Tag: lakes
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Fauna, lakes in Kacha Gachibowli mentioned in petition; Collective calls upon citizens to oppose the auction of 400 acres land
Read Latest News Verdant expanse of Kancha Gachibowli, together with its hundreds of floral and faunal species will be history if the government goes ahead with its plan of auction of 400 acres of land. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Green and wildlife enthusiasts, coming together under the banner of ‘Save City Forests Collective’, called…
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Environmentalists criticise PMC’s plan to beautify lakes amid failure to purify water | Pune News
Read Latest News Pune: The civic body has planned to use public funds worth Rs2 crore on external beautification of various lakes across the city. Criticising the move, environmentalists and nature enthusiasts have demanded Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to focus on resolving issues such as water hyacinth, mosquito breeding and sewage water discharge in these…
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Treated water from apartments to fill 30 lakes in Bengaluru | Bengaluru News
Read Latest News Bengaluru: Buoyed by the success of filling up 14 parched lakes with tertiary treated water from its sewage treatment plants (STPs) to tide over the summer water crisis of 2024, BWSSB says it will now fill up over 30 lakes across the city by drawing treated water from nearby apartment complexes. The…
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HYDRAA starts work to restore 6 city lakes | Hyderabad News
Read Latest News Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Disaster Response and Asset Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has initiated a rejuvenation project to restore six lakes — Bum-Rukn-ud-Daula (Shivrampally, Old City), Thammidi Kunta (Madhapur), Sunnam Cheruvu (Guttala Begumpet, Madhapur), Nalla Cheruvu (Kukatpally), and Nalla/Pedda Cheruvu (Uppal) — across the city.“The restoration is being funded by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development…
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Bringing Bengaluru’s lakes back to life | Bengaluru News
Read Latest News Usha Rajagopalan and team near the Puttenahalli lake that they helped rejuvenate Local communities and BWSSB together are beginning to reverse a decades’ long trend of water bodies dying Bengaluru is bracing for summer, with its inevitable water scarcity. BWSSB is working towards filling up 46 lakes in the city to mitigate…
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HYDRAA thwarts attempts to fill lakes with debris
Read Latest News Personnel of the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency apprehended truck drivers dumping soil in Umdasagar lake at Jalpally on the night of February 3. Four tippers were seized along with an excavator which was being used for levelling the soil. The seized vehicles have been handed over to the Bandlaguda…
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Activists demand treated sewage discharge to protect Coimbatore’s lakes
Read Latest News Continuous discharge of sewage into lakes has contributed to the groundwater pollution in Coimbatore. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Activists and residents in Coimbatore are urging authorities to ensure that only treated sewage water is discharged into lakes and water bodies to prevent further pollution and protect groundwater quality. “Sewage water should…
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Remote-operated grass cutters to be deployed at parks and smart city lakes in Coimbatore
Read Latest News The Coimbatore Corporation has deployed remote-operated grass cutting machines to maintain parks and Smart City lakes. The Corporation said that overgrown bushes in parks and Smart City lakes, along with a shortage of manpower, have made manual pruning of the grass time-consuming. To address this challenge, the civic body has purchased five…
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Lakes to be filled with Bhima River water by March | Hubballi News
Read Latest News Kalaburagi: The minor irrigation department‘s Rs 318 crore project to fill 15 lakes in Afzalpur taluk and 11 lakes in Alanda taluk and Amarja barrage using Bhima River water will be finished by March, said B R Patil, political adviser to the chief minister.During his visit to lakes at villages in Afzalpur…
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Great Lakes Institute of Management hosts Brand Conclave 2024
Read Latest News The Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, recently hosted ‘Brand Conclave’ 2024 , bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and marketing experts to discuss strategies for positioning Indian brands on the global stage. Delivering the keynote address, Ganesh Mani S., president and COO of Ashok Leyland, emphasised the need for creating brands that…
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‘STPs not an ideal solution for organic pollution in city lakes’
Read Latest News Construction of sewage treatment plants may not be a solution for organic pollution that is plaguing the urban lakes, especially when it comes to the smaller ones with lower holding capacity. Scientists from the Telangana Pollution Control Board (TGPCB) have drawn attention to this fact at a meeting convened by the Commissioner…
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CMDA begins preparing project reports for rejuvenation of lakes
Read Latest News The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has started preparing detailed project reports (DPRs) for rejuvenation of 10 lakes across the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The lakes include those at Perumbakkam, Retteri, Madambakkam, Ayanambakkam, Velachery, and Adambakkam. The DPRs are ready for seven lakes. The reports for the Sembakkam and Adambakkam lakes are being…
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Salt Lake’s Revamped Avenue Plantation Plan: Smaller Trees to Enhance Safety | Kolkata News
Read Latest News Kolkata: After cutting down around 40 tall trees in Salt Lake, which were either dead or fully damaged, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) now plans to undertake compensatory avenue plantation with only small and medium-sized trees suitable for the soil nature of the township. The move is aimed at preventing trees from…
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Himalayan glacial lakes saw 10.81 per cent area expansion from 2011 to 2024: Report
Read Latest News NEW DELHI: Glacial lakes and other water bodies across the Himalayan region saw a 10.81 per cent increase in area from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, signalling a heightened risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), according to a government report. The Central Water Commission‘s (CWC) report, which was accessed…