Water Resources

NGT verdict, lifesaver for lakes

The National Green Tribunal’s ruling on the wetlands in Bengaluru, and specifically on the construction activity on those between the Agara and Bellandur lakes, is a victory for the cause of protec

Publication Date: 
09/05/2016
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Lakes, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Wetlands, Construction Industry, Water Resources
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction projects coming around lakes and wetlands, Karnataka, 04/05/2016

The National Green Tribunal in this landmark judgment imposed a new buffer zone of 75 metres for lakes and wetlands which will be a no-construction zone, as opposed to 30 metres of buffer earlier in Bangalore. The court also ordered Mantri Techzone Private Limited to demolish structures built on buffer zone around lakes and rajakaluves in Bengaluru and ordered Mantri Developers to pay the fine of Rs. 117. 35 Crores.

Judgement Date: 
04/05/2016
Tags:
Lakes, Wetlands, Bangalore (D), Construction Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Karnataka
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Discharge of Effluents into Lakes, 03/05/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Discharge of Effluents into Lakes, 03/05/2016. According to National Wetland Inventory Atlas published by the Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad in 2011, there are a total of 7,57,060 wetlands, including lakes and other water bodies, in the country.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Lakes, Lake Pollution, Sewage, India, Parliament
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Rivers and Lakes, 03/05/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Rivers and Lakes, 03/05/2016. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) programmes.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Rivers, Lakes, River Pollution, India, Parliament
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Shriram Chirping Woods project coming up between Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes in the City of Bengaluru, 26/04/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Namma Bengaluru Foundation & Others Vs State of Karnataka dated 26/04/2016 regarding development of a residential developmental project in the name of Shriram Chirping Woods consisting of several blocks of apartments spread over an area of 16 acres in Kasavanahalli village, Varthur Hobli, Bengaluru East Taluk, Bengaluru which is stated to be situated in the midst of ecologically sensitive area comprising of valley and buffer zones between Kasavanahalli lake (also called Haralur lake) and Kaikondaranahal

Judgement Date: 
26/04/2016
Tags:
Lakes, Construction Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Karnataka, Hydrology, Wetlands
Water Resources

Climate change threatens Iran's great salt lake

These dire findings are the result of a new study by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, which

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
Eurek Alert
Tags:
Water Resources, Lakes, Iran, Climate Impacts, Climate Change, Green House Gases
Water Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Polluted Lakes, 25/04/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Polluted Lakes, 25/04/2016. Based on the proposals received from different States, the Ministry has so far sanctioned projects for conservation of 63 lakes in 14 States at a total cost of 1096.09 crores under the NLCP/NPCA. So far, an amount of 635.902 crore has been released for the sanctioned projects and work on 33 lakes has been completed. The State wise details of amount sanctioned and released to the State Governments so far are given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Monday, April 25, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, India, Statistics, Parliament, National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP)
Water Supply

Despite having many lakes, these villages are facing water crisis

Belagavi: Sambra, Mutaga, Nilaji and Balekundri Gram Panchayats of Belagavi taluk, which had never felt shortage of water for decades, are also facing a water crisis due to drought and improper man

Publication Date: 
08/04/2016
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Drinking Water Scarcity, Lakes, Wells, Water Management, Water Supply
Water Resources

Government mulls deepening lakes for water conservation

Bhopal: Following the 90s' model of conservation of lake in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh water conservation ministry is now contemplating the idea of digging and deepening the lakes for water con

Publication Date: 
07/04/2016
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Lakes, Water Conservation, Groundwater, Water Resources
Biodiversity

Loss of reproductive output caused by an invasive species

Researchers investigated whether Neogobius melanostomus, an invader of biodiversity ‘hot-spots’ in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, facilitates or inhibits unionid mussel recruitment by serving as a host or sink for their parasitic larvae (glochidia). Infestation and metamorphosis rates of four mussel species with at-risk (conservation) status (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana, Epioblasma triquetra, Lampsilis fasciola and Villosa iris) and one common species (Actinonaias ligamentina) on N. melanostomus were compared with rates on known primary and marginal hosts in the laboratory.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2016
Maude E. M. Tremblay, Todd J. Morris, Josef D. Ackerman
Royal Society Open Science
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Tags:
Invasive Alien Species, Lakes, Biodiversity, Canada, Endangered Species, Biodiversity Hotspots

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