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. …
Environmentalists warn that invasive species disgorged from ships' ballast tanks have put the Great Lakes near an ecological tipping point. But rules enacted this year require all inbound ships to flush their ballast tanks with seawater, allaying most fears about more invasions of the five lakes, which collectively hold one-fifth …
The most important water resources are wetlands like lakes and reservoirs. Apart from being sources of water, lakes are highly productive ecosystems. Coastal lakes like Chilika lake and inland lake like Ansupa lake, Orissa are very important water resources. Ansupa lake is the largest very old fresh water lake of …
This study was driven by two objectives: to develop a framework and methodology for assessing the outcomes of conservation-poverty reduction initiatives and to apply it to such initiatives in wetlands to understand conditions and methods that can support the integration or balancing of ecosystem conservation with poverty reduction. The study …
V Gangadharan | ENS Chennai, CONTINUOUS flow of sewage into the Chitlapakkam Lake in the southern suburb of Chennai for over 12 years has turned it into a big reservoir of filth and dirt, besides contaminating the groundwater. After putting up with it for years, people of the town panchayat …
Water is not distributed evenly over the globe. Fewer than 10 countries possess 60% of the world's available fresh water supply: Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, Indonesia, U.S., India, Columbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, local variations within countries can be highly significant. Less than 3% of the world's …
WATERING DOWN Lucknow: As if the controversy involving dumping of municipal solid waste around an ancient lake in Smriti Upvan was not enough, a survey done by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has led to the discovery of yet another lake which though exists in the land records can
Ahmedabad: Will the city be grey or green? That's the question before Ahmedabad's citizens and its civic body as a slew of mega civic projects swamp the city, from Bus Rapid Transit System to Kankaria Lake Front Development, Sabarmati River Front Development and numerous other flyovers and railway overbridges. This …
Hyderabad, Sept. 19: The government has decided to punish those who built illegal constructions upstream of Osamansagar and Himayatsagar. It is contemplating issuing an ordinance specifying penal action for the purpose. This was decided at a high-level meeting of the chief secretary and officials concerned with the implementation of government …
Mumbai, September 17 Six lakes have reached their maximum levels After irregular monsoon with long period of dry-spells, the six lakes that supply drinking water to the city have finally reached their maximum level. With both Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa overflowing on Tuesday night, the levels have now reached the …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The State government has promised to protect all the lakes in the State including the live tanks in the City by fencing and increasing the green cover around them. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation by B Krishna Bhat, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The Forest Department has recommended a ban on tourism activities including setting up of food joints near Hebbal, Nagavara and Agaram lakes. The Department, which had been directed to submit the recent report by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests after his visit to these places …
Authorities Deny Existence Of Historic Lake, Invite Penal Action Pankaj Shah | TNN Lucknow: When irrigation minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui introduced the
Hyderabad, Sept 8: The state government on Monday kept in abeyance the orders reducing buffer zone near lakes across the state. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy was believed to have directed the Municipal Administration and Urban Development department not to implement GOs issued by former MAUD principal secretary …
Thanks to the availability of satellite data archives covering more than a decade, Permanent Scatterer SAR Interferometry (PSInSAR) nowadays represents one of the most powerful techniques capable of retrieving surface displacements of either natural (rock outcrops) or man made objects (buildings, infrastructures) already present within the surveyed area, acting as …
Karnataka forest department critiques model to save lakes the Karnataka forest department has recently come out with its assessment of the impact of leasing lakes to private players in Bangalore. Saying that the lakes were being destroyed, the department has come down heavily on the activities of private players. The …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The State Government is contemplating setting up a special task force to clear encroachment of lake beds in and around Bangalore city, Minor Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Karjol said the encroached land is estimated to be worth nearly Rs 50,000 …
