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 …

Beware of the developers

In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be …

Lakes, halitosis and engineers

Bharat Lal Seth talks about his experience on his journey to Pushkar and efforts being made in lake conservation.

Of barren hills and barrel smoke

Militancy has destroyed much more than peace in Kashmir. Kalashnikov-trotting extremists are ravaging the last green frontiers of the 'heaven on …

Climate change affects world's lakes

By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…

Lake Manchar is dead

Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

Skeleton Lake

What happens when ice melts in the Roopkund tarn?

Sacrilage for power

China's major hydroelectric power station on the shores of one of Tibet's most sacred lakes not only threatens the fragile ecology of the lake …

Beware of the developers

In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be …

Lake in transition

Is the Pushkar conservation project off the mark?

Floating islands of the world

Floating islands have fascinated us since ancient times

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.

Two in bush is better

Poachers cross the line, protect birds

Lost lakes

Karnataka High Court expected to uphold agreements that allowed private firms to develop lakefronts and charge entry fee

No dropping anchor

Mired in misery, Chilika's fisherfolk continue to doggedly fight for their rights

Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Is it the end?

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad

Waiting for a miracle

Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …

Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise

Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. …

Curse of excess

Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

Revived to be killed

Sri Lanka’s Lunawa lake returns to its polluted state after a momentary sparkle