Fish farming in danger- WRI
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish farmers
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Kenyan Entrepreneur Turns Invasive Weed Into Profit
An innovator at Kenya’s Lake Victoria has turned an invasion of water hyacinth into a business opportunity, making paper from the weed that he sells in local shops. The initiative is creating jobs and
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Evaluation of small-scale fishers’ perceptions on climate change and their coping strategies: Insights from Lake Malawi
<p>The effects of climate change have negatively affected Malawi’s agricultural production. In this context, fisheries have been providing alternative livelihoods. However, there is a knowledge gap
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Increasing pollution declines Dal’s water quality
‘Lake receives 157 tones of phosphorous, 243 tons of inorganic nitrogen annually’ As the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) allegedly failed to ensure the complete arrest of discharge and
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Construction projects stopped, Sukhna’s silt lying unused
Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself. Shortage of construction material that has stalled several projects has also ensured
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Dip in lake levels evokes knee-jerk reaction from BMC
Mumbai With monsoon likely to hit the city by July 15, the civic body is worried about rapidly dipping water levels of six lakes. The lakes at present have about 46 per cent less water stock than at the same time last year.
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Conserve Sukhna lake: Admn told
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today expressed its deep concern over the deteriorating condition of Sukhna Lake. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Jasbir Singh directed the UT Administration to make all possible efforts to ensure that the lake was protected from deterioration.
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GSI for control release of water from Geepang Gath lake
Shimla, May 29 : Experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have advised the state government to go for control release of water from the Geepang Gath glacial lake in Lahaul to avoid a Parechu lake-like
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Hope dawns for Velachery Lake
Proposal for landscaping and walkers' pathway in the pipeline, says M.P. A team of officials from the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and other government departments, including the Chennai Corporation made an inspection of the sprawling Velachery Lake, among the last surviving water bodies in the city on Sunday morning in an attempt to protect and preserve the water body.
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Experts doubt BDAs lake revival technique
<p>Sandeep Moudgal and Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, June 14, DHNS:<br /> <br /> The act of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike in entrusting rejuvenation of lakes to Bangalore Development Authority has raised several questions.<br />
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining of Veppampatti Lake, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, 26/08/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Chinnapaiyan Vs Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding dredging, quarrying,
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Medical waste choking Lakshmipura lake
Garbage disposal poses health risks to residents of Tippenahalli Residents of Tippenahalli near Lakshmipura lake wake up to stench and smoke every morning. The area, located a few kilometres from the Peenya Industrial Area, has been turned into a dump yard by industries, hospitals, research organisations, hotels and marriage halls. The NICE Ring Road between Magadi Road Junction and Jindal, cuts across the place. The lake is one side of the road and Tippenahalli lies on the other side.
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Why Sukhna is dying-III
Sukhna: Death by choking Chandigarh: Sukhna Lake owes its origin to a Swiss-French architect and his Indian associates. Now another
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Pulicat lake facing ecological crisis
Pulicat lake, the country's second largest brackish water ecosystem after Chilka in Orissa, is facing an ecological crisis with its area shrinking and fish dwindling due to silting and indiscriminate fishing, a study has found.
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A fair to focus on river restoration
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: The annual birding fair at Man Sagar Lake here will have
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Ooty lake one of the dirtiest in Tamil Nadu, reveals study
State Pollution Control Board says water unsuitable for potable purposes The lake in Udhagamandalam, popularly known as Ooty, is, according to a study by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), one of the most polluted water bodies in the State. Its water quality, the study says, is unsuitable for potable purposes. A major tourist attraction in the popular hill station, the lake now emits a foul odour, thanks to untreated sewage being let out into it.
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600 lakes in city dry up in 35 years
The Survey of India, compiled in 1975, marked around 1,000 water bodies with unique aquatic flora and fauna in the state capital. In fact, Hyderabad then was called the “City of Lakes”. But that was then. When the HMDA did a count a year ago for the Lake Protection Committee, the officials could list only about 400 lakes in areas within its jurisdiction. Signi-ficantly, experts said, the number of waterbodies that have disappeared would be higher, considering HMDA’s jurisdiction comprises four districts. And if the ‘disappearance’ of about 600 lakes in 35-odd years isn’t alarming enough, even waterbodies that still exist have shrunk, with encroachments on the periphery.
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Lunawa Environment & Community Development Project
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Release water from check dams into Sukhna in 3 days: HC to UT
Expressing deep concern over the deteriorating condition of Sukhna Lake, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the Chandigarh Administration to make immediate arrangements to release water
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Global warming affects Lake Tanganyika's unique ecosystem
Surface waters in Lake Tanganyika, the second-oldest and second-deepest lake in the world, are currently warmer than at any time in the previous 1,500 years, according to a study published recently online issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.