LUCKNOW: Organizations working for the cause of environment in Uttar Pradesh want political parties to include environment-related issues in their manifesto. The clean air crisis has become severe in
The Jal Kal department has responded to an RTI query that the water supply in city is pure and fit for drinking and that people use RO and filters only for their satisfaction, though it is not required.
Lucknow: The city’s vulnerability to vector-borne diseases is high. On one hand, there is ample breeding ground for the mosquitoes, while on the other hand the mechanism to check the population of mosquitoes
This Time It’s Because Of LS Elections Lucknow: After delay of almost a year, the city has to wait for two more months to get the municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant operational in Shivri village. The plant was launched under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme in 2007. After incorporating various changes, it was targeted to complete by June 2013, but it was potponed to December 2013 and finally March ’14.
Lucknow: On the occasion of World Sparrow Day on Thursday, you can contribute in your little way by counting the birds and letting the biodiversity and wildlife conservation lab of Lucknow University know
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the 2011 tiger census. Analysis of camera trappings suggests increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms Dudhwa's core zone.
Lucknow: The air is loaded with not just the festive spirit, it also contains allergens that cause problems for those living with asthma. More than 60,000 persons in the city have this ailment. “Exposure to allergens and irritants like dust, pollution, pollen and smoke triggers asthma which is highly underdiagnosed and under-treated,” says professor Suryakant, head of pulmonary medicine department, King George's Medical University. “Asthma attacks prevent an individual from leading a normal life despite it being easily manageable through timely diagnosis, proper management and adequate treatment plan,” he adds.
NGT Action Sought In The Matter Lucknow: Illegal sand mining is posing the biggest threat to the last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in National Chambal Sanctuary running across three states- UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference.
Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in national chambal sanctuary running along three states — UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference. Illegal sand mining, fishing and stone quarrying in the sanctuary area is killing ghariyals.
In a move that would bolster tiger conservation in the country, the UP government has approved plans of a tiger reserve in Pilibhit, the third in the state after Dudhwa and Amangarh. Under the planned
Decision Will Deprive Farmers Of Free Water: Opposition Lucknow: Residents of Delhi may have got reprieve after its former CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered free water, but people of Uttar Pradesh will in days to come have to cough up for each litre of water flowing out of the tap.
