Nawabganj sanctuary is gasping for breath
"You see more birds on the hourdings than in the lake," is the cryptic remarks of a keen bird watcher who returned to Nawabganj wild bird sanctuary, forty kilometres from Lucknow, for bird watching
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A.P. case referred to Appellate Authority
The Supreme Court in a significant judgment on 'environment-pollution-prevention matter' in vicinity of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar lakes (Hyderabad) - referred certain crucial issues relating to
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There's plenty up north
Canada has 20% of the world's fresh water supply, most of it in the Great Lakes, with the remainder pouring unchecked into three oceans. The United States, with one-tenth of Canada's fresh water, has
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Bird sanctuary cries for water
The Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon-- a home to resident and migratory birds, including several highly endangered species--is in trouble ; largely man-made. The lake part of the sanctuary, spread
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Tackling lake pollution in East China province
Anhui Province in east China is set to improve the water quality of Chaohu Lake, around which are 109 enterprises, each of them producing more than 100 tons of waste water every day. All the
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Migratory birds presence falls
Dhaka Zoo Lake, one of the staging grounds of the migratory birds, disappointed bird-lovers who gathered there to view them on the opening count of the 13th Asian Waterfowl
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Something fishy at chemicals factory, say angry villagers
This year's rice harvest failed as well,leaving Mrs Ambarita and hundreds of other villagers on the shore of Lake Toba destitute-and very angry. The object of their anger was Indorayon, a pulp and
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It's time for winged visitors of Chilka
Winging their way over long distances feathered friends from Siberia, Iraq, Iran and central Europe have started arriving in the balabana bird sanctuary on the Chilka lake on Orissa
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Despite floods, China is running dry
Throughout northern China, an estimated 550 million people do not have enough water. Four hundred of China's 600 cities live with water shortages. Rivers are running dry; lakes are parched bowls of
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Survival of the fittest kind
An African fish poses a grave threat to varieties of native fish in the famous Jaisamand lake at Udaipur. The fish, Oreochromis Mossambicus, locally known as "Telapiya" was eating up the local
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Losing battle
An unscrupulous nexus of politicians, bureacrats and the businessmen is killing a 600-year -old magnificent legacy : Udaipur's seven lakes.
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Mysore bird sanctuary fails to take wing
The Lingabudhi lake is a beautiful one on a 250 acre area bordering Mysore city, which attracts many exotic birds like open-billed storks, pelicans, egrets, cormorants and spoon bills. But inadequate
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Prawn culturists' net, silt load throttling Chilika lake
Chilika , Asia's biggest salt water lake spread over 1,100 square kilomentres, is choking with an ever-increasing silt load and spreading nets of prawn culturists. Crass commercialism in the form of
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- Pollution boards initiate legal action against 1008 units
State Pollution Control Boards have initiated legal action against 1,008 of the 2,138 polluting industries for discharging effluents into the rivers and lakes without requisite treatment. Of these,
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Dead fish found floating in Yercaud lake
A substantial number of fish are found dead in the Yercaud lake, the most sought after tourist spot in Salem district, allegedly due to a mysterious disease. The dead fish are found to have a severe
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Dead fish raise stink but 'are not toxic', assure scientists
Scientists have ruled out that the fish, which were found floating on a lake behind the Delhi Secretariat yesterday, were toxic and would harm people if eaten. samples of fish have been sent to the
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'Oxygen level was normal in stadium lake'
The initial report of the samples taken from the lake behind Indira Gandhi Stadium show that the level of dissolved oxygen was within normal parameters, Delhi Environment Minister A.K. Walia said
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Something fishy? 2,000 fish dead
Over 2,000 fish died under mysterious circumstances in a lake near the Indira Gandhi stadium in Indraprastha estate early Sunday. Surprisingly, nobody from the Delhi Administration seemed to know
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Over 1 lakh fish perish in Kukkarahalli lake
More than one lakh fish have perished in the polluted waters of the Kukkarahalli Lake in Mysore since the last three days. The loss is estimated to be Rs 3 lakh. This is the second such incident
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Studying mercury accumulation in fish
A toxic metal is to be deliberately added to a pristine Canadian lake in a bid to discover how it gets into fish. People in Canada and most U.S. states have been told to limit their consumption of