The panacea in a lake

Rediscover Wular ‘sea’ to mend valley’s flood woes

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 …

Royal rendezvous at Udaipur

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 …

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.

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 …

Goa after mining ban

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Changing climes

Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …

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 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