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 …
Thick smoke billowed from Varthur lake on Tuesday as a huge pile of garbage was set on fire by miscreants. Residents took pictures and videos, which went viral in no time. The person who shot the video said the fire was near the stormwater drain entering the lake. Joint commissioner …
The Rampally lake in Hyderabad witnessed a major fish kill phenomenon on Sunday with nearly 30,000 fish floating up the water surface. Authorities confirmed that several fish species, including rohu, bochha (katla), bangaru theega and koramenu (red snapper), were found floating on the 110 acre lake, triggering concerns over rising …
BENGALURU: Reviving Bellandur Lake seems to be a distant dream with many problems dogging the process to clean up the 931-acre water body. Various government agencies involved in the process say they are facing a fund crunch and sprucing up the lake can never progress at the expected pace. "As …
The official figures slate that the loss would be 10,000 fishes or 10 tonnes. Hyderabad: A day after mass fish deaths were reported from Shamirpet Lake, the Collector of Medchal, Mr M.V. Reddy, asked the fisheries department to launch an enquiry into the issue, suspecting heat wave to be the …
Hyderabad: Locals at Shamirpet, a tourist spot about 25 km from the city, woke up to hundreds of dead fish floating in the lake. The reason for the fish kill could not be identified with the Pollution Control Board, HMDA and the fisheries department passing the buck. Locals suspect that …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday told Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) that merely serving closure notices to polluting industries is not enough. The board must ensure the units are closed. NGT was referring to the industries around Bellandur Lake; it had set a one-month deadline to clean …
BENGALURU: After the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) first order to clean up Bellandur Lake was passed on April 19, urban agencies had seemingly sprung into action. However, not much progress has taken place on the ground. NGT had issued directions to the Urban Development Department to clean the lake in …
With just a few days left for the expiry of the deadline set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean Bellandur lake, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the city’s largest waterbody on Monday. Speaking to journalists during the visit, he said he had ordered the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of P. Varatharajan Vs Moovarasampet Panchayat & Others dated 11/05/2017 regarding illegal dumping of municipal solid waste in the lake comprised in Survey No.44/2 of Moovarsampet Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu. Moovarasampet Panchayat has stated before the Tribunal …
BENGALURU: Revival of the severely polluted Bellandur Lake is unlikely in the near future with the state government finding the National Green Tribunal's order to do so in a month impractical. Scrambling to make its case before the NGT, which may hear the case on May 18, the government has …
BENGALURU: Bellandur Lake, it appears, is never out of the news. On Sunday, a fire was reported from the banks of the lake in southeast Bengaluru. According to Mahendra Jain, additional chief secretary, who visited the waterbody, it was an accidental fire caused by people cutting dry grass at the …
A notice was issued by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) regarding issuance of directions of closure of certain industries, slaughterhouses and a few industries located in the state. The notice has been issue for the closure of the industries in Bellandur Lake Catchment Area under Section 33 (1) …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has decided to close down all 488 industries around Bellandur lake. Speaking to DH, KSPCB secretary Shantappa said the decision had been taken based on the directions by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). “We have received the orders and have to close down …
Many corporate firms are approaching civic agencies and the urban development department to rejuvenate the city’s lakes, especially Bellandur and Varthur, under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme. One such proposal has come to the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) for inlet treatment. “I have asked the company, …
While the officials from various civic agencies and Urban Development Department are making tall claims that visible progress is being made on the ground in clearing weeds and silt from Bellandur lake, a team of experts from Indian Institute of Science and Lake Expert Committee has claimed that this is …
Pulls up authorities for failing’ to check encroachments on the water body Coming down heavily on the caretaker body Lakes and Waterways Department Authority (LAWDA) and the civil administration for their “lax approach and insufficient staff”, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court pulled them up for “failing” to preserve the …
BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Wednesday issued closure orders to six industrial units in the Bellandur Lake catchment area. The board has identified 97 water-based units releasing effluents to the highly polluted waterbody. Of the 288 industrial units identified in Bellandur Lake's catchment to be responsible …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the immediate closure of industries in the vicinity of Bellandur Lake, but so far closure notices have been served on only 13 industries. In fact, 46 highly polluting industries had been identified under the red category. After the NGT order, industries were categorised …
While the urban development department is chalking out engineering methods to revive the 900-acre Bellandur lake, the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) is planning to implement the wetland model for cleaning the lake and conserving it. G Vidyasagar, KLCDA chief executive officer told DH that it is first …
The state government on Thursday got cracking on cleaning up the Bellandur lake, a day after the National Green Tribunal set it a month’s deadline. Chief Secretary Subash Chandra Kuntia met top officials from various agencies and urged them to work on a war footing. The meeting was prompted by …
