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. …
Indian government classifies wetlands as wastelands despite the fact that they serve as reservoirs of ecological diversity. During times of floods, they act as sponge, which hold water and release it slowly, allowing groundwater to recharge. Also, they are excellent cleansers of pollutants discharged into the water upstream. Their value …
two more lakes of Bangalore have joined the list of polluted waterbodies. A socio-economic study conducted by the Indian Institute of Sciences ( iis ), Bangalore, in collaboration with the Union ministry of environment and forests shows that the Rachenahalli and Amurthahali lakes of the city have become polluted and …
Many flamingos were recently found dead on the shores of Lake Nakuru and Lake Bogoria in western Kenya. Researchers attribute their death to pollution. "We have identified several toxic metals present in their bodies,' said Ramesh Thamphy, Rift Valley lakes specialist of the World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf …
The Gujarat high court has ordered the Ahmedabad's civic authorities to recharge the city's lakes for increasing groundwater level. Ahmedabad had 204 lakes in 1960, but now only 130 are left, according to the court. "Lakes in the city have become victims of mindless construction works and underdevelopment of the …
At least 50,000 flamingos died in the East African region between 1993 and 1995, largely due to pollution, reports Panafrican News Agency. A number of metals have found their way into Lake Nakuru, Kenya, home to millions of flamingos, from chemical plants in the nearby Nakuru town. The presence of …
Cambodia has passed a legislation to make the Tonle Sap Lake a biosphere reserve, which will protect it from development and exploitation of resources. The lake is southeast Asia's largest freshwater body. The biosphere programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (unesco) had nominated Tonle Sap as …
sewage and industrial wastewater have been treated and reused in India for agriculture for well over 100 years, and in industries for the last 30-40 years. In spite of this reuse, there is a great untapped potential if some other options are also considered. Groundwater recharge with freshwater, for instance, …
Devices to reduce the emissions of toxic gases from two Cameroon lakes will be put in place by a team of 10 scientists and engineers from the us , France and Japan. The emission of these gases has killed almost 1,800 people till now. "The devices called Nyos Organ would …
The Ramsar Convention of IUCN held in 1971 in Iran raised global awareness of the conservation and management of wetlands. Wetlands, the transitional zones that occupy an intermediate position between dryland and open water, regulate the flow of water and nutrients, thereby facilitating optimum functioning of the physical and biological …
Kolleru Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the districts of East and West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. The major population centres in the Kolleru Lake region are the 148 villages of which 50 bed villages and 98 belt villages. All bed and belt villages in lake region have …
untreated effluents and domestic sewage discharged into the Ballandur lake in Bangalore heaped up as froth and spilt over to the bridge connecting the village to the Ring Road on October 22. The frothy foam of highly toxic wastes bewildered the villagers so much that they thronged the area to …
lake Geneva may end up becoming deoxygenated and a weed covered dead zone, thanks to the dams built on the river Rhone in Switzerland, say researchers at the University of Geneva. In the past 40 years, nine large hydroelectric dams have been built on the tributaries of the Upper Rhone
The Haleji lake plays host to over 100,000 migratory water fowls of over 230 species during winters. The lake is threatened with extinction due to a fall in water level and weeds. Earlier, the level was maintained by the Karachi Water and Sewage Board as it provided the city with …
For years, residents of Gujarat's Saurashtra region have been demanding allocation of funds for desilting its numerous lakes and ponds. Till late, their appeals fell on deaf ears. The government maintained that desilting old ponds was not economically viable. It was cheaper to build new ones, it said. Not that …
What is the problem in Chilika? The local fisherfolk in Chilika for many years have used traditional methods to catch fishes to earn their livelihood. The problem started when the prawn culture began in the early 1990s. Big money lured the mafia, who comprise of non-fisherfolk, and influential people such …
the Orissa government has finally decided that there will be no renewal of leases for prawn fishing in the Chilka lake area. The government has also approved of a comprehensive fishery policy for the lake. Jagannath Patnaik, revenue minister of Orissa has said that a bill giving shape to the …
unemployment , poverty, lack of capital and lax enforcement of laws are to blame for the poisoning of fish in Lake Victoria, environmental experts in Kenya say. The practice, which led to a ban on fish imports from Lake Victoria by the European Union, has jeopardised the country's us $109,375 …
Existence of Lake Nainital has been a matter of debate in the last two decades, because it is the only source of drinking water to Nainital city, a famous tourist resort in northern India. In the tectonically active lake basin, naturally occurring landslides have genered sediments in huge amount. In …
