Lake Eyre appears in the middle of Australia. Heavy rains turn large tracts of the central desert green. This year's flooding is already on a par with 1989-90.
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A first for Bhuj as 1,500 rosy pelicans swamp Hamirsar lake
The century-old Hamirsar lake, in the heart of Bhuj, are host to about 1,500 rosy pelicans who have made the lake their winter abode. This is the first time the birds have come to the
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Poachers give the slip to Chilka guards
A cat-and-mouse game has started around Chilka lake. Forest and police officials find it difficult to patrol the lake and nab poachers who develop ingenuous techniques of catching migratory birds.
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Votes only if Dal Lake is cleaned, say boatmen
Boatmen of the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar have set a condition to political parties if they want them to vote in the coming elections: clean the picturesque lake which is in danger of being