NHAI to obey expert panel on lakes
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to submit an undertaking that it would abide by the recommendations of the expert panel set up by the Lake Development
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DR Congo landslide death toll climbs to 200
At least 200 people have been killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a landslide swept through a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert in Ituri province, officials said. Abdallah
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NGT stays waste management plant near lake
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Chennai Corporation’s plan to go ahead with the setting up of a Solid Waste Management (SWM) facility at Kuthambakam village
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Wetlands on path to destruction
The hope for protecting the city’s largest wetland – connecting Bellandur, Agara and Varthur lakes – that arose after censure from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over construction of a Special Economic
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Methodology for assessing the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in transboundary basins and experiences from its application: synthesis
This Synthesis publication covers lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on protecting the environment derived from several transboundary
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Methodology for assessing the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in transboundary basins and experiences from its application: synthesis
This Synthesis publication covers lessons on interlinkages, trade-offs and benefits in managing water, energy and land/agriculture, as well as on protecting the environment derived from several transboundary
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding garbage dumping in Pallavaram Lake, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 01/09/2015
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S.P Surendranath Karthik Vs. The Chairman, Pallavaram Municipality & Others dated 01/09/2015 regarding garbage dumping in
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China needs further action to stop water pollution: vice premier
China faces a "formidable task" to clean up its rivers and lakes and needs a fundamental change in attitudes to prioritize the environment over economic development at all cost, vice premier Wang Yang
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Sasthamkotta Lake not endangered: KSSP study
KOLLAM: Even as it is feared that Sasthamcotta Lake is shrinking to death, a recent study by the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) brings the relief that the State's largest freshwater lake is not in danger of extinction. The study submitted to the State government shows that water level of the lake fell to alarming levels in 2004 and 2009.
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Waste dumping: Corporation to take legal action
Kochi Corporation will seek legal action against the agency that dumped a container full of chicken feet at the lake near Edakochi if it does not remit the fine within the stipulated time.
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Sukhna Lake: HC asks states to deploy JCB machine, 40 workers
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday directed the two states to provide 40 labourers and a JCB machine each for paving way, so that there is no impediment in water reaching Sukhna Lake. Also, Chandigarh
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Ulsoor Lake to be sewage-free next year
Bangalore, If all goes well, the Ulsoor Lake may be free from sewage by next year, with Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) all set to lay separate underground pipelines. The work, part of the Environmental Action Plan (EAP), will be taken up on priority basis by the Board, after representatives of the Army and members of the Ulsoor Lake Restoration Committee recommended an early
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Conservation and management of lakes: an Indian perspective
<p>This publication on the conservation and management of India’s lakes and wetlands, as a follow-up of the 12th World Lake Conference. This publication will serve to be useful reference material for policymakers, implementing agencies, environmentalists and those of us who enjoy the diversity and beauty of India’s water bodies.
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Malaria vectors in Lake Victoria and adjacent habitats in western Kenya
The prevalence of malaria among the residents of the Lake Victoria basin remains high. The environment associated with the lake may maintain a high number of malaria vectors. Lake habitats including water
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Palike finds way to check growth of weeds in City lakes
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) says it has found a way to control the growth of aquatic weeds, the wild plants which pose a big challenge to revival of the City's vanishing lakes. The
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Rs.24.8-crore conservation plan for Sasthamcotta Lake
Alternative water supply schemes to be ready within a year The State government has made an allocation of Rs.24.8 crore for conserving and protecting the Sasthamcotta freshwater lake. The declaration was made by Additional Chief Secretary V.J. Kurien in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a meeting held at Sasthamcotta on Friday.
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Corpn. diverts sewage into Muthannan lake
Takes up underground drainage repair work Faeces and other dirt flow into the Muthannan lake. The sewage flows after the Coimbatore Corporation diverted it from the underground drainage network near Gandhi Park.
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No machines to clean lake
Hyderabad, April 15: Though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has allocated Rs 300 crore for cleaning the Hussainsagar lake, the authorities do not have machinery to clean the algae. They are depending on workers to clean it.
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Wetland Conservation Programme, 29/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Wetland Conservation Programme, 29/11/2016. The National Wetland Conservation Programme (NWCP) has been merged in February, 2013 with another scheme of National
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Something smells a bit fishy
In a "green" state, an environmental disaster looms