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. …
A spill that dumped billions of gallons of mining wastewater into creeks and lakes this week has led local officials in British Columbia to declare a state of emergency and raised concern for migrating sockeye salmon. The Cariboo Regional District said the declaration will help it get access to needed …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of BL Mishra Vs Collector, Chhatarpur regarding constructions both, residential and commercial by way of encroachment have been made within the Kishore Sagar Lake, Chhattarpur and the District Administration and local authorities are allowing constructions to come …
The High Court on Tuesday directed the tahsildar, Bangalore South, to clear encroachments around Sarakki lake in Jaraganahalli, Sarakki and Puttenahalli villages within six weeks The High Court on Tuesday directed the tahsildar, Bangalore South, to clear encroachments around Sarakki lake in Jaraganahalli, Sarakki and Puttenahalli villages within six weeks. …
POKHARA: Pokhara-based tourism entrepreneurs today flayed the government for failing to do the needful to conserve the shrinking Fewa Lake. Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Minister Bhim Acharya was invited as the chief guest at the programme. Minister Acharya urged the entrepreneurs to form a committee to protect the lake. …
The drinking-water crisis in one of Ohio's largest cities is drawing attention to a new requirement for farmers in the state: a license to fertilize. The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, lifted citywide restrictions on drinking water due to elevated levels of a suspected toxin from an ongoing algal bloom in …
BHOPAL: Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation, Visesh Garphale has ruled out violation of National Green Tribunal (NGT) norms in developing lakefront along Upper Lake in Khanugaon. Rather, it is a positive development that would prevent encroachments and improve green cover around the lake, said Gharphale. Not relenting to back off from …
Thermokarst lakes formed across vast regions of Siberia and Alaska during the last deglaciation and are thought to be a net source of atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide during the Holocene epoch. However, the same thermokarst lakes can also sequester carbon, and it remains uncertain whether carbon uptake by thermokarst …
Environment activists and bird lovers in the city want the civic body to close the historic Salim Ali Lake for public for the time being and declare it as a biodiversity hot spot. On Monday, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court issued a contempt notice to municipal commissioner …
Locals against move to build concrete wall around lake; say drinking water could be supplied from the lake MARGAO: The Goa State Bio-diversity Board on Wednesday inspected the Sapu Lake at Ambelim, following complaints by farmers and NGOs over plans by Water Resources department to build a concrete retaining wall. …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Monday issued contempt notice to municipal commissioner Harshdeep Kamble for violating its order by opening the Salim Ali lake for public on July 2 without talking permission of the court or the civic body's biodiversity committee. Acting on a public interest …
A geological study has been started after the famous religious tourism place, Mai Pokhari of Ilam district, went to the verge of drying up completely. The stakeholders are now scrambling to revive the historic pond. Both the government and private sectors are making efforts to restore Mai Pokhari, which is …
LHASA - The Buddhist holy lake Namtso has lost its spot as Tibet's largest lake to Serling Tso, whose rapid expansion is fueled by melting glaciers and increased rain, according to new research. The Serling Tso was measured at 2,391 square kilometers in June, 369 square km larger than the …
MARGAO: Activists have knocked the doors of the Goa State Bio-diversity Board to save the Sapu Tollem from concretization as the lake is being developed for the proposed water supply scheme in Ambelim village. They have drawn attention of the Bio-diversity Board that the Water Resources department is doing the …
The mega tourism development plan for Tehri Lake has been suspended for the past one year. The centre, however, has already sanctioned Rs 150 crore for the project. Three authorities have undertaken the preparation of the master plan, and each of them has failed. The Tehri Lake is an artificial …
POKHARA: Stakeholders today urged the government to clearly incorporate the local community’s rights and duties into the wetland policy. At an interaction on ‘Wetland Preservation and Sustainable Use: Local initiative for Livelihood’ organised by Fish Research Centre, Pokhara, in the Lake City today, participants stressed the need to identify communities …
Sixty people died in a building collapse in Chennai earlier this month. There is much more than the municipal incompetence that needs to be fixed to avoid such tragic incidents. This building was located on the Porur lake, a water body that provides services, such as groundwater recharge and flood …
NOW that Nicaragua has picked a path for a Chinese firm to dig a canal connecting the Caribbean and the Pacific, environmentalists are worried about a huge lake on the route. They fret about the effects of ship traffic on the health of Lake Cocibolca, the largest freshwater body in …
Drought in the south-western US will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s, federal water managers said Tuesday. The projected lake level of about 1,080 feet above sea level …
The poor environmental practices of the former Soviet Union and other eastern European states over many decades is well documented. While these were most glaring for industrial plants and mines, they also spread to agriculture. One of the lesser-known disasters came from a lack of systems thinking in irrigation. To …
