Agartala, Sept 29: Tripura (Central) University students have raised voice both against the varsity authorities and Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) for their alleged inaction over pollution of the water body in the campus while demanding immediate action from the State Government.
V Gangadharan | ENS Chennai, CONTINUOUS flow of sewage into the Chitlapakkam Lake in the southern suburb of Chennai for over 12 years has turned it into a big reservoir of filth and dirt, besides contaminating the groundwater.
Arsenic has poisoned a lake in southwest China that was famous for its hot springs, affecting the drinking water of at least 26,000 people, state media said on Friday.
Trucks were carrying 80 tonnes of water each day to affected areas near Yangzonghai lake, in Yunnan province.
Around 15 dead fish were found floating in the Sukhna waters on Monday morning, causing concern about the safety of aquatic life in the lake. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the fish could have died because of deposition of sand in their gills.
The dead fish were removed and their samples sent to the Department of Zoology, Panjab University, for tests. Water samples were also collected by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee.
Lucknow: An ancient lake situated within Smriti Upvan, a memorial constructed in memory of Kargil martyrs, in Kanpur road is threatened of being levelled up with municipal solid waste. Coincidentally, the lake was part of the
Hyderabad Sept. 4: Several MLCs on Thursday expressed concern over the pollution in Hussainsagar and asked the municipal administration department take immediate steps to control the inflow of industrial effluents into the lake. The Congress MLC Kanukula Janaradhan Reddy raised the issue during the question hour in the Council and said pollution had become a health hazard to the people residing in the surrounding areas.
Mobile phone operator Warid Telecom has cleared the Banani Lake of floating garbage to give a pleasant look for recreation of the city people, said a press release.
The company, the fourth largest mobile phone operator by number of subscribers, spent about Tk 1 crore to clean and beautify the severely polluted lake which was causing health hazards to the residents in the surrounding areas, the release added.
Warid took up the clean-up programme with the slogan
Karnataka forest department critiques model to save lakes the Karnataka forest department has recently come out with its assessment of the impact of leasing lakes to private players in Bangalore. Saying that the lakes were being destroyed, the department has come down heavily on the activities of private players. The assessment comes after the High Court of Karnataka directed the department
