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 …

Special law needed to protect ponds from encroachment: HC

Taking a serious note of indiscriminate encroachment of ponds in the state, which is lowering the water table in the region, the Allahabad High Court has suggested that a special law should be enacted to protect and preserve the ponds, which are not only essential elements of village habitat but …

National Green Tribunal asks UP govt to clarify on pollution by waste plant

: Adding a new dimension to the case related to pollution caused by the Okhla waste-to-energy plant, the National Green Tribunal on Friday has directed the UP government to verify claims of that emissions from the Delhi plant are adversely affecting environment and wildlife of Okhla Bird Sanctuary in Noida. …

Ground water level rises in several pockets

Ground water department officials are busy collecting data of ground water level in the ongoing monsoon session. The employees are upbeat owing to healthy start of the monsoon. Owing to signs of good rain, officials are hopeful of an increase in ground water level. Officials of ground water department predicted …

Noida Authority to shift 300 mobile towers

The Noida Authority has decided to relocate over 300 mobile towers away from densely populated areas in the city, in a bid to reduce the alleged health risks of exposure to radiation from these towers. This was decided by top authority officials at a meeting on Wednesday. The move may …

Green panel stays construction at Noida landfill site

The National Green Tribunal has stayed construction activity on the landfill site in Sector 123 here after a commission appointed by it found that the project had been formulated without following the guidelines. The Noida Authority has also been restrained from carrying out digging or construction till the next hearing. …

Green cover equal to 23% of Delhi lost in 13 years

Green cover and water bodies almost equal to a quarter (23%) of Delhi's area have been lost to development works and rapid urbanization in the National Capital Region in just the past 13 years. The first comparative satellite-based study of change in land use in NCR has shown that between …

Green cover equal to 23% of Delhi lost in 13 yrs

Green cover and water bodies almost equal to a quarter (23%) of Delhi’s area have been lost to development works and rabid urbanization in the National Capital Region (NCR) in the past 13 years. The first comparative satellite-based study of change in land use in NCR has shown that between …

Green panel stays construction at Noida landfill site

The National Green Tribunal has stayed construction activity on the landfill site in Sector 123 here after a commission appointed by it found that the project had been formulated without following the guidelines. The Noida Authority has also been restrained from carrying out digging or construction till the next hearing. …

Ghaziabad, Allahabad most polluted in Uttar Pradesh: Survey

Ghaziabad and Allahabad have emerged as the two most air polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh in a recent survey by a research and advocacy organization. The survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found pollutants of the size of 10 micron in Ghaziabad, Allahabad, Kanpur and Bareilly, …

Subsidy burden to soar as UPA traps Opposition with food ordinance

GOADED by its perceived potential as a vote-winner, the UPA government on Wednesday chose to promulgate an ordinance to give effect to the Food Security Bill, which would give 67% the population the right to 5 kg of grain every month at highly subsidised rates of R1-3 per kg. The …

Nine power plants may get nod today

Earlier CCEA nod on imported coal price to help hasten decision on these and 6 others The recent Cabinet decision on coal cost pass-through should enable quick clearance of at least half the 18 power projects to be considered on Wednesday by a sub-group of the Cabinet Committee on Investment …

A Ghaziabad first: Building plans to be approved online

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to implement a proposal to allow online approval of building plans. Under the proposal, those intending to construct structures in Ghaziabad will be able to submit building plans online. After thorough evaluation of the plan, a no-objection certificate (NOC) will be issued, and …

Allahabad University prof calls for floodwater harvesting

In the backdrop of the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and the dangerous rise of major rivers in northern India, a professor from the department of Geography of Allahabad University and his team of research scholars have come up with a unique idea-that of harvesting the additional floodwater which inundates. The …

Study picks holes in midday meal scheme

The fund and grain flow for the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme suffers from major inefficiencies resulting in poor implementation of the flagship programme. A study by Accountability Initiative — PAISA district survey of MDM — in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has found significant problems with the way MDM is managed …

68% of milk doesn’t meet food norms

Common nutritional supplement milk you take may not be all that nutritious as majority of samples of milk supplied across the country failed to meet the food safety and standard norms. The Centre on Tuesday dished out this startling fact about the health of milk supplied both loose or in …

Need to unburden Delhi

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath agree that Delhi must be decongested Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may not agree entirely on whether Delhi should grow vertically, but on Monday both concurred that the city needs to be …

NGO protests concretisation around Ghaziabad trees

A voluntary organization launched a protest here on Sunday against concretisation of areas around trees along streets and in residential areas, and claimed this would cause serious ecological imbalance. "For hefty commissions, politicians and officials are concretising the open green areas without assessing medium and long-term disastrous consequences," said environmentalist …

Prospects of women employment through boat service in Varanasi

Since Ganga river bank in Varanasi is the major tourist attraction, particularly for the heavy ornamentation of ghats and temples on the western bank of the river flowing in the reverse direction i.e., from south to north at this place, this of course depicts the base of the life & …

Draft Revised Regional Plan-2021 for National Capital Region

The broad objective of the Regional Plan-2021 "for promoting growth and balanced development of the Region” is to be achieved by: Providing suitable economic base for future growth by identification and development of regional settlements capable of absorbing the economic development impulse of NCT-Delhi; Providing efficient and economic rail and …

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