Pollution threat from idol immersion
Five years ago many fish in the Masunda lake of the adjoining Thane city were found to have perished soon after the traditional immersion of Ganesh idols at the end of Ganesh festival. A survey
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Rare birds threatened by corridor project
Just two years ago it was a tranquil blue lake on which several birds of the rare bar-headed goose species sailed serenely. Now Karnataka's nature lovers may have to bid good-bye to lovely Thailur
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No let up to sewage dumping in Upper Lake
Painting a grim picture about severe pollution in Upper Lake, which is supplying drinking water to several lakhs residents of Bhopal, Sadprayas, a voluntary organisation claimed that about 10 tonnes
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Canal safely drains volcano's crater
A dangerously swollen crater lake in a Philippine volcano safely disgorged streams of muddy water after a slow start in a massive drainage operation to save a town of 40000 people. twelve hours after
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Endangered Wyoming toad numbers are down
Last month, an annual survey of Mortenson Lake in Wyoming found a total of 196 Wyoming toads, far fewer than the 8,000 released there from captive breeding facilities this year. The low numbers at
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Bird's eye view
It is neither as big as the 1,100-sq km Chilika lake nor dies it get the exquisite Siberian cranes as visitors like the Keoladeo National Park does. And it doesn't appear in the list of wetlands to
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Illegal sand quarrying triggers migration
Large scale illegal sand quarrying, beyond permitted depth in a lake in Madambakkam, near Tambaram, has affected four villages in the area, resulting in many people migrating to other parts in search
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Scientists say Great Lakes are cleansing themselves
Canadian and U.S. scientists say they have proof the world's biggest fresh water system, the Great Lakes straddling Canada and the United States, are cleansing themselves of pollutants, and they are
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Civic body on a tree-cutting spree
In New Alipore and other parts of South Kolkata, as Mudiali and Lake Avenue, trees of all sizes are being felled. Trees are also being felled at places around flyover construction sites, specially in
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'Keep Upper Lake pollution free'
Apart from Bhoj Wetland authorities, as many as 30 non-government organisations urged the people to spare the Upper Lake, the main source of drinking water and immerse idols at Prempura ghat,
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Another green revolution?
Ajmer, the sprawling central district of Rajasthan with an arid to semi-arid ecology, is far from being well-endowed for intensive agriculture. Despite being dotted with lakes and ponds, the
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Birds brave war to reach Chilka
Dodging scores of American fighter jets hovering over war-ravaged Afghanistan, thousands of migratory birds from north Asia have successfully traversed the aerial route to Orissa's famed Chilka Lake,
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Eco-friendly bye to Gods
Festivals like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja add an even gereater load to our overburdened rivers, lakes and seas. Immersion of idols made of plaster of paris, lime and cement contain toxic
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Pleasure boat wakes stir up trouble
A "No Wake Zone" may be better than a speed limit to prevent the pollution and water quality problems that can occur when pleasure boats stir up a lake bottom, a Penn State study has shown. Even at
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New rules to check tree felling formulated
The Madhya Pradesh government has issued orders that trees, at distance of 30 meters from rivers, lakes, 15 meters from road and 30 meters from sacred religious places could not be felled. The
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Toxic waste in Bangladesh lake kills fish
Thousands of fish suspected to have been poisoned by industrial waste have been dying each day in a lake in Bangladesh's capital, posing a health risk to slum dwellers who have been collecting the
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JNTU presents eco report
Ban on the immersion of Genesh idols, setting up of four air pollution monitoring centres around the Hussain Sagar Lake, besides carrying out extensive dredging operations are some of the major
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The forest, the trees and the gas below
Over the last year, the Finger Lakes national forest and villages around it, like Hector, have been engulfed by the same disputes about opening federal lands to oil and natural gas drilling that have
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Damaging chemicals increasing in city lakes
Quantity of damaging chemicals like chloride, phosphate and nitrate is continuously increasing in the Upper Lake which is quenching the thirst of 40 per cent of Bhopal city's population.
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Orissa mulls ban on illegal fishing in Chilka
The Orissa government may ban "un-conventional fishing" within 1000 metre of the Chilka lake. A Bill to this effect is likely to be introduced in the Assembly during the winter session. The revenue