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 …
2,600 acres of land would be acquired in Chola, Buland-shahar, and 1,300 acres is proposed to be acquired in trans-Ganga area in Kanpur Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Develop-ment Corporation (UPSIDC) is in the process of acquiring about 4,000 acres of land for allotment to industrial units. While, 2,600 acres of …
Lucknow: After getting a positive response from Akhilesh Yadav gover nment, the US-based company, Renewable Energy Alternatives (REA), has begun its search for land to set up the waste-to-energy project in the state. The big project is proposed to come up over an area of around 10 acres. The company …
New Delhi: Odisha and Bihar have recorded the sharpest decline in poverty levels between 2004-05 and 2011-12, although the proportion of the poor in these states remains well above the national average. Latest data released by Planning Commission on Tuesday revealed that in Odisha, the proportion of people below the …
The government is giving a fresh push to its flagship rural employment scheme ahead of the general elections, providing additional funds to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. To begin with, the rural development ministry will pump in . 200 crore each year, a senior official told ET, adding that …
The formation of anti-depredation squads on the periphery of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, has resulted in over 60 per cent drop in man-elephant conflicts in the area, officials said. Since the formation of ADS in three forest villages of DTR Bhagwantnagar, Gulra Tanda and Baidhiya Kalan in June last year, the …
Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line. His attempts to get a ration card have run into a maze of official delays. Denied subsidised foodgrain from the public distribution system (PDS) without a card, …
The Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) had prepared the CSP with support from GIZ-ASEM (German International Cooperation), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD), Bangalore and CEPT University, Ahmedabad, in 2011. The plan is driven by the vision of 100% sanitation as per NUSP guidelines, envisaging that by 2020, the city would …
Lucknow: Facing sharp criticism on the development front, the Samajwadi Party has given financial sanction to its ambitious multicrore-rupee ‘Naya Sawera Nagar Vikas Yojana’. The scheme seeks to upgrade the infrastructural facilities at the local bodies’ level. A budget of Rs 900 crore was proposed for making available funds to …
Lucknow: The state government on Sunday said 152 persons have died in the floods so far. Most of the major rivers flowing through the state continue to be in spate, with at least eight districts receiving more than 25 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours. About 134 villages have …
Fly by night over Uttar Pradesh in northern India, the country’s most populous state, and its cities appear as dazzling islands. In between, however, lies an inky sea. Perhaps two-thirds of Uttar Pradesh’s 200m people have no regular electricity. In India as a whole, 700m, or more than half of …
The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared housing projects and townships in Greater Noida West, formerly named Noida Extension, without considering key environmental parameters and the rich wildlife of the area, which has now all but vanished, concerned environmentalists here say. "The state's environment directorate has completely failed in discharging its …
City Reels Under Shortage; UP Groundwater Bill Still Stuck In The Pipeline Lucknow: Pending for almost eight years now, the state’s groundwater conservation bill is still dragging its feet in government corridors for enactment. Even as UP’s groundwater table is constantly declining at an alarming rate, the government seems to …
Two of 34 companies that used to sell bottled water in Noida and Greater Noida till they were closed in February for illegally extricating and selling groundwater, were granted permission Tuesday by the National Green Tribunal to reopen. Counsel for AST Beverages and Khaitan Beverages told the bench the companies …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Others Vs Union of India & Others in which NGT has asked the Local Authorities, Corporations, State of UP and Haryana or Development Authorities in State of UP and Haryana that they shall take a clear stand …
Campaign For Well-Being Of Newborns And Mothers Launching a campaign for maternal and child health here on Monday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav blamed the previous government for not doing enough to improve health scenario in the state. Titled ‘Hausla’ (courage), the campaign aims to curb maternal, neonatal, infant and child …
While Uttarakhand counts the cost of the floods and landslides caused by rains, scientists claim that it was a man-made catastrophe caused by mining and encroachments in the flood zone of the rivers. The foundation for a similar disaster is being laid in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, where illegal …
Taking serious note of noise and air pollution in Noida, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered industries to phase out old diesel-run generators that do not have proper acoustic enclosures within two weeks. Many industries operating without proper pollution control devices have been ordered for closure. The tribunal has …
In a major setback to more than 50 realty projects in Noida, the National Green tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests, Noida Authority chairman & CEO and Uttar Pradesh chief secretary for failing to protect the 10km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary under …
The state government would organise street plays and musical skits to spread awareness against open defecation and to encourage ruralfolk to construct toilets in their homes. On Thursday, panchayati raj minister Balram Yadav said the department plans to step up efforts to apprise rural masses about the sanitation programme. The …
The ray of hope to revive construction work in Shahberi through a fresh acquisition process has dwindled with farmers threatening that they will not part with their land under any circumstances. They warned that they would move court against the Greater Noida Authority if their land is notified for acquisition …
