Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
It is not only just the Ulsoor Lake which is polluted. According to a report released by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) of the 75 lakes, studied in the City, 35 fall under E-Category, which means, the water is not fit for consumption, bathing and for animals. Following the …
Bengaluru’s numerous lakes that are full of sewage are set to see better days. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will set up 19 more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at Rs 2,500 crore over the next four years to keep sewage away from the lakes. Once that happens, …
The mass fish death at the Ulsoor Lake early this week echoed in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council meeting on Thursday. Raising the matter in the Council, ruling party leader R S Sathyanarayana said, “The BBMP, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and the Karnataka State Pollution …
Bengaluru: Citizens and activists from across the city gathered under one roof to share their concerns and make remedial suggestions to save Bengaluru's lakes. With the Ulsoor Lake horror weighing on their minds, they came together at a meeting convened by the Karnataka State Control Pollution Board on Wednesday afternoon. …
Sridhar Pabbisetty from Namma Bengaluru Foundation claimed that only people with political connections were members of the lake watchdog committee and that the board had omitted those working relentlessly to conserve lakes. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has promised to upload on its website information related to No …
BENGALURU: A day after thousands of fish were found dead in Ulsoor Lake, the government has ordered a clean-up. It also set a week’s deadline for stakeholders to give reasons for the fsh kill. Mahendra Jain, Additional Chief Secretary, Forests, Ecology and Environment, visited the lake with Lakshman, Chairman, Karnataka …
Dead fish found floating in Ulsoor lake in the heart of Bengaluru. Strong stench welcomed morning walkers at the Ulsoor lake on Monday. The malodour was of the fish that died in the lake since Sunday night and up to Monday morning. The foul smell of the dead fish floating …
Hundreds of fish were found dead at Devigere lake, in the city, on Tuesday. Lack of oxygen is suspected to be the cause behind the death of fish. Passersby, who noticed dead fish floating in Devigere, on Tuesday morning, informed the City Municipal Council officials. The officials, who inspected the …
BENGALURU: The frothing, dying Bellandur Lake may get a new lease of life. In a generous gesture by the Centre, the Union Budget has allocated `750 crore to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, primarily for the city’s polluted lakes. The board had sought only `500 crore, said a …
Says lake will be non-existent if measures are not taken for its preservation Taking a strong note of the “lack of sensitivity” on part of the authorities, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today said the world famous Dal Lake, which is shrinking and dying, will be non-existent in the …
Bengaluru's only Bird Conservation Reserve getting choked Aflock of Black-headed Ibis seen at the Puttenahalli lake in Yelahanka. The Bird Conservation Reserve is being choked by the untreated sewage entering the lake. The only Bird Conservation Reserve lake of Bengaluru is being polluted by unchecked sewage. Puttenahalli lake in Yelahanka …
All is not well with Wular Lake in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia, which has been identified as one of the 26 Ramsar sites in the country. Over the past many decades, it has suffered heavily due to siltation, conversion of 40 …
Overflowing and foul-smelling sewage, hazardous materials, weeds and shrubs, all infested with disease-causing mosquitoes. This is the state of most of the lakes in Greater Hyderabad, causing untold hardships to residents living near them. According to official statistics, there are about 169 lakes under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will submit the experts' report on Rankala Lake pollution on March 3. Last month, the two experts from the Gujarat-based Maharaja Sayajirao University visited the lake, along with officials from the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to take stock of …
Nagpur: Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule seems to have lost his zeal for reducing pollution of water bodies in the district. After first refusing to accept the clean chit given to industries on Vena River pollution by the tehsildars, he has now accepted their report. On January 8, the minister had …
ISLAMABAD: Boating in Rawal Lake, which has been declared illegal due to its polluting effect continues unchecked. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) responsible to control the illegal activity seems helpless. The activity is causing pollution in the dam. Boating in the lake usually takes place without use of life jackets …
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday handed over Rankala water sample reports, compiled in the last three years, to the National Green Tribunal (NGT)-appointed experts. The experts, Upendra Patel and Nirmal Shah, are from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat. They were on a two-day …
HYDERABAD: Drinking water is a major problem in Uppal area. It is supplied on alternate days or once in three days. Even the quantity of water supplied is meagre. As a result, people living in about 30 colonies in the area are worst-hit. When we explained about the problem to …
Bellandur lake, which has dirty foam flowing through it, is one of the most polluted lakes in the City. Close on the heels of a report by the Legislative Assembly Committee on encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru, another report paints a shocking picture of the city’s water bodies. Of the …
The lakes in Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) valley are the most polluted than the ones in Vrishabavathi and Hebbal valleys, says an IISc study. The study , Wetlands: Treasure of Bangalore (abused, polluted, encroached and vanishing), released on Wednesday by Prof TV Ramachandra and his team, reveals the KC valley receives more …
