Delhi Lakes

An 11-year-old boy drowned while bathing with his three friends in the Shakti Sarovar lake of north Delhi's Burari area, police said on Monday.

Timarpur Lake in northern Delhi had been known for decades as a place for petty crime and the foul smell of sewage. It's now getting ready to welcome visitors with a new amphitheater, children's play area and fountains dotting the landscape.

Two men from Delhi drowned while bathing in an artificial lake in Sirohi area here, police said on Monday. According to police, six friends from Delhi had come to have a picnic at the lake built near the Sirohi mine late Sunday evening.

A lake in Delhi's Timarpur is being developed as a tourist destination by the city government and will be opened to the public soon, officials said on Monday.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Wednesday said the discharge of 110 million gallons per day (MGD) of domestic and industrial waste into the Najafgarh Lake needs to be prevented and called for coordination with Haryana to address the issue.

In a bid to conservethe wetland ecosystem of the capital, the work to revive Delhi's Mughal-era Roshanara Lake has begun.

With the aim of conserving the wetland ecosystem, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided to revamp and develop 20 lakes in the national capital.

The Delhi government is making one last effort to salvage the water bodies which have gone extinct over the years due to large-scale encroachment and negligence.

The Delhi government's tourism department has resumed boating in the Naini Lake situated in north Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

Delhi Metro invited tenders for leasing approximately 2,526 square metre area for commercial development at the Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake metro station on the Pink Line corridor.

A duck which escaped the mass culling at the famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi three days ago had left the staff wondering what to do with it.

Samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake area are the only ones in Delhi that have tested positive for bird flu so far, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday, asking people not to panic as there is no cause for concern.

Three recreational parks and the famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi were closed by authorities on Saturday amid an avian flu scare in the city as several birds were found dead on their premises in the last couple of days, officials said.

Ten ducks and several crows have been found dead in Sanjay Lake in West Delhi's Trilokpuri, and samples have been sent to Bhopal's National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) to ascertain the cause.

Delhi Minister (Water) and Chairman of DJB Satyendar Jain along with senior officials inspected wastewater treatment plants at Rohini (15 MGD), Rithala (60 MGD), Coronation Pillar (30 MGD) and also the Timarpur Oxidation Pond and Bhalaswa Lake site.

An 11-year-old boy drowned while bathing with his three friends in the Shakti Sarovar lake of north Delhi's Burari area, police said on Monday.

Timarpur Lake in northern Delhi had been known for decades as a place for petty crime and the foul smell of sewage. It's now getting ready to welcome visitors with a new amphitheater, children's play area and fountains dotting the landscape.

Two men from Delhi drowned while bathing in an artificial lake in Sirohi area here, police said on Monday. According to police, six friends from Delhi had come to have a picnic at the lake built near the Sirohi mine late Sunday evening.

A lake in Delhi's Timarpur is being developed as a tourist destination by the city government and will be opened to the public soon, officials said on Monday.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Wednesday said the discharge of 110 million gallons per day (MGD) of domestic and industrial waste into the Najafgarh Lake needs to be prevented and called for coordination with Haryana to address the issue.

In a bid to conservethe wetland ecosystem of the capital, the work to revive Delhi's Mughal-era Roshanara Lake has begun.

With the aim of conserving the wetland ecosystem, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided to revamp and develop 20 lakes in the national capital.

The Delhi government is making one last effort to salvage the water bodies which have gone extinct over the years due to large-scale encroachment and negligence.

The Delhi government's tourism department has resumed boating in the Naini Lake situated in north Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

Delhi Metro invited tenders for leasing approximately 2,526 square metre area for commercial development at the Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake metro station on the Pink Line corridor.

A duck which escaped the mass culling at the famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi three days ago had left the staff wondering what to do with it.

Samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake area are the only ones in Delhi that have tested positive for bird flu so far, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday, asking people not to panic as there is no cause for concern.

Three recreational parks and the famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi were closed by authorities on Saturday amid an avian flu scare in the city as several birds were found dead on their premises in the last couple of days, officials said.

Ten ducks and several crows have been found dead in Sanjay Lake in West Delhi's Trilokpuri, and samples have been sent to Bhopal's National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) to ascertain the cause.

Delhi Minister (Water) and Chairman of DJB Satyendar Jain along with senior officials inspected wastewater treatment plants at Rohini (15 MGD), Rithala (60 MGD), Coronation Pillar (30 MGD) and also the Timarpur Oxidation Pond and Bhalaswa Lake site.