মাথায় বিপদ নিয়ে বদ্রী কি কেদারনাথেরই পথে
দ্রীনাথকে ঘিরেছে আতঙ্কের ছায়া। আবহাওয়া দফতরই এই বিপদের ইঙ্গিত দিয়েছে। গঢ়বালে এ বার বর্ষা এসেছে অন্য বারের চেয়ে প্রায় এক মাস আগে। অঝোর বৃষ্টি এখনও চলেছে। উপগ্রহ চিত্রে ধরা পড়েছে, বদ্রীনাথের মাথায়
দ্রীনাথকে ঘিরেছে আতঙ্কের ছায়া। আবহাওয়া দফতরই এই বিপদের ইঙ্গিত দিয়েছে। গঢ়বালে এ বার বর্ষা এসেছে অন্য বারের চেয়ে প্রায় এক মাস আগে। অঝোর বৃষ্টি এখনও চলেছে। উপগ্রহ চিত্রে ধরা পড়েছে, বদ্রীনাথের মাথায়
झीलों के आसपास निर्माण को लेकर उदयपुर कलेक्टर की ओर से सुप्रीम कोर्ट में दायर विशेष अनुमति याचिका (एसएलपी) खारिज कर दी गई। हाईकोर्ट द्वारा वर्ष 2007 में सुनाए गए फैसले के खिलाफ याचिका दायर की गई थी। इस
THANE: The city of lakes has enough alternate sources of water to ackle the non-potable usage till next rains. The hidden underground springs across Thane district have accumulated enough water, which
Work on beautification of the Line Tank Lake, in the heart of the state capital , which had begun way back in 2006, will commence once again.
Hundreds of tourists who are attracted to a greener Pushkar this monsoon, are disheartened to see the lake not filled to its full capacity. The lake is unable to retain the water because of technical
Lying 4,700m above sea level on the Tibetan plateau is Namtso Lake. It is held as holy by the region's Tibetan population and every year thousands of pilgrims walk around its shores. As one of the largest
Like other mountainous areas, Nepal is highly vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and this vulnerability has increased due to climate change. Risk reduction strategies must be based on
In what could be the testimony of step-motherly treatment with two main water bodies of the Jammu region, only Rs 90 lakh were released for the conservation of Surinsar and Mansar lakes during the past three years as against whooping Rs 120 crore sanctioned for Wullar lake in the Kashmir valley. Official sources told the EXCELSIOR that while submitting Rs 386 crore project for the conservation
The Committee on Estimates which met under the Chairmanship of MLA Handwara, Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan to take stock of the measures being taken for the protection and conservation of the world famous
A parliamentary panel has slammed the Environment Ministry for its "usual buck-passing approach" on conserving rivers and lakes and held it responsible for high levels of pollution in major Indian rivers.
Two new important bird areas (IBAs) — Sirpur Lake in Indore and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — have been added to the existing list of IBAs in Madhya Pradesh. Currently, there are 17 IBAs in the state that
V Gangadharan | ENS Chennai, CONTINUOUS flow of sewage into the Chitlapakkam Lake in the southern suburb of Chennai for over 12 years has turned it into a big reservoir of filth and dirt, besides contaminating the groundwater.
<p>Report of the Telangana State Pollution Control Board in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order of June 22, 2020 in Original Application No. 426 of 2018 filed by Mohd. Nayeem Pasha & Others.
WATERING DOWN Lucknow: As if the controversy involving dumping of municipal solid waste around an ancient lake in Smriti Upvan was not enough, a survey done by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has led to the discovery of yet another lake which though exists in the land records can
Lucknow: An ancient lake situated within Smriti Upvan, a memorial constructed in memory of Kargil martyrs, in Kanpur road is threatened of being levelled up with municipal solid waste. Coincidentally, the lake was part of the
Kochi: Efforts are on to declare the oxbow lake at Vynthala near Mala in Thrissur district a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) as a mark of the diverse flora and fauna there. Chairman of the National
The Centre has approved projects for development of Fateh Sagar Lake in Udaipur at a cost of Rs.42 crore and improvement of the Walled City area in Jaipur at a cost of Rs.29 crore. The Centre will bear 70 per cent of the cost of the lake plan under the National Lake Conservation Project.
<p>Since 2011, cohorts of schoolchildren in regions bordering Lake Victoria in Kenya and Tanzania have been investigated for morbidity caused by Schistosoma mansoni infection. Despite being neighbouring
The Autonomous Authority Will Regulate All Activities Affecting Vital Water Bodies Gandhinagar: Waking up to the need for conserving the state’s wetlands and lakes, the Gujarat government has decided to constitute a first-of-its-kind Wetlands and Lakes Regulatory and Development Authority. An official associated with the formation of the new authority said, “Wetlands and lakes, both have great ecological and socio-economic importance but as of now they are encroached, damaged or heavily polluted. Hence there is a great need to protect these crucial water bodies.”
Move is aimed at check-mating mafia which has been mining sand unchecked from rivers and lakes The Karnataka government has proposed a new sand policy to check the operations of the sand mafia. This will replace the present one formulated by the previous BJP government.