Before digging here, there and everywhere there is need to consult experts - especially limnologists, who are available in the local Barkatullah University -Proloy Bagchi
KANCHEEPURAM: The consumption of fish, netted from a heavily polluted lake near here, is believed to be the cause of acute diarrhoeal disease that affected more than 500 persons in the town and adjoining hamlets in the past six days, as the test of the drinking water sample supplied by the municipality has confirmed that the water is potable.
SALEM: The discharge of untreated effluent water from a few sago factories in the surplus channel of Panamarathupatti Lake, a major water spread in the district and the main supplier of drinking water to Salem city once, is causing a serious concern to environmentalists.
Mumbai could learn a lesson or two from this: 20 dying fresh water lakes in Thane have got a new lease of life, after the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) embarked upon a drive for environmental conservation of its lakes.
JAIPUR: The Centre will shortly release Rs.259 crore for two ambitious projects for conservation and pollution control in the world-famous Pichola lake of Udaipur and Chambal river of Kota district in Rajasthan under the National Lake Conservation Project (NLCP).
Chandigarh: Even as the Sukhna Lake grapples with a host of problems, new lakes are being created in the city. Environment experts believe that a comprehensive plan is required for the development of these lakes.
