Lakes

Locals move High Court to save Bondvoll lake

The Save Bondvoll Lake committee has filed a PIL in the high court praying that the lake, the mud road laid close to the Portuguese-era dam, and the steep slope in the dam's catchment area, be rest

Publication Date:

12/04/2017

Source: Times Of India (Goa)

Tags:

Goa, Lakes, Gram Sabhas, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Water Resources

Fisheries

Fish farming in danger - WRI

Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish farm

Publication Date:

05/04/2017

Source: Ghana Web (Ghana)

Tags:

Fisheries, Ghana, Climate Impacts, Climate Change, Africa, Lakes, Floods, Droughts

Water Resources

Cancel allotments of salt pans in Sambhar Lake: NGT

Jaipur: If the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) orders are enforced by the state government, the monsoon of 2017 holds hope for the dying Sambhar Salt Lake.

Publication Date:

29/03/2017

Source: Times Of India (Jaipur)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Sambhar, Lakes, National Green Trbunal (NGT), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Environment Act 1986, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Water Resources

Water Resources

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Protection of Lakes/Ponds, 21/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Protection of Lakes/Ponds, 21/03/2017. The Central Government has notified the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to regulate various activities within the notified wetlands, including lakes and ponds.

Publication Date:

21/03/2017

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Lakes, Wetlands, Wetland Conservation, India, Parliament

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes, 21/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes, 21/03/2017. State-wise details of funds released to various State Governments under the NRCP/NGRBA during the last three years and current year (till February, 2017) are at Annexure-I. State-wise details of funds released to various State Governments under NPCA during the last three years and current year (till February, 2017) are at Annexure-II.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

River Pollution, National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), India, Statistics, Parliament, Lakes, Wetlands, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Environment

HC asks Karnataka and Centre to inform about steps taken to ensure environment protection

The Karnataka high court on Monday directed the counsels representing both the state as well central government to ascertain by Wednesday the steps taken in the matter of implementation of the dire

Publication Date:

14/03/2017

Source: Times Of India (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Environmental Security, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Supreme Court, Forests, Lakes, Wildlife, Environment

Water Resources

Sardar lake to be developed as conservation reserve

The Sardar Samand Lake in Pali district will now be developed as a conservation reserve.

Publication Date:

10/03/2017

Source: Times Of India (Jaipur)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Lakes, Water Conservation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Water Resources

Water Pollution

East African regional bloc steps up war on water hyacinth and pollution to save Lake Victoria

The East African Community partner states have agreed to renew the war on water hyacinth.

Publication Date:

21/02/2017

Source: Standard Media (Kenya)

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Pollution, Lakes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa

Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in the catchment area of the Sardar Samand Lake, Pali District, Rajasthan, 20/02/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tilok Ram Vs State of Rajasthan dated 20/02/2017 regarding illegal mining in the catchment area of the Sardar Samand Lake in Distric Pali, Rajasthan.

Judgement Date:

20/02/2017

Tags:

Lakes, Pali (D), Rajasthan, Mining, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wetlands, Hydrology, Birds, Migratory Species, Reservoirs

Water Resources