Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
Irregularities have regularly plagued mega construction projects in Bengaluru. But the National Green Tribunal (NGT) verdict on the one linked to Mantri Tech Zone/Coremind could force a dramatic course correction. Could this mean the industry juggernaut that swallows up lakes galore be finally regulated? The line-up against the encroachment of …
Activists, whose sustained campaign and fight saw the National Green Tribunal rule against two ongoing construction projects around the Agara and Bellandur lake, on Thursday urged citizens across the city to join them in a renewed campaign to make Bengaluru a more liveable city and save its crucial water bodies. …
Bengaluru: Aquatic life in the city's lakes is in deep water. Of the fish mortality cases in India which have grabbed headlines and found mention in research papers, the maximum are from Bengaluru followed by Mysuru, a recent study has revealed. Most fish have perished for the same reason. Sustained …
The National Green Tribunal’s ruling on the wetlands in Bengaluru, and specifically on the construction activity on those between the Agara and Bellandur lakes, is a victory for the cause of protection of the city’s natural environment. It gives hope that the law and the people’s will to protect their …
A group of like-minded people in St Cruz have come together in a bid to influence the comunidade to fight a legal battle for taking custody of over a century old Bondvol Lake. A public awareness on Sunday saw 100-odd residents gathering at the village deliberating on how to ‘save …
नई दिल्ली में सूखे को लेकर बुलायी गई बैठक में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के सामने मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव सूबे में 78 हजार जलस्रोतों को पुनर्जीवित करने और एक लाख नये तालाब बनाने की योजना पेश कर रहे थे। वहीं जल संरक्षण को लेकर मुख्यमंत्री के संजीदा इरादों से इतर कड़वा …
The National Green Tribunal in this landmark judgment imposed a new buffer zone of 75 metres for lakes and wetlands which will be a no-construction zone, as opposed to 30 metres of buffer earlier in Bangalore. The court also ordered Mantri Techzone Private Limited to demolish structures built on buffer …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Rivers and Lakes, 03/05/2016. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) programmes. The NGRBA programme …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Discharge of Effluents into Lakes, 03/05/2016. According to National Wetland Inventory Atlas published by the Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad in 2011, there are a total of 7,57,060 wetlands, including lakes and other water bodies, in the country. However, no specific inventory of lakes in …
These dire findings are the result of a new study by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, which examines the potential of a proposed action plan to save the lake under future scenarios of climate change. The study, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Namma Bengaluru Foundation & Others Vs State of Karnataka dated 26/04/2016 regarding development of a residential developmental project in the name of Shriram Chirping Woods consisting of several blocks of apartments spread over an area of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Polluted Lakes, 25/04/2016. Based on the proposals received from different States, the Ministry has so far sanctioned projects for conservation of 63 lakes in 14 States at a total cost of 1096.09 crores under the NLCP/NPCA. So far, an amount of 635.902 crore has …
Belagavi: Sambra, Mutaga, Nilaji and Balekundri Gram Panchayats of Belagavi taluk, which had never felt shortage of water for decades, are also facing a water crisis due to drought and improper management of water this year. There are three lakes in Nilaji village, five in Mutaga, six in Sambra and …
Bhopal: Following the 90s' model of conservation of lake in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh water conservation ministry is now contemplating the idea of digging and deepening the lakes for water conservation. Watch League Organisation members met state water conservation minister Jayant Malaiya on Tuesday and suggested digging and deepening of …
Researchers investigated whether Neogobius melanostomus, an invader of biodiversity ‘hot-spots’ in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, facilitates or inhibits unionid mussel recruitment by serving as a host or sink for their parasitic larvae (glochidia). Infestation and metamorphosis rates of four mussel species with at-risk (conservation) status (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana, Epioblasma …
BENGALURU: "You may expect similar episodes in some more lakes fed untreated sewage," warned T V Ramachandra of Indian Institute of Science, who released a report on Devarabeesanahalli lake, where hundreds of fish perished earlier this month. Titled Path Towards Ecological Restoration, the report states the pH levels showed the …
Officials of the departments concerned and civic agencies will be held responsible for any more encroachment of lakes after completion of the ongoing survey of lakes in Bengaluru Rural and Urban districts. The Legislature Committee on Lake Encroachment, headed by MLA K B Koliwad, which met here on Tuesday to …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Review of clearances to lake bed and eco-sensitive projects, 14/03/2016. The schemes of National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) and National Wetland Conservation Programme (NWCP) have been merged in February, 2013 into an integrated scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) for …
In a move that has left green activists worried, the Centre has shrunk the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the meteor-crater Lonar lake in Buldhana district to 100 metres from 500 metres. The one-of-its-kind Lonar crater was created by a meteor impact around 50,000 years ago. Activists fighting for its preservation …
BENGALURU: A day after thousands of fish were found dead in Ulsoor Lake, the government has ordered a clean-up. It also set a week’s deadline for stakeholders to give reasons for the fsh kill. Mahendra Jain, Additional Chief Secretary, Forests, Ecology and Environment, visited the lake with Lakshman, Chairman, Karnataka …
