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 rush to extract methane from the depths of Africa's Lake Kivu could trigger a huge upwelling of suffocating gas, potentially affecting over 2 million people.
The Urban Development Authority (UDA) will complete the relocation of 320 families out of the 1,000 families identified to be relocated to facilitate the Beira Lake restoration project by October this year providing them houses in Dematagoda, Beira Lake Restoration Project Manager Renuka Wickramasinghe told the Daily News. The Beira …
Pune Ten years ago, the College of Military Engineering (CME) began creating four man-made lakes on their 2,600-acre campus. Today these lakes have become a natural ecosystem for a variety of birds. Reed beds in the upper lakes organically filter and cleanse domestic sewage; the CME has also earmarked zones …
Mumbai Continuous rainfall over the last few days has raised the levels of the six lakes that supply water to Mumbai, with three of them inching closer to their full supply level. Modak Sagar, Tansa and Upper Vaitarna are just inches short of overflowing. Modak Sagar Lake has touched 161.83 …
MUMBAI: The state government is gearing up for a cloud-seeding experiment in Marathwada, the region that houses the constituencies of Congress stalwarts chief minister Ashok Chavan (Mudkhed) and former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh (Latur). Marathwada has received only 15 per cent of its usual rainfall till date, senior state government …
Chandertal (Lahaul-Spiti): Eco-tourism is slowing spelling doom for the Chandertal lake high-altitude wildlife sanctuary, the last remaining natural habitat for the rare snow leopard. This lake, an international wetland, attracts nature lovers, Gaddi shepherds and pilgrims every summer. Trekking groups, tourists, tent operators, makeshift dhabas remain active near the lake. …
The 13th Century Hauz Khas lake, which was to be developed as a tourist attraction as per a 2003 High Court order, is dying a slow death. When Newsline visited the spot, the water level in the 80,000-square metre lake was low and the water was covered with filamentous algae, …
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage. The …
Engineers in Kochi are giving final touches to the 4.62-km-long rail bridge connecting the mainland to the proposed international container transshipment terminal on Vallarpadam island across the Vembanad lake in Ernakulam district of Kerala. Due to be commissioned in November this year, it will be the longest rail bridge in …
Ahmedabad: For once, Gandhinagar will have its own distinct lake to flaunt. Called Gandhinagar Lake, this water body will be ready by February next year and will be the single largest lake in the city. It is being developed by various departments, including roads and buildings department while the greening …
Aug. 31: Encroachment of the canal bed areas is the main reason for the inundation of several residential colonies in the city. The Nagamayyakunta drain area was occupied three decades ago. The same is the case with Raj Bhavan Makta area where thousands of houses were constructed near Hussainsagar. Several …
Mumbai: The BMC is planning another cloud seeding experiment at the catchment area near Vihar lake to induce rains and address water scarcity in the city. "The lake water levels have not been rising as per expectations. In the last few days, the water content of all six lakes providing …
ALAPPUZHA: The ATREE, in association with the All- Kerala Houseboat Owners' Association, has organised a lake cleaning campaign on Thursday in the Punnamada lake and and the nearby canals. Around 100 volunteers participated in the programme. The `jalapaadom' students of the St Joseph College, the St Antony's HS, the S …
The State Government has decided to rejuvenate 180 lakes in Bangalore in the coming days, Bangalore In-charge Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he said work has been already commenced to rejuvenate and beautify 33 lakes. While the BBMP is developing 21 lakes, the BDA has …
Three lakes (Nainital, Sattal and Naukuchiatal) in the Kumaun Himalayan region were investigated for total organic carbon and nitrogen, their atomic ratios and isotopic composition in their sediments. These geochemical proxies measured in 34-45 cm long cores indicate that organic matter preserved in the lake sediments is primarily derived from …
MUMBAI: A few days after cloud seeding experiments at Tansa and Modak Sagar brought some rainfall in the catchment areas, the BMC conducted a similar exercise at the same spots on Thursday. The two experiments carried out at Modak Sagar, however, did not bear fruit and resulted in only 5 …
Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has prepared a plan to install 17 Floating Solar Powered High Flow Circulators/Solar Bees and 10 Portable Wastewater Treatment Plants worth of Rs 400 million at Rawal Lake to clean contaminations from its water, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday. They said WASA had submitted …
