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. …
Oozing of groundwater in Jodhpur city in the desert area of Rajasthan, India has caused weakening of foundations and cellars of buildings and shops. It has become more significant since 1996 when Kaylana lake was connected with Rajiv Gandhi Lift Canal (RGLC) water supply and filling of the lake had …
`No Adventure Sports If They Aren't Eco-Friendly' Model Town may yet see Naini Lake thrive. Most of those who have been living here for 30 years or more have memories of lotuses blooming, frogs hopping, turtles swimming in the water and a variety of fish in the lake. But as …
Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of M/s. Jal Mahal Resorts Private Limited Vs The State of Rajasthan & Others dated 07/07/2015 regarding lease agreement dated 22/11/2005 between the petitioner and the Government of Rajasthan for development of 100 acres of land adjacent to Mansagar Lake. …
JAIPUR: The state government has declared the city's Jal Mahal and the Man Sagar lake as a protected area and placed it under the Rajasthan Lake Development Authority to restrict "activities" in and around the water body. The move could once again hit the Jal Mahal Tourism Project that has …
Lakes have played an important role in the history of Bengaluru; these were the primary sources of drinking water and irrigation in the last two decades. Due to the boom in the IT and related sectors in the silicon valley of India, has created an acute stress on the natural …
PUNE: People's proactive role in protection and conservation of lakes in cities like Pune (Katraj and Lakaki lakes), Kolhapur and Bengaluru among others places has drawn the Centre's attention to the need for public participation in saving water bodies. The government now wants the local residents to join hands to …
Alarmed at the diminishing number of birds that visit Sultanpur Lake, the forest department has suggested an ambitious plan to the district administration to turn the situation around. Over the years, the number of migratory birds coming to this lake has gone down considerably. The district administration is now planning …
Even as the threat of another flood in Kashmir has dissipated primarily due to the improvement in weather, questions are being raised why Kashmir is witnessing frequent flash floods and why the Jhelum flows above the danger mark even if it rains for a day. Against the backdrop of the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General has said the Lake Development Authority and urban local bodies have taken up conservation and development of lakes in an "ad hoc manner" without proper coordination with each other. The results of performance audit showed that implementing agencies had taken up conservation and development work …
The Tripura High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to demolish at least two sides of cemented embankment of Kalyansagar, holy lake of Tripureswari temple, in Udaipur of South Tripura within next two weeks to save aquatic life. The division bench of High Court headed by Chief Justice Deepak …
Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Devarabeesanahalli lake in Mahadevapura zone for the past two days, but none of the civic agency’s officials has taken note of it so far. The lake, spread over 39.31 acres and maintained by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), is surrounded by …
In December of last year, the Nicaraguan government began work on the much-debated interoceanic canal. The proposed project would divide Nicaragua’s biodiverse rainforests, coastal reefs, and the iconic Lake Nicaragua. Although construction has not proceeded beyond clearing and paving an access road, on May 31st of this year, the project …
On March 9th and 10th, 2015, an independent panel met for two days at Florida International University’s College of Law to discuss the likely environmental impacts associated with the proposed inter-oceanic canal through Nicaragua. The goal was to review some sections of the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) …
The district administration has identified all the 1,600-odd lakes for which Bengaluru was once known as the ‘City of Thousand Lakes’. But 85 per cent of these lakes are now completely dead as buildings and concrete structures stand on them. For almost a month, the district administration was busy conducting …
GURGAON: In view of rapid water depletion here, Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Wednesday directed the local administration to ensure maximum conservation of rainwater during upcoming monsoon season. While chairing a meeting on water conservation, Singh, who is also the local MP said, Gurgaon Municipal Corporation, Haryana Urban Development …
CONCRETE JUNGLE: Asmany as 206 lakes in the City have been encroached upon to different extents for someor the other purpose, according to an expert A latest study by the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has shown that 54 per cent of lakes in the …
PANAJI: Goa's Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has urged the Union minister of state for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar (independent charge) to depute a team of experts to Goa to find a solution to the state's polluted rivers. He has written a letter to the Union minister following reports …
FARIDABAD: Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said steps are being taken to revive Badkhal lake here to once again attract tourists and a company has been tasked to with the job analysing the reasons behind the drying up of the water body. The lake is situated in Badkhal village …
Water-driven fracture propagation beneath supraglacial lakes rapidly transports large volumes of surface meltwater to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet. These drainage events drive transient ice-sheet acceleration and establish conduits for additional surface-to-bed meltwater transport for the remainder of the melt season. Although it is well established that cracks …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has undertaken a special drive to revive rivers and lakes in the state. In a review of waterbodies in Uttar Pradesh, chief secretary Alok Ranjan said ponds and pools digging drive should be conducted in villages to accumulate rainwater. He also said directions have been issued …
