The Velachery Lake is in for a major facelift. Preliminary work began recently on removing the thick layers of water hyacinth that cover the eastern part of the lake. Soon, a proposal to build a walkers’ path around the lake’s perimeter could take off. This is part of the larger development proposal for the lake, which includes parks and boating services.

Officials of the Water Resources Department of the PWD are currently preparing wide development proposals for the Velachery Lake. This is expected to be completed in a week’s time, after which officials and elected representatives are expected to decide on the final road map.

The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) would be undertaking a survey of the slums in Vellore Corporation with a view to replacing them with pucca individual houses or apartments under the Raji

The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) founder-president S R Hiremath, on Thursday urged the State government to immediately implement the Supreme Court direction on transfer of village community land.

On February 1, 2011, the Supreme Court had declared transfer of village community land for private and commercial use as illegal and directed the states to take immediate steps to evict encroachers.

The Karnataka government is looking to mobilise close to Rs 10,000 crore from the iron ore mining sector which will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to undertake social infrastruct

Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself.

LAKHIMPUR, June 19 – Assam will not ‘tolerate’ any encroachment on its land by neighbouring states and has directed the concerned district authorities to evict all encroachments, State Border Minis

JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today laid foundation stone of Rs. 3.98 crore Water Supply Scheme at Chatta taken up under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). On its commissioning, the 83864 gallon per hour discharge capacity deep drill tube well project would meet the drinking water requirements of Chatta, Bermini, Mohra Kut, Mohra Rorian and Mohra Daruni and Rati Sarari of Sunjwan area having a population of 10483 souls.

KOLKATA, 12 JUNE: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is planning to auction around 100 acres of its land in and around Kolkata and is awaiting a nod from the Centre.

Kerala Cabinet on Monday decided to set up an expert committee to suggest alternatives to recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel.

The committee will have representatives of the Water Resources, Power, Forests, Fisheries and Environment departments and institutions studying subjects such as environment and biodiversity. Announcing the decision after a special meeting of the Cabinet, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the government was cognizant of the need to protect environment.

Uriamghat, June 6: Oil & Natural Gas Commission Ltd (ONGC) setting up shop along the inter-state border with Nagaland in both Jorhat and Golaghat districts has given Assam the muscle to protect