Mumbai Did you know there were 70 lakes in Mumbai but 67 of them are found surrounded with vegetation? Or that 53 per cent of lakes are encroached upon by local residents, of which 21 per cent is handed over to builders and about 26 per cent to government agencies.

A RELENTLESS campaign launched by an RTI activist and local residents has forced the Chennai Corporation to act remove an encroachment on the eastern corner of the Turn Bulls Road-Chamiers Road junction that has posed as stumbling block to free flow of traffic on the busy stretch.

Mumbai: Over 25 trees have been felled recently on a land owned by Airport Authority of India (AAI). Residents fear that sooner or later, this plot of land, a green zone, will be encroached by slum dwellers.

TAMBARAM: Removal of encroachments from the Adambakkam Lake and preventing its further degradation, improving water supply, permission to operate share autorickshaws were among the demands that the Federation of Adambakkam Welfare Associations made at a recent interaction with Labour Welfare Minister T. M. Anbarasan.

KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and Diamond Harbour.

MUMBAI: A day after a Supreme Court order stating that it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay High Court regarding encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), forest authorities are drawing up plans to remove encroachments from within the 104-sq km park. The HC had earlier directed phase-wise removal of encroachments from the park.

MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay high court on the removal of illegal encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

The apex court did not grant any stay on the demolitions but allowed the slumdwellers to approach the statutory authority with their grievances.

New Delhi: Many of the 629 waterbodies encroached upon, some concretised, says Chief Secretary Mehta

The Delhi Government wishes to revive 629 waterbodies in the city before the Commonwealth Games. But on Monday, the government said to replenish the waterbodies may not be possible due to

TAMBARAM: A number of lakes, tanks and ponds in the southern suburbs of Chennai continue to receive huge quantity of untreated sewage and effluents, turning them into reservoirs of filth.