Sasthamkota

Sasthamcotta Lake faces yet another threat

Sasthamcotta Lake managed to remain a freshwater body for long owing to the virtual absence of nutrients in it. However, the continuous degradation of the lake has resulted in the entry of nutrients into it. This will lead to a big change in the chemical composition of the lake, including …

Sasthamcotta Lake faces yet another threat

Sasthamcotta Lake managed to remain a freshwater body for long owing to the virtual absence of nutrients in it. However, the continuous degradation of the lake has resulted in the entry of nutrients into it. This will lead to a big change in the chemical composition of the lake, including …

Greens demand statutory authority to conserve lake

Take out march to Minister Premachandran's residence Water matters: Environmental activists take out a march to the residence of Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran in Kollam on Sunday demanding the constitution of a statutory authority for the protection of Sasthamcotta Lake. KOLLAM: Environmentalists, under the banner of Paristhiti Samrakshana …

Mining ban around Sasthamkotta lake

People living near Sasthamkotta Lake in Kerala have received a notice banning them from taking bath, washing clothes and dumping garbage in the lake. The notice also forbids mining in the catchment of the lake. Sasthamkotta lake is a drinking water source for over 700,000 people in Kollam district. It …

Notification on Sasthamcotta lake

Whereas Sasthamcotta lake in Kunnathoor Taluk of Kollam district is the largest fresh water lake of Kerala, source of water supply to Kollam Municipal Corporation and suburbs and is a Ramsar site deserving to be protected from pollution, sedimentation and encroachment; whereas the lake is subjected to pollution of anthropogenic …

Studies find a salty past for Sasthamcotta Lake

Ignatius Pereira It got cut off from Ashtamudi Lake About 7,000 years ago Sasthamcotta largest freshwater lake in State Findings published in earth science journal KOLLAM: The freshwater Sasthamcotta Lake had a salty origin, according to a series of studies sponsored by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), the …

Measures to protect Sasthamcotta Lake

The government will take steps to protect the Sasthamcotta Lake, the largest fresh water lake in the State. Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachadran told The Hindu on Friday that the government proposed to bring an Ordinance to form a statutory authority for protection of the lake. The government had …

Relay satyagraha to conserve lake begins

KOLLAM: The Sasthamcotta Lake Protection Council started a relay satyagraha at Sasthamcotta demanding steps to conserve Asia

Water quality studies of Sasthamkotta lake of Kerala

Sasthamkotta Lake is Kerala's biggest fresh water lake. The lake is facing degradation due to anthropogenic activities such as directing human waste, soil erosion due to destruction of vegetation and dumping of waste from hotels and slaughterhouses. The water samples from different stations were analysed from a period March 2006 …

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