KOLHAPUR: In its first ever meeting, the district environmental committee appealed to citizens to take precautions against environmental and noise pollution during the Ganesh festival from August 29. The
About 5,000 people have been moved from villages near a volcano in Vanuatu as low-level eruptions underground send ash through a crater lake, raising fears of a big eruption that could burst the lake
After a series of meetings with people connected with the lilleru lake dispute in Hyderabd. The state government is understood to have decided to go full steam with the lake restoration
Court told Karnataka
The aim of this study is to determine impact of water harvesting structures construction in recent past on inflow capacity of lake Fatehsagar, Udaipur.
The contaminated Saipem Lake dominated the gram sabha meeting of Navelim Village Panchayat on Sunday with villagers demanding that the Margao Municipal Council stop issuing occupancy certificate to housing projects not connected to the sewerage project.
Environmentalists warn that invasive species disgorged from ships' ballast tanks have put the Great Lakes near an ecological tipping point. But rules enacted this year require all inbound ships to flush their ballast tanks with seawater, allaying most fears about more invasions of the five lakes, which collectively hold one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water.
In a significant decision, a Division Bench of the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka constituted by Mr. Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar & Mr. Justice B. Sreenivase Gowda ordered notice today on Mr. S. V. Ranganath,
In the present study the pollution of a major North Bihar lake, the Kawar Wetland was studied with special reference to their effects on flora, fauna and local human population. The water of the lake is turbid, acidic and is having higher conductivity. The dissolved oxygen level was estimated as 7.6 mg/L, free CO2 6.3 mg/L, bicarbonate 80 mg/L, hardness 90 mg/L, chloride 17.0 mg/L.
KARUR: Harness the excess water running down the Cauvery during times of flooding at the Panjapatti lake in Karur district so that hundreds of wells in the Krishnarayapuram taluk and surrounding areas could recharge easily, District Congress Committee has opined.
बेंगलुरु की वॉर्थूर झील के आसपास का इलाका सोशल मीडिया पर 'नए कश्मीर' के रूप में जाना जा रहा है। शनिवार को एक बार फिर यहां के लोगों को 'बर्फबारी' का सामना करना पड़ा। दरअसल यह पहाड़ों की बर्फ नहीं बल्कि
The Bangalore South constituency may boast of having the maximum number of water bodies, hills and hillocks, good number of civic amenity sites but these jewels of the constituency are now in danger.
Arsenic has poisoned a lake in southwest China that was famous for its hot springs, affecting the drinking water of at least 26,000 people, state media said on Friday. Trucks were carrying 80 tonnes of water each day to affected areas near Yangzonghai lake, in Yunnan province.
Officials to take measures for opening sea mouths at Rayadurg and Konduruvaripalem villages Here is some good news for the environmentalists, bird lovers, fishermen and the farmers staying on sea bed
Mumbai, September 17 Six lakes have reached their maximum levels After irregular monsoon with long period of dry-spells, the six lakes that supply drinking water to the city have finally reached their maximum level. With both Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa overflowing on Tuesday night, the levels have now reached the total annual supply of 13.20 million liters and will suffice Mumbaikars
DH News Service, Bangalore: The State government has promised to protect all the lakes in the State including the live tanks in the City by fencing and increasing the green cover around them. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation by B Krishna Bhat, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice Mohan Shantanagowdar, in view of government assurance, has disposed the petition seeking protection of the lakes.
A geological study has been started after the famous religious tourism place, Mai Pokhari of Ilam district, went to the verge of drying up completely. The stakeholders are now scrambling to revive the
Major restoration project drawn up for waterbodies in Tiruvallur district Nearly 200 lakes falling under Kosasthalaiyar river sub-basin in Tiruvallur district near Chennai will soon be rejuvenated.
KSSP Team Starts Inspection Of Vembanad Lake Kochi:The people’s commission on Vembanad ecosystem (PCVE), set up by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) to study the nature and extent of encroachments and violations on wetlands, met in Kochi and inspected waterfront areas.
Lakes around the world are shrinking and becoming less productive because of climate change, pollution, poor irrigation practices and neglect, the United Nations warned. African lakes are among the
