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 …
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage. The …
Three lakes (Nainital, Sattal and Naukuchiatal) in the Kumaun Himalayan region were investigated for total organic carbon and nitrogen, their atomic ratios and isotopic composition in their sediments. These geochemical proxies measured in 34-45 cm long cores indicate that organic matter preserved in the lake sediments is primarily derived from …
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, DH News Service: The Nellurhalli lake in Whitefield is in a state of total decay, with sewerage lines discharging effluents from factories and a private hospital in the vicinity. The lake has been reduced to a polluted water body with hyacinths and carcasses, garbage on the banks …
The biomonitoring of water quality in Bhadrakali lake Warangal, was assessed by using Odum's algal index in four sites during October 2004 to September 2005.The higest range of Odum's algal index was in between 300 to 400 with Microcystis, Nodularia, Trichodesmium, Chlamydomonas, Cladophora, Spirulina. With this, we can establish phytoplankton …
Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has complained of escalating cost of cleaning water at Rawal Dam blaming the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for letting pollutants into the lake untreated. A WASA official told Daily Times on Tuesday that examination of samples collected by WASA from the lake found a high …
Lok Adalat has directed the BBMP Commissioner to conduct a survey of the City lakes and submit a report including the blue print for the lakes within the BBMP limits, and initiate strict action against the contractors polluting the lakes. Following a presentation on the lakes by the BBMP Commissioner, …
Lake ecosystem productivity, defined by the rate of biomass synthesis, is believed to be limited by nutrient availability. However, the comparison of several small unproductive lakes along a water colour gradient now shows that coloured terrestrial organic matter controls the key process for new biomass synthesis through its effects on …
An investigation of lakes in Sweden has delivered results that run counter to the idea that primary production is generally limited by the availability of nutrients. There are lessons for limnologists in this.
Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh PTI NEW DELHI IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were
The beautification plan for Line Tank can well be its death knell, too. The irony of the project is that the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), its custodian, was not taken into confidence about the damaging changes being effected by the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA), the agency in charge of …
Jamshedpur, July 15: Around 300 fish have died at Beldih Lake in Dhatkidih in the past week. Authorities are hinting at water contamination as the cause and are blaming neighbouring garages for releasing pollutants in the lake. The Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) maintains the lake while the Jamshedpur …
As part of the series that turns the spotlight on our decaying hill resorts, TOI takes a look at Nainital Lakes in the hills have a mesmerising serenity of their own. Which is why Nainital, at 1938 m above sea level, remains a favourite summer vacation spot. But following in …
MUMBAI: The BMC is carrying out soil testing work in the Tulsi lake area, which falls within the core zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Interestingly, both park officials and those in the civic body claim ignorance about it initially. No one even has any clue about who …
By Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore: The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), considered as energy saving light is posing as the biggest threat to the Garden City as heaps of broken and discarded lamps are ending up in lake beds, posing danger to the groundwater. As the energy conservation becomes a …
