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. …
BHUBANESWAR: Over 8.58 lakh migratory birds have thronged Odisha's Chilika lake this winter, as per the bird census released on Monday. Last year, over 7.61 lakh migratory birds were sighted in Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water lake and the largest winter resort for migratory birds in the Indian subcontinent. …
LUCKNOW: High Court on Monday expressed serious displeasure against allegations of sewage water flowing into Kathauta Jheel in Gomtinagar. The court said if allegations prove true, flow of sewage water be stopped. It has directed authorities concerned to file action taken report on January 18. A bench of Justice S …
Sewage water flows into the Kammasandra Lake at electronic City on Hosur Road in City. The sight of clearwater lakes is certainly a thing of the past for Bengaluru residents. In the absence of a sewage network at many places in the City and due to weak sanitary lines, more …
Groundwater occurs in semi-confined to confined conditions in the porous alluvial formations. Gravel, coarse to fine sands, clays and silty clay constitute the alluvial material and, of these, the gravel and sand form potential aquifers Granular zones are limited in many places in Chennai city and the shallow wells tapping …
In an order aimed at protecting one of Chennai’s drinking water sources, the National Green Tribunal’s southern bench here has directed officials concerned to ensure that no construction activity is undertaken in the Porur lake. Besides, it has banned private parties from drawing water from the lake. Disposing of a …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred Seventieth Report on "Environmental issues of Kerala in General and Kochi/Ernakulam in particular". The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests has been undertaking study visits in various States/cities across …
BHUBANESWAR: To study the biological and geographic parameters of Chilika lagoon and its basin eco-system, the Space Application Centre of ISRO with support from NASA is all set to carry out a hyperspectral study next week, a first of its kind in India. A special aircraft will be flown in …
The Earth's lakes may take a devastating hit from climate change, researchers report in a new study. Rapidly warming waters in freshwater bodies, including several Great Lakes and many reservoirs, trigger harmful algae blooms that ultimately threaten freshwater supplies for local ecosystems. Californian sea lions exposed to lethal doses of …
Europe's oldest lake is under threat from Mediterranean style-resorts and man-made sandy beaches, marine biologists have warned. Known as Europe’s Galapagos, Lake Ohrid in Macedonia is a Unesco Word Heritage Site and home to 350 species found nowhere else in the world. The lake's fragile eco-system has been protected from …
In this first worldwide synthesis of in situ and satellite-derived lake data, we find that lake summer surface water temperatures rose rapidly (global mean = 0.34°C decade1 ) between 1985 and 2009. Our analyses show that surface water warming rates are dependent on combinations of climate and local characteristics, rather …
The world's lakes are rapidly warming, thanks to climate change. Scientists have taken a closer look at temperatures and found that the warmer weather is threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems. This latest study is the largest of its kind, and is the first to use a combination of satellite temperature …
Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, new data has revealed. A new Nasa and National Science Foundation-funded study looked at lakes totalling more than half of the world's freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite temperature data and ground measurements …
Khartoum — The Minister of Minerals for Sudan, Ahmed El Sadeg El Karori, has acknowledged that Lake Nasser is heavily polluted. On Monday, he told Parliament that laboratory results proved that the lake, locally known as the Nubia Lake, is polluted with mercury, lead, and arsenic. El Karori pointed to …
Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, new data has revealed. A new Nasa and National Science Foundation-funded study looked at lakes totalling more than half of the world's freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite temperature data and ground measurements …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Alankrita Mehra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/12/2015 regarding construction and other development activities, taking place in the catchment area of the upper lake including the city of Bhopal. All the development permissions …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Lakes, 15/12/2015. The State wise details of amount sanctioned and released to the State Governments so far for undertaking various projects for conservation of lakes are given in Annexure-I. Under the NWCP/NPCA, an amount of 145.65 crore has so far been released …
Myanmar has launched the country's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve -- Inle Lake in Shan state, opening a new chapter in its commitment to bio-diversity and eco-system conservation, official media reported Friday. Inle Lake was designated as Myanmar's first biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Bioshpere (MAB) program in Paris …
The worries for City's biggest living lake stem from the recent frothing in the Bellandur and Varthur lakes. In the wake of the frothing Bellandur and Varthur lakes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and local residents have sounded the alarm bells for Jakkur lake, which is the biggest living …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Wetlands, 08/12/2015. In a number of cases (Original Application No. 121 of 2013, No. 153 of 2014, No. 02 of 2015, No. 501 of 2015, etc) being heard in Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), directions have been issued from time to time …
The CSE director general said rampant construction across the city led to the blocking of natural flood discharge channels of the lakes The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said Chennai could have fared better if it had protected and preserved its natural water bodies and drainage channels. CSE director …
