Churning the stilled waters

The citizens of Udaipur are increasingly taking on the government to check degradation of the city's famed lakes

The drying up of the Jaisamand lake

If hydrocide -- the deliberate murder of a water body -- was a cognisable offence in India, the administrators of Udaipur city would be behind …

Criminal waste

Reduced to filthy, foul smelling cesspools, with mosquito larvae arawing their lazy, intricate patterns on the green surfaces, the same takes …

The malaise down south

There's enough water in the tanks of Bangalore, Madras and Hyderabad, but more-than-enough corruption leaves the south high and dry

The central problem

Callous unconcern, pollution, encroachment and politics is finishing off the lakes in Bhopal and Indore

Perched atop an abyss

The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake's nemesis

Lake Manchar is dead

Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

The muck stops here

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive …

A Ray of Hope

At least 80 per cent of solid waste generated by the Dal Lake dwellers is being disposed off safely due to the efforts of hope

The changing face of India's lakes

Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and …

The salt of the earth

Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little …

The broken mirror

A pristine lake that once drew birds of several species today lies clogged with weeds, a victim of unplanned economic development.

Depolluting Dal

They are not concerned about the troubles in the valley. Their main concern is to save Dal lake from death

Cleanup time

A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring …

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Real estate on water

Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative …

The lake colony

Call them the "lakers". Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal (land and water) belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a …

The vanishing lakes

There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the …

Stinking for two decades

Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits

Stuffed to death

How excess nutrients can kill a lake

Saving city lakes

To counter the rapid decline of its lakes, Karnataka is creating a new authority with powers to fine and imprison encroachers and polluters. Will …

Why excreta matters

Living on the edge

Tourism deal

Bully among birds

A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms