Hybrid invader threatens wordsworth heritage
The wild daffodils on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District are under threat from garden centre blooms which are throwing their pollen about. National Trust staff have found that about 200
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Doordarshan committed to protect lakes
Bhopal Doordarshan is committed to protect the lakes of Bhopal and it gives preference to environment protection programmes. This was said by Doordarshan centre director Kulbhushan while speaking at
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Environment awareness campaign launched by Jammu Varsity deptt.
As environmental awareness programme on cleaning and greening of lake Mansar and its adjoining areas was organised by the extension wing of the department of environmental sciences, University of
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Canada - US industrial water waste rising - study
Industrial pollution dumped into U.S. and Canadian lakes, rivers and streams rose 26 percent from 1995 to 1999, overshadowing an almost equal reduction in toxic air emissions, an environmental
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Govt to set up fish sanctuary at Kaptai Lake
The Bangladesh government has decided to set up a fish sanctuary on 13-km land of Kaptai Lake under Mohalchhari for increasing fish preservation and reproduction.
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'Make East Coast Road Plastic-free'
On the banks of the Chitlapakkam lake in Chennai which is fast getting polluted and encroached wit garbage dumping, a seminar followed by discussions was held on handling Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
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A variety of fish species faces extinction
Of the total twenty -seven species of fish found in Pokhara City's lakes around a dozen of them are on the verge of extinction due to over fishing. Experts concerned over the dwindling fish
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Birds fight for space at Uppalapadu
Unless the various departments of the Andhra Pradesh state government clear their confusion about the Uppalapadu lake at Guntur, it might be another year of overcrowded nesting grounds and shrinking
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Unbridled lime shell mining posing danger
Unbridled mining of lime shell in Alappuzha district in Kerala is hindering smooth sailing of boats in the Vembanad lake. The heaps of waste left after mining is causing concern among the Water
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Polluted Lalbagh lake irks Lokayukta
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Venkatachala, who inspected the famous botanical gardens Lalbagh - in the city today, expressed dissatisfaction over the maintenance of Lalbagh lake and instructed the
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Oil company told to take steps to save birds habitat
The Sindh government, describing the actions taken by the Pakistan Petroleum (PPL) in the Drigh Lake Wildlife Sanctuary as irresponsible, has directed it to take remedial measures so that the habitat
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Stay order on dumping of waste suspended
The first bench of the Madras High Court has suspended until further orders the operation of an interim stay order restraining the Chennai Corporation from using the dry lake land in Pallikaranai
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Karnataka seeks Rs 250-cr Central aid
Karnataka today sought Central assistance to the tune of Rs 250 crores to conserve and develop the lakes in and around Bangalore from the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, T R Baalu. The
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Ganesh immersion rakes up debate
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought cooperation of the people in checking pollution of Hussainsagar. He pointed out that the large scale immersion of Ganesh idols in the lake
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Ganpati immersions spell doom for Kankaria lake
Though devotees bid a farewell to Ganpati and prayed for an early come back, very few in the civic administration are in a festive mood. Scores of Ganpati immersions in the Kankaria lake, Gujarat,
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Stop construction in green belt: HC
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed that work on two buildings in the green belt beside the famed Dal Lake should be immediately stopped. The division bench of the high court comprising Justice
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Prempura ghat for Ganesh immersions preferred
A symposium was organised by Surabhi School for deaf and dumb students to make them aware about the threat of pollution of Upper Lake, Madhya Pradesh because of immersions of Ganesh idols. The
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A dangerous life on water's edge
Bangladesh is one of the poorest, most squalid, most corrupt, and most densely populated countries on earth. All the Slum Dwellers are forced to use the lake as a collective latrine. They use the
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Naveen seeks report on killing of migratory birds
The gruesome trade in which thousands of migratory birds are poached in Orissa's Chilka lake for human consumption has come to light following allegations that the meat of the winged visitors was
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Disaster to be caused due to the falling of mountains in lake: Bahuguna
Renowned environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, said in the Supreme Court that the falling of the hills and mountains in the Tehri lake will result in the rise in water level in the rivers at a pace of