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. …
Delhi Development Authority's proposed redevelopment project "Lake city complex" in East Delhi was today challenged before the National Green Tribunal which sought Centre's response on the issue. A bench of Justice P Jyothimani issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Ministry of Urban Development, DDA and Central Ground …
Sanjay Lake near Mayur Vihar is all set to assume a new avatar as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has cleared a redevelopment project that would see a lake city complex rise beside the water body, a city landmark. “There would be commercial and residential facilities, swanky restaurants and eateries …
The Forest and Revenue departments will soon embark on a joint survey of lakes and tanks in urban areas of the State. The drive, with its focus on the water bodies of Bengaluru, involves identifying their boundaries to protect, preserve and develop at least 840 of them in the ‘Garden …
In the Alberta oil sands region, insufficient knowledge of pre-disturbance reference conditions has undermined the ability of the Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program (RAMP) to detect pollution of the Athabasca River, because sampling began three decades after the industry started and the river naturally erodes oil-bearing strata. Here, we apply a …
Illegal dumping of garbage and debris has posed a major threat to Sarakki lake in JP Nagar even as Karnataka High Court has directed the district authorities to restore the water body by removing encroachments. Every day, trucks line up at Sarakki Lake to dump debris and garbage. As a …
Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) present this Eighth report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on water pollution in India based on C&AG; Report No. 21 of 2011-12, Union Government for the year ended March 2012 related to the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The above mentioned Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General …
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahangara Palike and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to draft a plan for preventing discharge of sewage into stormwater drains (SWDs) which are linked to lakes. During the hearing of a petition filed by Citizens’ Action Group, …
It takes less than an hour from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to reach Thane, the low profile neighbour of glitzy and glamorous Mumbai. But you sure are in for a shock by the end of that 45-minute train journey, and another few minutes in a taxi or an auto-rickshaw: far from …
HALDWANI/NAINITAL: Elaborate efforts to revive the Naini lake with the help of artificial oxygen supply and advanced biological technology may soon grind to a halt due to the shortage of funds and resources. "A lot of our revenue used to come from approving building plans for construction of small and …
Environmentalists speaking to citizens at Salim Ali Lake in an initiative organized as part of the Kirloskar Vasundhara International film festival (KVIFF) on Sunday appealed to citizens to save spots in the city that are rich in bio-diversity. Addressing about 300 people, they said the plants native to these places …
PATIALA: As de-silting of historical Rajindera Lake in Patiala city has thrown up several surprises, including a rare species of soft shell turtle, ecology lovers and green activists have demanded that the process be immediately stopped, so as to preserve flora and fauna of the water body. Apart from a …
As Canadian lakes have become more acidic, they've become increasingly dominated by jelly-like plankton that are throwing things out of whack, new research suggests. And these gummy invaders aren't going anywhere. Soon, they could even disrupt the country's water supply. Years of industrial pollution have replaced the calcium that should …
In the forest on both sides of Tughlaqabad Fort’s southern outer wall, a lake has slowly materialised over the past two years. Leafless tree-trunks jut out at odd angles from the poisonous water. Sludge and plastic bags gather at its banks. A team from the Ministry of Environment and Forest …
The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has started cleaning of water bodies that will be used for performing rituals in Chhath but the drive is being carried in a very limited sense — clean the surface and leave the banks of the water bodies for the agencies to clean. Water bodies …
Climate change and invasive mussels may have made Lake Erie a more inviting host for toxic bacteria in recent years, suggesting that ambitious goals are needed for reducing phosphorus runoff that feeds large blooms like the one that forced a temporary tap water shutdown in and near Toledo, Ohio, scientists …
Valankulam, one of the biggest tanks in Coimbatore, will get a fresh lease of life with the civic body set to to remove 788 encroachments. Corporation and slum clearance board officials met on Saturday and decided to shift slum dwellers to new apartment buildings at Ammankulam by the end of …
Potent pharmaceuticals flushed into the environment via human and animal sewage could be a hidden cause of the global wildlife crisis, according to new research. The scientists warn that worldwide use of the drugs, which are designed to be biologically active at low concentrations, is rising rapidly but that too …
Varsity researcher warned about catastrophe in 2010 “It was a natural catastrophe which could not have been prevented. If the government had vision, the flood on September 7, which inundated Srinagar, could have been managed better,” said Dr Shakil Romshoo, head of the Earth Sciences Department at the University of …
To fulfil the demands of a few industrialists, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) submitted misleading information about Nag River while proposing to change its origin to Ambazari lake. MPCB even contradicted it's own statements in the proposal. Even while relaxing the River Regulations Zone (RRZ) policy for MIDC industries, …
