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 …
New Delhi: Almost five years after the UPA government allocated the lion’s share of its Rs 52,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme to Andhra Pradesh, reports are emerging from the state that distressed farmers are selling their organs to come out of the agricultural debt trap. Three states — Andhra …
New Delhi: States from southern and western India like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra seem to be taking the lead in getting approval for more projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). While these states have sent dozens of proposals to the Union urban development ministry, there …
KANPUR: Various areas of Ashok Nagar under Kalyanpur block are grappling with insanitary conditions for the past few months as Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has turned a blind eye towards the woes of this locality. The lanes here are flooded with sewage water and posing a serious health hazard. A …
ALLAHABAD: Indian culture propagated and developed due to Ganga, and it is unfortunate that reduced water levels and discharge of effluents has polluted it immensely, said noted social activist and thinker Avinash Dharmadhikari at the Ganga Yamuna Water Pollution Removal Exhibition at the ongoing Maha Kumbh on Sunday. However, he …
India is about to breach the $2 trillion GDP mark, as it works its way through the lower end of the middle-income-nation spectrum. We have yet to recognise that the economic output of a large state like Maharashtra is now as large as the entire Indian economy in the early …
Shift All Public Transport Vehicles To CNG, Says HC Lucknow: The high court on Friday asked the central and state governments to consider converting all public transport vehicles in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra into CNG-operated ones to control the ever-increasing levels of air pollution. The state capital is rated fifth …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has noted that despite orders to the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments, debris dumping continues unabated along the Yamuna floodplain. It has directed the government to issue show-cause notice to the managing director of DMRC, director general of CPWD and the director of the …
Noida: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered for shutting down 34 packaged drinking water facilities in Noida and Greater Noida for extraction of groundwater and functioning illegally without sanctions from any authority. A bench of the tribunal passed the orders on a petition filed by an environmental activist Vikrant …
Given the economic and political circumstances, the finance minister has presented a pragmatic vwith good intentions for inclusive and sustainable development. This is one of the most challenging times that the world economy is facing and the scenario is no different in India. The Union Budget for 2013-14 is well-balanced …
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday delivered a judgment pertaining to auction sale of land in rural areas, pursuant to recovery of arrears of land revenue. The High Court, in larger public interest, issued certain directions to be implemented by the Collectors/District Magistrates of the state before issuing sale …
This report, Social Management Framework (SMF) prepared as a result of the synthesis of Social Assessment (SA) conducted in the four states (Assam, Bihar, Jharkahand and Uttar Pradesh) in the context of preparing the World Bank assisted Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) for Low Income States (LIS) has the …
The Ganga Action Parivar (GAP) has taken primary steps towards constructing the first zero-waste, “bio-digester” toilet in Uttar Pradesh along the banks of the Ganga. The initiative is part of GAP’s drive to build 5,000 eco-friendly toilets in villages along the 2,500-km stretch of the Ganga and also integrates its …
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra would have maximum urban population by 2026, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Quoting the population projection by the Census of India, the Union urban development ministry in a reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday stated that country's urban population will reach 53.48 crore in …
KANPUR: It is the time of the year when hundreds of turtles make their way to the banks of Yamuna to lay their eggs. However, heavy release of water from Tajewala dam and Hathnikund barrage in Haryana for bathing purpose at Kumbh mela in Allahabad has delayed the mass nesting …
Sitapur: Taking a cue from their counterparts in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, who participated in neck-deep ‘Jal Satyagraha’ in September 2012 demanding the lowering of the water level in the Omkareshwar dam, as many as 1,500 residents of Kashipur village and some others from the neighbouring Kamharia and Barhinpurwa …
The Maha Kumbh in Allahabad has perhaps no parallel in terms of the sheer size of the congregation. In less than two months over 100 million people are expected to come to this city, at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. But even as they celebrate the rivers …
Lanco Infratech, which has stopped supplying power to the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) due to mounting unpaid dues, has asked the four distribution companies of the state power utility to enter into discussions with it to “commence the process of buyout of its Anpara C plant” in Sonebhadra district …
ALLAHABAD: Chairman of the All India Anti Terrorist Front (AIATF) and former chief of Indian Youth Congress Maninderjeet Singh Bitta observed there was urgent need for comprehensive work to free the Ganga of pollution and that there should be no politicisation of the issue. He had come to Sangam to …
BAHRAICH:As many as 63,000 toilets would be constructed under BharatNirmalAbhiyan in Devipatan division. An amount of Rs 18 crore has been received by the division for the project and construction of each toilet would cost Rs 10,000. Villages under 'SamagraNirmal' schemes and those affected with Japanese encephalitis would be given …
Lucknow: In what may bring relief to real estate developers, UP government has hinted at revising the policy in favour of developers for reserving certain percentage of units for weaker sections of the society in their housing projects on above 3,000 square meters of land. The policy is applicable to …
