Siberian cranes flock to Suman Sagar lake
An artificial lake connected to an industrial-cum-residential effluent water treatment plant in Pimpri has started attracting some rare migratory birds, including Siberian
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TN orders 80 polluting industries to shut down
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board(TNPCB) has ordered 80 industrial units in the state to close down on charges of discharging polluting effluents in rivers and lakes. These units will not be
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Threat to Pulicat lake eco-system
report: The North Chennai Thermal Power station, the Ennore Satellite Port project and the proposed Petro-Chemical Park could cause serious environmental hazards to the eco-system of Pulicat Lake and
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Cameroon sends experts to killer lake
Cameroon has sent a team of experts to Lake Nyos following persistent reports of volcanic activity of a kind that led to the death of some 1,800 villagers from toxic fumes in 1986. The experts from
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Prawn fishing ban deferred
The prawn merchants in Orissa have received a shot in the arm with the state government failing to keep its promise to bring a bill banning prawn culture inside Chilka lake during the budget session
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Gamang faces mini-revolt on Chilika
Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang may have intensified the factional feud in the Congress with his bold initiative of stamping out prawn culture from the Chilika lake. With state youth Congress
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Legislation on Chilka management soon
The Orissa State Government will enact a comprehensive legislation for the management of the vast Chilka lake where prawn culture has created an explosive situation, the Chief Minister, Mr. Giridhar
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Fishery policy for Chilka Lake in offing
The Orissa Government has decided to announce a comprehensive fishery policy for the Chilka Lake where the controversy over extensive prawn culture has created an explosive situation. A Bill would be
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Pollution in Haleji lake
Experts carry out tests on birds : A five-member team of wildlife scientists took samples from 45 nests around the Haleji lake area to determine the level of pollution at the wetland. The sampling
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Bill banning prawn farming in Chilka likely
A Bill to ban prawn cultivation in Chilka lake may be placed in the Assembly during the budget session. Tbe Bill will also have provisions for a task force to monitor enforcement of the ban and take
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Rights forum flays firing on fishermen
The National Campaign on Labour Rights(NCLR) has condemned the firing on fish workers of Sorana village, near Chilka Lake, in Orissa at the instance of the prawn mafia, killing three fishermen and a
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Monitoring network in use Nation targets water pollution
China may soon establish a national water-quality monitoring network to protect the quality of the country's major rivers and lakes. The system is expected to provide early warnings about serious
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Chilka fishermen allege kidnapping
Tension in Chilka lake, where traditional fishermen are agitating against "prawn mafia", has heightened with Chilka Matsyajibi Mahasangh alleging that 13 fishermen were kidnapped at gun point near
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Kunming anti-pollution campaign ends
A month-long Dianchi Lake clean up campaign, dubbed as "zero-hour action", ended on May 12th, with 249 pollution enterprises declared to have met the waste discharge standards set by the state and
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An effluent way of life
In a recent study, the Palani Hills Conservation Council(PHCC), an environmental protection organisation, found that there were over 800 toilets in the vicinity of Kodaikanal Lake that were letting
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State gets new cancer hospital
Sixteen years after it was first conceived, the Subodh Mitra Cancer Hospital and Research Centre finally started functioning in Salt Lake's Sector III today. The hospital-cum-research-centre has all
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Rwanda joins ban on Ugandan fish
Fearing that fishermen are poisoning fish to catch them more easily, Rwanda has banned the importation of any freshwater fish from Lake Victoria in Uganda. The cabinet's decision followed Uganda's
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EU approves plan for tackling water pollution
European Union environment ministersapproved a long-term plan for cleaning up polluted rivers, lakes and coastal waters across the15-member bloc. The ministers endorsed legislation that sets out a
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A human form of 'Mad Deer' disease ?
As a 30-year old deer hunters lies dying at his near Salt Lake City, Utah, consumer advocates and government regulators are squabbling over a terrifying question that cannot be answered to anyone's
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Life choked from Gippsland Lakes
The East Gippsland lakes, one of Victoria's (Australia) premier tourist playgrounds, are being choked by chemicals and silt from agricultural runoff. Chemical fertiliser levels in one area have been