Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna is proposing to convert the 22-kilometre Yamuna riverbank stretch into a biodiversity zone, seen by experts as a radical ecological solution to the dying river.

Ropar: A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) collected four samples from the Sirsa-Nangal river after a large number of fish were found floating in the water body near Avankot village.

Environment engineer Karunesh Garg headed the team that collected water samples from the confluence downstream the river from Avankot village and under the main bridge over the Sutlej.

A boat carrying used lubricants of motor launches dump the toxic waste straight into the Buriganga with little regard for the environment and the lifeline of Dhaka. The photo was taken at the Sadarghat in the capital.Photo: Shawkat JamilHelemul Alam

A boat carrying used lubricants of motor launches dump the toxic waste straight into the Buriganga with little regard for the environment and the lifeline of Dhaka. The photo was taken at the Sadarghat in the capital.Photo: Shawkat JamilHelemul Alam

Ropar: A large number of fish were found dead in the Sirsa-Nangal River today evening. Villagers from nearby Avankot village raised hue and cry on seeing a large number of fish floating dead on the surface of the river near the Sutlej-Sirsa confluence.

Rashme Sehgal
July 1: The Ganga remains in drastic need for a resuscitation. The Planning Commission has prepared a report on the water quality data of the river for 2008-2009 and found that despite crores being pumped in to revive the river, its biological oxygen demand (BOD) fails to meet even the standard bathing requirements.

KOCHI: District Collector M Beena, on Monday instructed the Water Authority, the Pollution Control Board and the Aluva Municipality to take steps to prevent the disposal of waste materials in the Periyar. The instruction was given at a meeting convened by the Human Rights Commission.

Kotdwar (Garhwal): Thousands of fish were found dead in the Khoh river in Uttarakhand

CHENNAI: Continuous monitoring of Chennai

The High Court yesterday issued a set of directives for the government to save the rivers around the capital from encroachment and pollution.

It directed the deputy commissioners of Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj to determine the exact boundaries of Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu rivers by November 30.