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. …
Even as the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) began its search for the body of six-year-old Abhishek, a whole lot of people including BBMP and local residents along Hennur Main Road heaved a big sigh of relief on Tuesday. The reason being Hennur Lake, which is deep with weeds and has …
The gram Sabha meeting of Chandor village Panchayat on Sunday adopted a resolution calling upon the authorities to take up desilting of the Chandor lake and make optimum utilization of the water resources for agriculture production. At a meeting held on Sunday, the villagers strongly demanded immediate work of desilting …
BHUBANESWAR: Centre has provided Rs 17 lakh in the first phase for integrated development and conservation of Ansupa, the largest sweet water lake in the State. The measures for the preservation of the lake were discussed at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy at the …
Neha Sinha Posted: Thursday , Jun 04, 2009 at 0141 hrs IST New Delhi: The good news: L-G has asked PWD to dredge out waste from lake as part of contract The bad news: Civic apathy sees private tanker stealing water from Neela Hauz Vasant Kunj residents Siddharth Varshney, 12 …
Their intervention is timely. Powerful commercial interests, including developers and big farming groups, have been pressuring Congress to keep things the way they are. For nearly three decades, the Clean Water Act was broadly interpreted by the courts and federal regulators as shielding all the waters of the United States
Green activists on Friday formed a human chain demanding that the government should immediately stop filling of a large area on Banani-Mohakhali Lake in Dhaka meant for building 3,360 flats. The Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan organised the programme in front of the National Museum in the city to protest at the …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday inaugurated the programme to rejuvenate the fast dying lakes in the City. The first phase will include 31 lakes around Bangalore, of which, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will begin the work on 12.
KOLLAM: The Kollam district committee of the Paristhithi-Samrakshana Ekopana Samithi will organise a convention for the protection of Sasthamcotta fresh water lake on May 31 at West Kallada. Human rights activist Joy Kaitharam will inaugurate the convention. Samithi district chairman R.Gangaprasad and general convener Odanavattom Vijayaprakash said that agitational programmes …
The State government will set in motion its ambitious plan of rejuvenating 33 lakes in Bangalore, at a cost of Rs 294 crore, with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa launching development works at the Ullalu lake on Wednesday. While Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will take up rejuvenation work on 12 …
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday. The railroad will pay C$1.8 million ($1.6 million) to resolve the charges stemming from the crashes in August 2005 that leaked oil into Lake Wabamun in …
This voluntary organisation in Dhar-wad has shown that it is possible to achieve progress without seeking any support from the government. Kalghatagi is one of the most backward regions of Dharwad district. But its people don't seem to be distraught. They have taken up positive action to solve their problems. …
K. Lakshmi It is also being used to store water from Veeranam tank Seeking Attention: Most parts of the Porur lake have turned green due to the growth of aquatic weeds. CHENNAI: The Porur Lake, which is used as a storage point for city water supply, presents a pathetic picture …
Denied rights, aggrieved citizens abstain from voting having lost their means to earn a living, communities are increasingly using their vote to drive home the message they distrust the State. Tribals who lost their agricultural land in a forest area because of faulty implementation of forest rights laws in Maharashtra …
Surface meltwater that reaches the base of an ice sheet creates a mechanism for the rapid response of ice flow to climate change. The process whereby such a pathway is created through thick, cold ice has not, however, been previously observed. We describe the rapid (<2 hours) drainage …
The Supreme Court judgement ordering suspension of all mining activities in the 448 sq. km. area of the Aravalli Hill range falling in Haryana's districts of Faridabad and Gurgaon including Mewat. This present order, hereby suspend all mining operations in the Aravalli Hill Range falling in the state of Haryana …
The Vembanad lake, the second largest wetland in India, is in a state of precipitous decline. IN a convincing, grandmotherly voice, an elderly woman tells her uncaring grandson that he must stop throwing rubbish into the river. This is pollution, and it is bad for the river, she scolds him. …
