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

DH News Service, Bangalore:

The State Government is contemplating setting up a special task force to clear encroachment of lake beds in and around Bangalore city, Minor Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, Karjol said the encroached land is estimated to be worth nearly Rs 50,000 crore, and government will take all steps to clear them.

Hyderabad Aug. 21: Over 20,000 encroachments dot the 250-odd lake beds in and around the city. And this is all happening because the officials prefer to turn a blind eye to the illegal construction activities. The problem has been further compounded with the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority failing to demarcate the Full Tank Level (FTL), the dry area that submerges during rains. Sources said nearly 200 lakes in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district do not have the FTL markings.

Tatyana Sinitsyn

It was a historic event. On July 29, humans reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest and cleanest fresh water lake, for the first time ever.

Even if it had not reached the lake floor, the dive would deserve an entry in the Guinness Book of Records

K. Venkateshwarlu

HYDERABAD: All but reduced to cesspools, restoration of polluted, filth-ridden lakes, ponds and wells has always been a challenging, time-consuming and expensive process.

Not anymore, as a novel German technique promises to make the clean-up process a little bit easy.

A German group, Lavaris Lake, has come up with a

DH News Service, Kolar Gold Fields:

A proposal of Rs 24 crore has been submitted to the government for desilting Bethamangala lake, stated MLA Y Sampangi in KGF.

The work aims to solve the drinking water problem of KGF people.

Bangalore: The government is planning to constitute a task force, which will be entrusted with the protection and conservation of around 150 lakes in the limits of BBMP, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts, Excise Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said on Wednesday. Presently these lakes come under the jurisdiction of Lake Development Authority, Bangalore Development Authority, Minor Irrigation Department and Zilla Panchayat limits.

Surinsar, July 16 The ambitious plans of developing Surinsar Lake has not only run into rough weather but also the fresh water body has been shrinking alarmingly, thanks to a standoff between the Tourism and the Wildlife Department. After the directorate of tourism had spent Rs 1 crore in the past one year, the Wildlife Department has restricted the former from undertaking further developmental works. Consequently, the fresh water lake continues to shrink and its aquatic life faces threat of extinction.

DH News Service, Shidlaghatta: MLA V Muniyappa expressed his displeasure over the return of about 70 per cent of the funds sanctioned by the World Bank, for the desilting and revival of lakes and ponds in Shidlaghatta taluk. He was speaking after inaugurating the Nallenahalli mini water supply scheme and Nadipinayakanahalli mini water supply scheme and also the stone-laying ceremony of the first floor of the milk producers co-operative association - all of which come under Nagamangala Gram Panchayat limits, in Shidlaghatta taluk on Wednesday.