Lakes drying up as the scorching summer heat intensifies. But now, they are building bunds around the lake for people to walk, and this means almost a uniform increase in depth.” This design, dubbed as ‘soup bowl’ to help increase water capacity and suit fisheries, is inevitably hostile to migratory birds that usually flock to shallow areas within a lake. …
Hyderabad: The Musi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most polluted river in Telangana in the latest National Green Tribunal report, while Nagole was named as a highly polluted location. According to the report on polluted river stretches published by the TS Pollution Control Board, high levels of coliform were discovered in the river, along with imbalanced levels …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thousands of residents in the state capital are under the threat of water-borne diseases with the Kerala Water Authority supplying contaminated water infested with blood worms and coliform bacteria. KWA officials confirmed the presence of blood worms in the water pumped from the Vellayani Lake which caters to a large section of residents at Nemom, Karamana, Kalliyoor, Venganoor, Vizhinjam, …