In 2000, it took a military operation to halt the march of water hyacinth in Harike, one of the internationally protected wetlands in India, famous for a large number of birds, both local and migratory. The invasive hyacinth problem was squeezing the life out of its 41-square-metre area for some time.

A minor girl died and about 60 people fell sick Saturday night after they had reportedly drunk contaminated supply water at Sabak Colony of Jamal Khan in Chittagong.
Ten-year-old Dipa Dash, daughter of Khoka Das and student of Class V, died on her way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital after she had contracted diarrhoea, the family said.

The flora and fauna of Sankey Tank have been deteriorating rapidly in the last three months due to sewage flooding the tank from surrounding areas. It is estimated that 200 fish have died there and the influx of migrating birds had reduced considerably.

Emphasising conservation: Members of the Nilgiri Ecological and Animal Protection Samiti staging a demonstration opposite the Collectorate in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The Union Government has decided to declare the Ganga as

Palani,

Jeyanthai, medical officer, has advised the people to boil water before drinking

OVER 50 persons at a village near Palani began vomiting and suffered from diarrhoea after drinking water mixed with sewage.
Vilvanatham village is situated in the constituency of Government Whip Chakrapani. The president of the village panchayat is Bhuvaneswari Subramanian.

VASCO, NOV 4
Verna police on Tuesday registered an offence of negligence and defiling of rivulet and wells in Jina-Sancoale after receiving complaint from the Mormugao deputy collector

Committee Will Decide Fate Of Games Village

NEW DELHI: Questioning the bona fides of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on their shifting stands over the construction of the Commonwealth Games Village along the Yamuna riverbed in East Delhi, the Delhi High Court on Monday constituted an expert committee to go into the whole