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. …
Scientists were baffled last year after meltwater lakes atop Greenland's ice sheet suddenly drained out at rates rivaling Niagara Falls. Now a team of U.S. researchers says it has figured out the bizarre phenomenon and that could help them forecast global sea-level rise. Vertical shafts in the ice sheet, called …
The High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to come up with a comprehensive policy and action package if it decides to go ahead with the eviction of encroachment on Banaswadi Lake. Hearing a petition by M Balachandran and another, challenging the tahsildar’s (Bengaluru East) order to demolish the …
Water level in Hussainsagar has gone down by two metres ever since the government said it was cleaning the lake and not de-watering it in multiple court representations, environmental groups said on Monday. "In the courts, the government has always responded by saying that they are only repairing the sluices. …
One of the prime lakes in the City, Sankey Tank, too faces the threat of increasing pollution and encroachment. The government claims that Sankey Tank is a model lake but in reality, it is highly polluted, shows a report published by Centre for Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science. The …
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 City have been encroached upon for construction activities and turned into garbage dump yards. The study, conducted just after the recent frothing and fire at …
Goa bio-diversity board and Goa Pollution Control Board experts inspected the controversial Sappu Lake in Ambaulim and Cuncolim’s Nayaband Lake on Wednesday. They have collected water samples from both lakes. Cuncolim social activist, Ronny Dias was present during this inspection as he tries to stop the destruction of both lakes. …
KOLHAPUR: A fresh fighting may start in the coming days over the ownership of the city's most popular water body — Rankala lake. In its affidavit submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has stated that since the civic body has successively failed in …
The House panel on Lake Encroachment was faced with strong protest by angry residents of Bellandur who besieged the committee members demanding immediate removal of encroachments around the water body. The House committee headed by Ranebennur MLA K B Koliwad looking into the encroachment of lakes, had a tough time …
Vaman Acharya, Chairman, KSPCB, launches the experimental project that will treat sewage water fromthe apartments in JP Nagar 7th Phase, along with rain water, to be let into Puttenahalli lake. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Sunday, launched an experimental project to let treated sewage water from apartments …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday halted all approvals given by the government agencies for construction of buildings on wetlands and catchment areas of water bodies in Bengaluru for three months. The tribunal principal bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar and its members Justice U D Salvi, D K Agrawal …
Authorities okay with plan to build offices on lake bed as demolition drive continues on such land in B'luru There seem to be two standards in the scheme of things: one for the common man and the other for the government’s own departments. Structures that had come up illegally on …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Forward Foundation Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 07/05/2015 regarding commercial projects that are being developed in a large-sized, mixed use development project/building complex, including setting up of a SEZ park, Hotels, Residential Apartments and …
Hyderabad: Environmentalists on Sunday demanded that the state government should immediate comply with the National Green Tribunal order that passed an injunction on the dewatering of the Hussainsagar till further orders. They wanted the government to list measures it would take to conserve and clean up Hussainsagar. Environmentalists and members …
Even as the Bengaluru Urban district administration is carrying out an anti-encroachment drive at Sarakki Lake, another issue which needs to be dealt with by the authorities immediately is the dumping of garbage at the vast waterbody, residents and lake activists have said. The residents complained that about 10-15 Bruhat …
Even as J&K; is in the process of pr\eparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a new flood spill channel from Dogripora in south Kashmir to Wular in north Kashmir for preventing floods, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has asked the state government to study the retaining capacity of the …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently directed the state government to submit within three weeks its action plan on formation of biodiversity committees by local bodies and the time required for the purpose. The court issued these directions during the hearing of the public interest litigation (PIL) …
Water insecurity costs the global economy some US$ 500 billion annually, according to Global Water Partnership (GWP). That figure does not take into account environmental impacts so the total drag on the world economy could be 1% or more of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GWP released these figures based …
The Delhi Lieutenant Governor has approved the construction of the Sanjay Lake View Complex in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri area. To address the issue of the deteriorating water level in the lake, the project implementing agency, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has assured that all construction work will be done in …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has granted permission to an apartment complex in the City to release its treated sewage water into a lake. The first-of-its-kind permission has been granted on a trial basis. The KSPCB Chairman Vaman Acharya gave the nod after an official visit to the …
Two years after the restoration and beautification work at Pashan lake was hailed as a great example in conservation and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was lauded for its efforts, the condition of the lake is back to square one. Not even a square inch of water is visible, as …
