Lake formed after melting of glaciers poses new threat
A lake formed after melting of glaciers at Satopanth in Chamoli district posed fresh danger to the rain-ravaged areas of Badrinath, Joshimath and Karnaprayag, prompting the administration to issue an alert.
Keelkattalai lake disappears
The once sprawling Keelkattalai lake is now reduced to a piece of land sandwiched between encroachments. The lake with pristine bio diversity supporting aquatic life and migratory birds has lost
Too many cooks spoil city lake
Durgam Cheruvu, the secret lake in Madhapur, is rich in biodiversity, but is not getting the attention it deserves because too many departments are involved in its management.
The irrigation departm
Ambattur lake has shrunk by half
Residents and civic activists are up in arms against lack of attention to the Ambattur lake. The sprawling lake has shrunk by over 50 per cent due to encroachments, and pollution goes unchecked.
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8 lakes in south city turn homes
As land prices skyrocketed and South Chennai suburbs developed rapidly, water bodies among government (poramboke) lands have become easy prey for land sharks.
At least a dozen lakes have been conver
Restore lake, help parched Chennai
With Veeranam lake drying up and the four city reservoirs storing only 1/3 of the total storage (11.057 tmcft), water managers are left hoping for an early northeast monsoon.
However, a water resourc
Hussainsagar is the world’s biggest 'heart shaped lake'
There is one more reason to protect the historic Hussainsagar: It’s the ‘Love Lake of the World!’
A group from Hyderabad discovered that the Hussainsagar is the biggest 'heart shaped lake' in the wor