<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tushar Goswami Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/12/2023.</p> <p>Grievance in the application is against Tent City project in the riverbed
LUCKNOW: Metered water supply is going to be introduced in seven cities of Uttar Pradesh with the user charges being determined by the quantum of water used by the consumers. The system aims at checking the wastage of water. The seven cities are Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut and Mathura.
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The forest department has flunked the test on operation tiger once again. The villagers behaving rowdily around the area where the tiger
Plants spell out air pollution in Varanasi researchers at Benaras Hindu University (bhu) have used plants to study the impact of air pollution at the genetic level, the first-time ever, in Varanasi. They placed a locally available plant, Tradescantia pallida, at four locations, of which three were highly polluted.
Groundwater quality data on physico-chemical, bacteriological and heavy metal concentrations in three cities (Faridabad, Allahabad and Varanasi) in Ganga-Yamuna basin was subjected to multivariate analysis using SPSS. The factors extracted showed high loading (>0.3) of various parameters, such Cl, conductivity, TDS, hardness, Na, Mg and SO4 indicating contamination due to leaching of pollutants.
It's a battle of the bulge in major cities of Uttar Pradesh. Be it Agra, or the more sedate towns of Aligarh and Meerut, the Manchester of the East Kanpur or pilgrims' delight Varanasi and Allahabad or the industrialised hub of the state, Ghaziabad-it has spread everywhere. The mounting pressure of the population is pushing the edges to these towns to their margins. This, coupled with the crumbling edifice of the urban infrastructure, is adding to the worry lines of town planners when they sit down to plan and visualise these cities two decades from now.
Rs 1,950 crore for interceptors is in addition to Rs 387 crore under the Yamuna Action Plan II and Rs 1,500 crore spent on Yamuna cleaning in Delhi. But interceptors have failed in Agra, Varanasi and other places<br><br> <img src="files/images/20071115/squaredot_red.jpg" align="centre"/> They will not work in Delhi as well because even if all the city's sewage (3,600 <font class="UCASE">mld</font>) is intercepted and treated the river would require 24,000 of freshwater for diluting it to make it fit for bathing, at a conservative estimate <br>
The CDP provides both a perspective and vision for the development of a city. It presents the current stage of city’s development, sets out directions of change, identifies thrust areas, suggests alternate
The present study is comprised of energy value, component energy, total energy content and net annual energy production of 6 years old monoculture plantation stand of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn.ex. Benth at Saresar Forest Range situated in the South-East outskirts of Varanasi city. The caloric value and content of different component of sample harvested trees were analyzed.
Despite good laws and even better intentions, India causes as much pollution as any rapidly industrialising poor country A HEREDITARY Hindu priest, Veer Bhadra Mishra is wont, shortly after sunrise, to totter down the stone steps of his temple to the Ganges river, and there perform a three-part ritual. He touches the sacred water. He dips himself in it. He cups it in his hands and drinks it.
