Wetland resources are violently sought after in Etawah. Surender had purchased the right to fish near Sarsai Nawar lake from the panchayat. When some local goons came to coerce him to give up fishing in the lake so they could collect the spoils, he refused. Fishing rights are a crucial resource for the landless like him, many of whom are from lower castes. The goons shot him. One bullet hit him below the ribs, another pierced his forearm.

Oussudu lake (also called Ousteri) is the largest fresh water lake in the Pondicherry region and a large number of people depend on its water, fish and other produce. The lake is now under serious threat of pollution. The present study on the species, composition and dynamics of the lake fish was conducted in this context.

Four water and sediment samples were drawn from Keoladeo National Park Lake, Bharatpur to monitor pesticide residues. Estimation was done by GC-ECD using multiresidue method for organochlorine and synthetic pyrethroid insecticides.

Safe or unsafe, that is the question. Chief Minister of Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered the Dadu District Coordination Officer (DCO) to reinvestigate the contaminated waters of the Manchar Lake

Pakistan s largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

A sizable number of macrophytes growing luxuriantly in Kawar lake, the largest one of its kind in Bihar, are utilized by the native folk for food (Euryale ferox, Ipomoea aquatica, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea nouchali, Nymphaea sp. - a probable hybrid, Cyperus rotundus), fodder (Commelina benghalensis, Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus iria, C. rotundus, Echinochloa colonum, E.

Digital processing of the IRS-1D LISS-III image revealed a highly degraded state of the Kolleru lake.

Mired in misery, Chilika s fisherfolk continue to doggedly fight for their rights

House committee submits report on Dal lake s revival

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad

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