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 …
Is fishing permitted in City lakes? Yes, simply because there is no law prohibiting it. Bengalureans can take up fishing as a pastime and he/she cannot be booked for it. People usually do not fish as they are not aware of this and also most importantly because the lakes are …
The court had earlier directed civic agencies to come up with a plan to create sewage treatment facilities to deal with the “poison lake” created behind the fort. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it had run into several hurdles while trying to …
Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests urges the environment ministry to give funds to Tamil Nadu to rejuvenate all the lakes including the one at Ooty under the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kishore Samrite Vs. Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2015 regarding conservation of lakes in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh with special reference to Devi Talab. The Tribunal in its order asked the "state as well as EPCO …
Javadekar, who chaired a meeting of Bengaluru MPs and MLAs on rejuvenation of lakes here on Tuesday, said his ministry would fund the rejuvenation if the State government took affirmative steps to block the entry of polluted water into the lakes. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Shillong Pollution Control Board (SPCB) to submit a detailed action taken report along with status report within four weeks on actual ground initiatives to improve and solve the solid waste and sewerage issues afflicting Shillong and consequently the rivers namely Wahumkhrah and Umshyrpi …
As head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, Joseph Martens oversaw the decision to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New York State. Now Mr. Martens has decided to jump, though perhaps not headfirst, into another contentious issue. In what is likely to be one of his last official …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Alankrita Mehra Vs. Union of India & Nine Ors. dated 16/07/2015 regarding marriage gardens polluting Upper Lake, Bhopal
CHANDIGARH: More than 100 fish were found dead, floating on the surface of a man-made lake at Dhanas on Sunday morning, putting aquatic life under severe risk. Local residents said they had observed dead fish in the water for the past one week. Even as the dead fish have not …
Worried over rising air and water pollution, people living in cities, particularly Bengaluru, want more action from the state forest, environment and ecology department. Their concern has only mounted after the appearance of toxic foam from Varthur and some other lakes in the City. They are also angry over the …
Just in time, ahead of copious monsoonal rains, weed harvester rolled into Upper Lake to cleanse waters of pollution and weed. Civic body has procured three such machines, one for Lower Lake and two for Upper Lake. BMC officials said wanton growth of weeds has spread through catchment area, well …
Lakes have played an important role in the history of Bengaluru; these were the primary sources of drinking water and irrigation in the last two decades. Due to the boom in the IT and related sectors in the silicon valley of India, has created an acute stress on the natural …
'Water quality of lakes surveyed does not conform to prescribed standards' The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the State government for its failure to protect and conserve lakes in the State, including those in Bengaluru. The performance audit on “Conservation and ecological restoration of lakes under the jurisdiction …
The Comptroller and Auditor General has said the Lake Development Authority and urban local bodies have taken up conservation and development of lakes in an "ad hoc manner" without proper coordination with each other. The results of performance audit showed that implementing agencies had taken up conservation and development work …
'If not restored soon, it will also burn like Varthur lake' As per the IISc study, Sankey tank is going the Varthur lake way. One of the prime lakes in the City, Sankey Tank, too faces the threat of increasing pollution and encroachment. The government claims that Sankey Tank is …
Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Devarabeesanahalli lake in Mahadevapura zone for the past two days, but none of the civic agency’s officials has taken note of it so far. The lake, spread over 39.31 acres and maintained by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), is surrounded by …
More sewage treatment plants required to clean the water body The humongous task of cleaning Bellandur lake may take more time than expected. The civic agencies are of the opinion that the sewage and untreated effluents entering the lake cannot be diverted anywhere, for now. The Bangalore Water Supply and …
BENGALURU: The report card has arrived. Varthur Lake is frothing because of sewage. And it's high time the BBMP and BWSSB initiated measures to treat more than 600mld (million litre per day) of sewage entering the water body every day. These are the findings of the Central Pollution Control Board …
The sun rises over Lake Malawi. As fishermen bring their overnight catch to shore, the purring motors of their dugout canoes spread ripples across waters once dubbed the “lake of stars” by David Livingstone. On the beach, a group of young men mend fishing nets. Women smoke fish to sell, …
Heavy metal pollution is one of the major problems of lakes and wetlands all over world. It is responsible for causing serious threats to flora and fauna especially humans. Kunthbyog is natural freshwater, mid altitude lake situated at Rewalsar town, Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India 1750 meter above mean …
