Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job

Local bodies and activists in Bengaluru, Pune are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment 

Restoring lakes

How civil engineers lead lake rejuvenation in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Pollution, solid waste dumping, flooding and encroachment issue plagued Coimbatore’s Kurichi Lake and Bengaluru’s Mylsandra …

Urban lake: A reflection of its watershed

Critical to any lake ecosystem, the urban lake’s watershed is the surrounding land area that drains into that particular lake

Village women clean only freshwater lake in Odisha, revive tourism

About 30 women from Malabiharpur village cleared weeds from Ansupa lake and created a source of sustainable income by reviving boating facility

Paradise lost

एवियन बोट्यूलिज्म से ही हुई है सांभर झील में 18 हजार पक्षियों की मौतः रिपोर्ट

भारतीय पशु चिकित्सा अनुसंधान संस्थान, बरेली की गुरूवार को आई रिपोर्ट में इस बात की पुष्टि हुई है कि सांभर झील में 18,496 पक्षियों की ...

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected

Cleaning Dal Lake

Simply Put: Residents come together to clean Tangra lake

‘76% of Lake Victoria’s endemic biodiversity at risk of extinction’

IUCN report cites pollution, over-harvesting of resources and land clearance among primary threats

Healing touch

House committee submits report on Dal lake's revival

सांभर झील: पर्यटन विकास से बढ़ा पक्षियों के लिए खतरा

18 हजार से अधिक पक्षियों की मौत के लिए जिम्मेवार सांभर झील में लगातार पयर्टन विकास की योजनाएं चलाई जा रही हैं, इसका नुकसान ...

Mexico

‘Commercial interest cannot drive lake conservation in Bengaluru’

High Court panel frowns on handing over of city lakes to private companies

'सुखना झील' हो गई है ‘लिविंग एंटिटी’ यानी ‘जीवित प्राणी’

पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय ने अपने फैसले में कहा है कि ‘'सुखना झील' एक जीवित व्यक्तित्व है, जिसके अपने अधिकार, कर्तव्य और एक ...

As Tanzania’s Lake Rukwa continues to dry up, NGOs focus on sensitising locals

Shared Resources Joint Solutions (SRJS) initiative has been launched to build institutional capacity of civil society organisations

Karnataka wants citizens to take responsibility of maintaining and protecting lakes 

The Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority has proposed to make locals registered lake wardens or adopt a portion of the lake to …

Citizen involvement may clean a Bengaluru lake

The initiative to rejuvenate the Kundalahalli lake will be funded by CSR contributions

Good News: This man is reviving Hauz Khas lake using artificial wetlands

Tarun Sebastian Nanda, a civil and environmental engineer has taken up a project of cleaning the Hauz Khas lake in Delhi by using artificially …

Once upon a time, the Chilika was a part of the Bay of Bengal: Study

Historical records and the presence of stone anchors and hero stones confirm that the Chilika was a part of the sea once

पर्याप्त बारिश के बावजूद क्यों सूखी हुई है सांभर झील

पिछले 10 साल में से सात साल तक सामान्य बारिश होने के बावजूद सांभर झील सूखी रहती है, इसके लिए कौन जिम्मेवार है? इसकी ...

Of shikaras and slums

The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan,…

'Adopt decentralised, low-energy approach'

Manu Bhatnagar, an urban environmental planner, has been heading the natural heritage division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural …

Citizens submit action plan to save Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake

If local authorities give considerable attention to the proposed action plan, the situation of Bellandur Lake could change for the better