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. …
SILCHAR: India is a megabiodiversity country and north-east, in particular, is a hotspot of biodiversity in the world being gifted with innumerable water resources in the form of wetlands, lakes and rivers with biodiversity of resources in them. It is also a fact that the depleting water bodies and fish …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Tuesday, directed the UT Administration to immediately release funds to the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee so that it can complete a study of the Sukhna lake. A case pertaining to save Sukhna lake came up for hearing before a Division Bench …
It seems the seriousness of the Central and State government about conservation of environment and water bodies lie only on papers. The proposals for rejuvenation of the city's iconic Nag river and nine other lakes have been making rounds on papers for the last four years. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
The MP high court has directed the Madhya Pradesh government to file its reply on the allotment of 32 acres of land in Bhopal to Chirayu society with the next three days or pay penalty for delay by each day. A division bench of MP high court comprising chief justice …
To protect lakes from encroachments and ensure their upkeep, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will rope in corporates and non-governmental organisations (NGO) by floating a novel scheme - 'adopt a lake'. The lakes, located in the erstwhile Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) jurisdiction and outside the Greater Hyderabad Municipal …
Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in the Chilika Lake despite warning by wildlife officials against killing of winged guests in Asia's largest blue lagoon. Stringent anti-poaching law is in force in the lake, home to lakhs of winged guests, and whoever is found to be violating it would be …
Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in the Chilika Lake despite warning by wildlife officials against killing of winged guests in Asia’s largest blue lagoon. Stringent anti-poaching law is in force in the lake, home to lakhs of winged guests, and whoever is found to be violating it would be …
Environmentalists and several residents’ welfare associations have termed the 340 hectare groundwater recharge zone in the Sohna Final Development Plan- 2031 “grossly inadequate” and “unsustainable” and also demanded setting up of an experts’ committee to assess the ecological significance of the area and develop a detailed conservation plan. Though the …
The Ambattur lake located on Thiruverkadu road, Ayappakkam, which once served as an important water resource for the surrounding areas, has now literally turned into an “open drainage.” “The lake was once a main source of drinking water. It was considered an alternative to Puzhal reservoir. It also served as …
The highly-contaminated Subramanyapura Lake in the City is forcing flat-shelled turtles onto the roads, but the authorities do not seem to be bothered. Prasanna Kumar, a wildlife volunteer, with the flat-shelled turtle.The creatures are ending up either in the hands of poachers or on the plates of foodies. A few …
The long-term ice record (from 1964 to 2008) of an Arctic lake in northern Europe (Lake Kilpisjärvi) reveals the response of lake ice to climate change at local and regional scales. Average freeze-up and ice breakup occurred on 9 November and 19 June, respectively. The freeze-up has been significantly delayed …
Land grabbing has today become a major issue across India and a central political faultline in Indian politics. Protests, resistance and conflicts have been growing as a result of attempts by people to assert their legal and customary rights in the face of state and corporate attempts to take over …
Discharge of untreated and partially treated industrial and municipal wastewater from towns constitute major source of pollution in rivers and lakes. CPCB is monitoring water quality of various river stretches in the country including, inter-alia, River Ganga and Yamuna. Based on the monitoring, 150 polluted stretches have been identified along …
Most lakes are oversaturated with CO2 and are net CO2 sources to the atmosphere, yet their contribution to the global carbon cycle is poorly constrained. Their CO2 excess is widely attributed to in-lake oxidation of terrestrially produced dissolved organic carbon5. Here we use data collected over 26 years to show …
Durgam Cheruvu, the secret lake in Madhapur, is rich in biodiversity, but is not getting the attention it deserves because too many departments are involved in its management. The irrigation department is the owner of the lake, the hill slopes belong to the GHMC and the HMDA, and the tourism …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Friday came down heavily against political interference in the bid to remove encroachments from catchment areas of rivers, dams and ponds. The court also pulled up the state government for playing with citizens' health by not keeping water bodies free of pollution. During the …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has constituted a working group to suggest ways for the preservation of water bodies in the urban areas. Rapid disappearance of water bodies from the urban landscape has sounded an alarm vis-à-vis water shortfall and has also put a considerable strain on States’ spending to …
Hyderabad scored 36 out of 92; It scored poorly in recreational and education services for children If this was an exam, the city would have failed miserably. Greater Hyderabad has scored zero (out of four) in three indicators and one in 12 indicators regarding healthy biodiversity. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar …
Submitting an application before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case pertaining to the depletion of groundwater in Gurgaon, Qutab Enclave residents’ welfare association former president R.S. Rathee, one of the petitioners, has told the court that in addition to illegal extraction of groundwater, the natural recharge zones …
A voluntary organisation of residents has contributed a handsome sum for the improvement of Chitlapakkam lake, a 50-acre water body near Tambaram. The lake has been at the core of a movement by activists and residents who have been fighting for its protection for over a decade. The S.V.V Trust …
