The Kempambudhi lake is all set to be a centre of tourist attraction after two months, if the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has its way.

Desiltation, cleaning of the lake and boating facilities, etc, will provide a new lease of life to the City’s oldest water body. Choked with weeds, hyacinth and sewage, the lake, at present, is an eyesore to the public. Constructed by the founder of Bangalore, Kempegowda, the water body served as a catchment area.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday came down heavily on the state government over illegal allotments and encroachments in the catchment area of water bodies in the state, saying the government was encouraging such illegality with active aide of its officials.

The harsh criticism came soon after the government moved an application demanding that the PIL related to encroachments of water bodies shall be heard by a division bench when the court was about to pronouncement its judgment after several months of hearing.

AS reported in the press, 'non-allocation of funds' and 'legal complexities' have either stalled or slowed down two projects for protecting the Buriganga River from land grabbers or restoring stret

Environmentalists are protesting against what they term a massive land grab by some government politicians in the Buttala forest reserve.

The Survey of India, compiled in 1975, marked around 1,000 water bodies with unique aquatic flora and fauna in the state capital. In fact, Hyderabad then was called the “City of Lakes”. But that was then.

When the HMDA did a count a year ago for the Lake Protection Committee, the officials could list only about 400 lakes in areas within its jurisdiction. Signi-ficantly, experts said, the number of waterbodies that have disappeared would be higher, considering HMDA’s jurisdiction comprises four districts. And if the ‘disappearance’ of about 600 lakes in 35-odd years isn’t alarming enough, even waterbodies that still exist have shrunk, with encroachments on the periphery.

New Delhi: The Delhi high court has cleared the way for the forest department to get possession of key ridge land in Mehrauli area.

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition on Tuesday came down heavily on the Odisha government for abetting land scams and illegal land transfer and acting as an unscrupulous middleman in acquisition and transf

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has prepared draft amendment to make provisions under the Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment (OPLE) Act, 1972, more stringent.

Hyderabad The Andhra Pradesh government has given away 88,492 acres land to 1,027 beneficiaries between 2006-11, resulting in a huge multi-crore land scam, a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has said. The scathing report, which has been tabled in the state’s legislative assembly, is the CAG’s first comprehensive audit report on land allotments in Andhra Predesh.