Simply Put: Residents come together to clean Tangra lake
How Assam’s Deepor Beel is perishing from concretisation, waste dumping
The lake is home to exotic birds, wildlife and supports livelihoods of hundreds
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 23, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Water every other day: Bengaluru is drying up & destruction of lakes is the reason
City is now dependent on Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir, which received only 75% of its usual inflow last due to poor rainfall in River Cauvery …
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 …
The ripple effect: A report from Kodai’s beloved lake
Through community partnership, Kodaikanal’s residents are working with the municipality to find real solutions for the evolving needs of …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 2, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 30, 2020)
Reviving Delhi lake using constructed wetlands
Neela Hauz lake that’s spread over 10 acres used to serve as the biggest water body in south Delhi but rapid urbanisation turned it into a dump
Lessons from Bellandur: Governments should allocate more resources to monitor, protect lakes
They should focus on judicial utilisation of the water census reports and identify plans to restore the encroached and lost water bodies
‘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
Water in news on April 16
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2022)
CSE and NEMC release roadmap on how to clean Lake Victoria
Comes out with analysis on environmental problems of lake after joint meeting with stakeholders
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2023)
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 5, 2023)
Karnataka revives dying lakes: Why a decentralised governance was long overdue
The High Court of Karnataka June 15, 2021 passed an order calling for decentralised governance of lakes in the state
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 25, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 10, 2020)
This UP lake continues to stink despite over Rs 300 cr spent on cleaning it
Lack of funds to operate sewage treatment plants around the lake, locals say only boating area cleaned regularly
Manipur govt orders floating homestays off Loktak; Locals demand rollback
Sharp reduction in fish production in lake forcing them to take up alternative means of livelihood