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Ahmedabad: Nal Sarovar, country

By G Manjusainath, DH News Service, Bangalore:
The Karnataka Lake Development Authority (LDA) has been projected as a villain for the poor state of the lakes across Karnataka...

Environmentalists warn that invasive species disgorged from ships' ballast tanks have put the Great Lakes near an ecological tipping point.

But rules enacted this year require all inbound ships to flush their ballast tanks with seawater, allaying most fears about more invasions of the five lakes, which collectively hold one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water.

Pune, October 05 The Mastani Lake, believed to have derived its name from Bajirao Peshwa

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.

WATERING DOWN

Lucknow: As if the controversy involving dumping of municipal solid waste around an ancient lake in Smriti Upvan was not enough, a survey done by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has led to the discovery of yet another lake which though exists in the land records can