AQUATIC LIFE

Water hyacinth, which appears mainly at the onset of winter, has completely covered the lake in Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj for over two weeks. Despite Pune Municipal Corporation’s repeated cleaning activity, the hyacinth has multiplied its growth and the PMC is trying to find a permanent solution to solve the problem. Local people who […]

Condition of the water bodies in the city is very precarious. The sharp decrease in the dissolved oxygen (DO) levels and the decrease in the water levels in the river in the last few years have resulted in the disappearance of 15 native species of fish from the rivers of Pune. City-based environmentalist Parineeta Dandekar

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is trying to explore the use of bio-treatment technology to prevent the growth of water hyacinth in the Pavana, Mula and Indrayani rivers. Earlier, the civic body had appointed private contractors to remove hyacinth, which obstructs flow of water and also causes health problems. The civic body is trying

Several fish in the Katraj lake were found dead on Friday 17th Nov’12. The director of the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park’s informed that several fish were found dead in the Katraj lake located inside the park. Water samples from the lake were taken on Friday and sent to PMC laboratory. Various parameters will be analyzed from the

There has been a significant rise in the number of resident birds turning to the polluted waters of the Mula and Mutha Rivers in search of food and habitat since fresh water bodies around the city are drying due to scanty rainfall. These birds are increasingly feeding on a fish species called tilapia, which accumulates

The festival of colours is celebrated to mark the arrival of spring but this year it came to denote sweltering heat with the city’s March temperature crossing a three-year high. The temperature sprang up to 39°C during the day -the highest so far in the month. This follows the prediction of the India Meterological Department