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. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2019 regarding violation of environment norms in the fragile buffer zone of Kaikondarahalli Lake at Banglore. Joint Committee comprising Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Karnataka State Pollution …
Pune: Environmentalists in the city have called the Pune Municipal Corporation’s Pashan lake restoration and beautification work ecologically insensitive. The restoration and beautification work at the lake was completed about four years ago. In 2017, the civic body awarded a project to the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and an …
Coimbatore: The city corporation has commenced the preliminary works at Periyakulam and Selvachinthamani lakes as a part of the lake restoration and rejuvenation project under the smart city mission. “Before commencing the projects, we will remove water hyacinth that have occupied a good portion of the lakes. While the cleaning …
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) yesterday accused City of Harare of not taking action over the pollution at Lake Chivero, the city's main water supply reservoir. In a statement yesterday, EMA Harare provincial environmental manager Mr Robson Mavondo said the agency identified Harare City Council as the main polluter by …
A contentious decision of the Udaipur Urban Improvement Trust to redefine and protect the boundaries of the famous Pichola and Fateh Sagar lakes at their “full tank level” has led to 30% shrinkage in their size and reduced their submergence area to 4.5 sq. km and 2.5 sq. km, respectively. …
NAINITAL: In yet another effort to preserve the ecological integrity of Naini Lake and Nainital town, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed local authorities to submit a factual and action taken report within two months on the deteriorating water body, and the town concerning landslides, water scarcity and breach …
Sameer Ahmed, counsel for one of the petitioners, urged the court to direct the authorities to protect Malkam Cheruvu. Hyderabad: Asking the Telangana government why the Musi river could not be revived like the Gujarat government did with the Sabarmati river and and the Rajasthan government the Bhadravathi, the Telangana …
Scientists have discovered a network of lakes beneath the largest glacier in East Antarctica, a finding that may be critical in predicting how the melting of polar ice will change the world’s oceans in the future. Researchers of Australian Antarctic Program have undertaken seismic studies to find out if there …
Traces of the medicine and personal care products are winding up in the rivers, lakes, and oceans through sewage, potentially affecting aquatic environments, scientists say. Researchers from Rutgers University in the US found that bacteria in sewage treatment plants may be creating new contaminants that have not been evaluated for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/03/2019. The prayer in this application is to restore ecology of Kaikondarahalli lake in Bangalore city. Case of the applicant is that a construction project is being …
Bengaluru: Six dying lakes in the city are all set to witness a revival with five corporates and private companies officially adopting them for rejuvenation, said government officials. The government on Wednesday inked memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the firms on the sidelines of an event held in the city. …
When they first started talking about doing something about the algae blooms in Lake Erie, which had made the once pristine water green and slimy and unhealthy from agricultural phosphorous runoff, people in Toledo, Ohio didn’t really know what to do. “Sometimes it was almost like all of us were …
A new pipeline from Hydernagar is being connected to the Meedhikunta Lake polluting the lake further. Hyderabad: Residents of Matrusrinagar held a signature campaign on Sunday demanding that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation construct a sewage treatment plant (STP) to treat sewage flowing into the lake and also stop work …
Through my regular write-ups in local English dailies , social media posts and through my videos , I keep telling people that biggest challenge Jammu and Kashmir state will face in the next 10 to 15 years is managing the solid and liquid waste especially the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).This …
In Bellandur’s buffer zone, amount of built-up area shot up from 0.5% to 45% in 2016. As the State government challenges the 75 metre buffer limit around lakes set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a geo-spatial analysis by researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) of Bellandur and Varthur …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sevamrutha Aradhya Vs State of Karnataka dated 16/01/2019 regarding illegal construction in the buffer zone on Kudlu Chikka Kere lake in Banglore South, Karnataka. NGT directs District Magistrate, Banglore South and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to look into …
BENGALURU: Kaggadasapura Lake, near CV Raman Nagar in east Bengaluru, on Wednesday began frothing, sending foam flying into the neighbourhood. Residents from areas abutting the water body were forced to close their doors and windows. After Bellandur, Varthur and Kalkere lakes, Kaggadasapura Lake is the fourth water body in Bengaluru …
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the Lake View Cottages and Orchid Lake Cottages near the scenic Umiam Lake constructed under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The chief minister said that a focused approach to boost potential tourism sector would pay …
DHARMASTHALA: The fourth Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Bahubali that gets under way at Ratnagiri from February 9 will see t he launch of new ‘jana kalyana’ programmes, said D Veerendra Heggade, dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala. This practice was started with the first anointment ritual in 1982 with the launch of Sri …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana government may be backtracking from its commitment to declare the Najafgarh lake and its influence area a wetland. Last week, state forest minister Rao Narbir Singh rolled out a proposal to build a bund on a portion of the marshes to reclaim land belonging to local farmers …
