The mysterious death of about hundreds of fish in the Cubbon Park pond on Wednesday has been attributed to pollution caused by sewage water seeping into the pond.

The sewage water had triggered a severe depletion of oxygen level, choking the fish to death. The fish died due to dirty water that flowed into the pond during the rains, said a staffer at the Bal Bhavan office.

Water is essential for every activity and must be protected writes MATHIAS BOSCO LAWRENCE

Because the govt did nothing, residents have decided to save Hauz Khas lake

The water crisis in the City is compounded by the contamination of already depleting ground water.

The contamination is rapidly increasing in urban pockets where people, unaware of conservation and recharging techniques, are inadvertently contributing to the water pollution.

Radiogenic isotopes (3H and 14C) and stable isotope (18O) together with TDS, EC and salinity of water were used to discriminate qualitative and quantitative groundwater age, probable recharge time, flow respectively in groundwater of Challaghatta valley, Bangalore.

Until five years ago very few people in Mumbai were aware of the Mithi river running through it. Then, in the monsoon of 2005 it flooded, drowning 500 people. With the devastation it erupted into public consciousness, dark and stinking. Ever since the authorities have been trying to revive it. Their latest experiment is putting it on oxygen.

Mumbai: After jaundice claimed the lives of two young women in a month

Pune The district collectorate has asked the civic bodies of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to come up with a plan to curb river pollution, by April 9.

Two billion tons of human and animal waste and industrial pollution are dumped into waterways every day around the world, according to reports released in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 17th annual World Water Day

March 21: Hyderabad

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