Alarming Reduction In Water Level Of The River Around Barrage
Lucknow: One needs nothing more than a pair of naked eyes to see it happening. Beyond the barrage, the river Gomti is gasping for life. It has virtually dried up with a huge dry tract visible in the middle. The river meanders around this tract

Hyderabad, Dec. 21: Hyderabadis, who consume fruits and vegetables grown over 3,600 hectares under the Musi ayacut, run the risk of severe worm infection that may cause appetite loss, abdominal pain, shortness of breath and a variety of skin diseases.

According to a joint study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the International Water

KARUR: Farmers in the pollution-hit Noyal river basin have urged the State Government to quickly disburse the compensation awarded to them by the Loss of Ecology Committee.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday stayed a single judge

Seeks Sacrosanct Status For River

J. Venkatesan
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim stay of the orders passed by the Delhi High Court stalling constructions in the Commonwealth Games village on the banks of river Yamuna in the Capital for holding the Games in 2010.

BY MANISH ANAND
NEW DELHI

The Delhi chief min ister Sheila Dikshit, set to take charge of the capital for a historic third time in a row, made her priorities clear, ranging from the 2010 Commonwealth Games, cleaning of Yamuna to housing for the marginalised people. And for the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants flooding Delhi, Ms Dikshit put the onus on the border states.

Ahmedabad: The ancient Ravivari on the banks of Sabarmati presents a unique picture-message of the river and environmental imbalance that it now reflects.

Court told Delhi water utility officers

THE Delhi High Court has sentenced a former chief executive officer of the Delhi Jal Board and two other officers to two weeks in jail for not repairing sewer lines in the capital and letting the sewage flow into the Yamuna without treatment.

JAIPUR: The Centre will shortly release Rs.259 crore for two ambitious projects for conservation and pollution control in the world-famous Pichola lake of Udaipur and Chambal river of Kota district in Rajasthan under the National Lake Conservation Project (NLCP).

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