Uttar Pradesh

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Centre unveils strategy to tackle kala-azar

The Centre on Tuesday unveiled a kala-azar rapid diagnosis kit as part of its strategy to combat the disease which predominantly strike Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. The kit developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was released by Union Health Minister …

Haryana Declares Drought, Demands Relief from Centre

Out of 21 districts in state, 18 received below 50% rainfall; officials to submit a detailed report in a month Haryana became the first state in the country to officially declare drought as it sought Rs. 4,829.25 crore from the Centre to compensate farmers and power utility companies. Rainfall shortage …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding throwing of municipal solid waste on roads in the town of Govardhan in Mathura, 02/09/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 02/09/2014 regarding throwing of municipal solid waste on roads in the town of Govardhan in Mathura. The counsel appearing for Applicant …

Bangle-makers get green option

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has found an eco-friendly way to make bangles. The UP pollution control department had recently asked 13 bangle manufacturing units to put a stop on the use of lustre in bangle industry. An expert team of IIT-K has now assured the manufacturers that …

Centre to miss October deadline on Food Security Act implementation

The government is likely to extend time given to states for a complete rollout of the food security law as majority of the states, including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat, are yet to prepare beneficiary lists and have the logistical arrangements to implement the scheme. Last month, the government …

Sulabh begins ‘toilet for every house’ drive from Badaun

Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech, Sulabh International on Sunday kick-started its nationwide ‘Toilet for Every House’ campaign from Katra Sadatganj village in Badaun that has been in the news for the killing of two girls when they ventured out of their homes in the …

NGT raps Noida on builders using groundwater

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday pulled up the administration for its failure to stop builders in Noida and Greater Noida from extracting groundwater for construction. It directed that officers should conduct surprise inspections at all these construction sites. On January 11 last year, the bench had restrained all builders …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of Dadri wetlands (Bil Akbarpur wildlife habitat), District Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 29/08/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 29/08/2014 requesting for declaring Bil Akbarpur habitat as a protected area as well as quash the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the Respondents (Uttam Steels …

250 MLD sewage everyday turning Ganga into a drain

Varanasi: The outcome of the ambitious 'Namami Gange' project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a matter of future, but the present condition of the river is not very encouraging. In Varanasi alone, the Ganga is being polluted with over 250 MLD untreated sewage everyday. For Namami Gange, an …

E-coli found in water in Greater Noida village

Health officials have found E-coli bacteria in all groundwater samples collected from Birampur in Greater Noida, where 200 residents had fallen ill over the past week. Health officials have distributed chlorine pills among villagers to purify the water before consuming it. However, villagers said they are concerned as this is …

Green crusade against nailing trees

NOIDA: Hammering nails into or wrapping wires around tree trunks to put up signboards, making concrete boundaries around the base or setting up 'tree guards' to protect saplings from being run over, are all abuses that prevent healthy growth of trees. They are also against the UP tree protection act, …

Coca-Cola rapped for using too much water

Coca-Cola has been labelled a 'shameless and unethical company' after being forced to abandon a new $25m bottling plant in northern India because it was extracting too much groundwater. The Mehdigani plant in Varanasi had already been fully built but could not operate commercially as it did not have the …

Cutting-edge pollution monitor for Ghaziabad soon

GHAZIABAD: The city will soon get a continuous ambient monitoring system that will display real-time analysis of air pollution levels. In it, levels of commonly used parameters for measuring air pollution ? sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, PM 10 and PM 2.5 ? will be displayed on a digital …

Recurrent outbreaks of hypoglycaemic encephalopathy in Muzaffarpur, Bihar

Earlier we had reported that the recurring annual seasonal outbreaks in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, of what used to be considered viral encephalitis and called 'acute encephalitis syndrome' since no virus could be detected, is acute encephalopathy. Our report was based on a limited study and retrospective analysis of case records. …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution in Singrauli area, 25/08/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/08/2014 regarding industrial pollution in Singrauli area.

U.P. flood situation grave, toll mounts to 89

Flood situation remained grave in Uttar Pradesh where the toll rose to 89 on Thursday with reports of seven more deaths in the State whose eastern parts were worst hit. Six persons were killed in flood affected areas in Balrampur district, while a 26—year—old youth drowned in Gonda district in …

Farmers demand Rs 7000 per meter for their land for the airport project

Plans to develop an airport in the city has hit buffers as farmers have listed a host of demands before they consent to land acquisition. The farmers held a meeting with the civic administration on Wednesday in which they demanded Rs 7,000 per sq. metre from Airport Authority of India …

Flood cuts off 400 Bahraich villages from country

Ghaghra has joined Saryu in wreaking havoc in Bahraich and cut off 400 villages from the rest of the country as more water from Nepal was released within the last 24 hours. The swollen rivers washed away several roads and the district's road link to Lucknow and Sitapur has been …

UP flood: toll rises up to 75

With the death of 12 more people toll from Uttar Pradesh flood has gone up to 75 as flood situation continues to be grim in the state with over 5 lakh people rendered homeless. The Government spokesman said here on Wednesday that the toll in the recent incidents of floods …

Death toll in UP flood 67; more than 5L people hit

More than five lakh people living in 1,000 villages on the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh remained hit by spiralling rivers on Tuesday, with death toll due to floods rising to 67. According to the latest flood report issued by the state government on Tuesday, 11 deaths were recorded in …

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