Water Resources

Monitoring of glacial lakes & water bodies in the himalayan region of Indian river basins for the year 2021

This document presents the details on monitoring of glacial lakes and water bodies in the Indian Himalayan region during the month of October 2021 using satellite remote sensing technique including the data used and methodology followed in this study.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2021
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Tags:
Lakes, River Basin, Himalaya, India, Remote Sensing, Glaciers
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms in the course of construction of a storm water and sewage water drain at a Rajakaluve, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 11/11/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pavan Vs State of Karnataka dated 11/11/2021.

Grievance in the application is against violation of environmental norms in the course of construction of a storm water and sewage water drain at a Rajakaluve, at Jayanagar near J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru.

Judgement Date: 
11/11/2021
Tags:
Drainage, Lakes, Land Encroachments, Bangalore (T), Karnataka, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations
Water Resources

Submission by Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust to the NGT on EC granted to gas based combined cycle power plant, 07/10/2021

Written submission by Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust in appeal no. 14 of 2020.

The matter related to environmental clearance granted to gas based combined cycle power plant. The project site is located in the vicinity of Puttenahalli lake, Bengaluru north taluk, Yelahanka Hobli and the lake is part of Yelamallappa Chetty series of lakes in Bengaluru. The Puttenahalli lake is declared as a 'Bird Conservation Reserve' under section 36-A of the Wildlife Act 1972 by the government of Karnataka, April 29, 2015.

Judgement Date: 
07/10/2021
Tags:
Lakes, Birds, Protected Area Conservation, Power Industry, Bangalore, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Karnataka, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction activities around lakes in Karnataka, 30/07/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. P. Ranjanna Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/07/2021. The matter related to construction activities around the wetland area in Bengaluru, Karnataka - the city had a large number of lakes, but there is substantial extinction/disappearance due to encroachment, reclamation in the name of development.

The issue of ecological damage to the area between two lakes namely Kaikondarahalli Lake and Kasavanahalli Lake was taken by the NGT. 

Judgement Date: 
30/07/2021
Tags:
Lakes, Wetlands, Bangalore, Construction Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Karnataka, Compensation
Water Pollution

Monitoring plastics in rivers and lakes: guidelines for the harmonization of methodologies

More than 8,000 million metric tons of plastic have been made since the beginning of large-scale plastic production in the 1950s. As a consequence, plastic debris is present in all ecosystems, including remote locations such as mountain lakes and polar sea ice.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2021
UNEP
Tags:
Plastics, Rivers, Lakes, Freshwater Ecosystems, Marine Pollution
Water Resources

Glacial lake atlas of ganga river basin

This atlas provides the details of glacial lakes present in the Ganga River basin including their hydrological, geometrical, geographical, and topographical attributes. The satellite data used and methodology followed in delineating the lakes are also discussed.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2021
National Remote Sensing Centre
Tags:
Glaciers, Lakes, Ganga, River Basin, India, Remote Sensing
Water Resources

Joint Committee report on EC given to Wonder Projects Development for construction of a residential building project, Kasavanahalli village, Bengaluru east taluk, Bengaluru district, Karnataka, 18/03/2021

Report of the Joint Committee in the matter of H. P. Ranjana Vs Union of India in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order September 08, 2020.

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2021
Tags:
Lakes, Bangalore, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Housing Construction, Environment Clearance (EC), Hydrology, Karnataka
Water Resources

Joint Committee report on whether Vaiyavur and Nathapettai should be converted into a bird sanctuary, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, 10/02/2021

Report of the Joint Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (SZ) vide order of November 23, 2020 in Original Application No. 246 of 2020.

Judgement Date: 
10/02/2021
Tags:
Lakes, Lake Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Birds, Sanctuaries, Migratory Species, Kanchipuram (D), Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Irrigation
Industry

Telangana State Pollution Control Board report on Patancheru pollution, 24/11/2020

6th periodical report of Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) regarding Patancheru pollution dated 24/11/2020. The TSPCB stated that as per the directions of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), all the 17 categories of highly polluting industries were directed to install Online Pollution Monitoring Systems for their ETPs and the data to be connected to TSPCB and CPCB servers.

All the effluent carrying tankers were enforced to have GPS tracking devices and are connected to SPCBs GPS tracking system to avoid illegal dumping.

Judgement Date: 
24/11/2020
Tags:
Drug Industry, Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lakes, Lake Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Telangana
Water Resources

Affidavit filed on the illegal construction of skywalk in Dhamapur lake, Malvan, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 23/10/2020

Compliance affidavit by the District Collector, Sindhudurg in the matter of Dr. Harishchandra Purshottam Natu & Others Vs The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Sindhudurg & Others dated 23/10/2020.

Judgement Date: 
23/10/2020
Tags:
Lakes, Sindhudurg, Land Encroachments, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Maharashtra, Lake Pollution

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