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 …
Mercury, a highly toxic heavy metal, has contaminated the environment of Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh. This new lab study by Centre for Science and Environment found the metal in not just soil and water samples, but also in people's blood. Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and …
Increasing amounts of industrial waste are being pumped into the Ganga river, transforming its waters into killer pollutants. A survey conducted by the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRG) under the Indian Council of Medical Research has found that the heavy metals and mercury in the water have resulted in the …
Approval for Rs. 3,150-crore package for backward regions in Bihar, Odisha, U.P. and M.P. The Cabinet on Thursday cleared the National Policy on Electronics 2012, which aims to make the domestic electronic hardware manufacturing segment a $400-billion industry by 2020. “The Union Cabinet today [Thursday] approved the National Policy on …
Amid efforts to attain WHO’s polio-free certification, India has identified around four lakh settlements that are at high risk of polio virus transmission. These settlements mainly comprise migrant clusters at construction sites, nomad settlements, brick kilns and slum habitations. Location of these sites includes Kosi in Central Bihar, Western Uttar …
A solar plant will be set up near the Taj Mahal to provide uninterrupted power supply to the heritage monument and areas around it. A proposal to this effect has been approved by the district authorities and Rs 17 lakh will be drawn from the Taj Heritage Fund to cover …
Syndrome Makes Up 95% Of All Cases In Eastern Part Of State Gorakhpur: When Mahendra Kumar had a little money saved, over 10 years ago, he installed a handpump outside his small house in Badhariya village. The first he heard of the handpump being too shallow was when his nine-yearold …
With two more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll due to the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has mounted to 448 this year. The deceased hailed from Gorakhpur and Kushinagar, A. K. Pandey, Additional Director, Health, Gorakhpur Division, said. With this, the total encephalitis admissions have risen to 2,972 …
District houses thermal power plants, coal mines, chemical factory The Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is precariously perched on the threshold of an environment disaster with a new study having found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as in the bodies of local residents. Sonbhadra, which is …
High levels of mercury have been detected in the environment and bodies of people in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). “The study, which was initiated after some residents of Sonbhadra approached the CSE in May last year, …
Union Cabinet okays comprehensive strategy for prevention, control of disease In good news for millions of children vulnerable to Japanese Encephalities and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in 15 States, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a comprehensive strategy for prevention and control of the disease. The Rs.4,038-crore proposal of the Ministry …
The land acquisition row in Greater Noida is set for another revival with farmers from 20-25 villages of the region moving the Supreme Court to get their land back. These farmers had parted with their plots when the Greater Noida Authority (GNA) came asking for it under an urgency clause, …
The Centre on Thursday approved a Rs 4,000-crore joint action plan for tackling Japanese Encephalitis in the country, particularly in worst affected states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Accepting most of the recommendations made by a GoM that had been set up to deal with the deadly disease, the Cabinet …
LUCKNOW: Acknowledging the need for immediate action to curb pollution in the Ganga, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that its pollution poses a big challenge to all the states the river flows through. An environment engineer himself, Akhilesh said the increase in pollution levels and falling …
The holy Ganga is a poisonous river today. It’s so full of killer pollutants that those living along its banks in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal are more prone to cancer than others anywhere else in the country, says a recent study. Conducted by the National Cancer Registry Programme under …
The holy Ganga is a poisonous river today. It’s so full of killer pollutants that those living along its banks in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal are more prone to cancer than others anywhere else in the country, says a recent study. Conducted by the National Cancer Registry Programme under …
The 318-km UP section of 4,000-km North-South Corridor project, which will link Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kochi in Kerala, has been languishing because of environmental issues, Centre-state differences and encroachments. The problem areas are the Jhansi-Lalitpur stretch, and the Agra bypass. In reply to an RTI application, the …
New Delhi: The annual cleaning of the Ganga Canal is likely to create problems for the capital this year. The Uttar Pradesh government informed Delhi that the canal would be shut for maintenance work for 25 days starting from October 15 but the share of water that Delhi is supposed …
Noida: In order toboostwater supply to residential sectors along the bordering region of Noida and Greater Noida (West), the Noida Authority has prepared a blueprint for construction of an overhead water tank and an underground reservoir at a cost of aroundRs10crore. Workisexpected to be completed within the next two years, …
KANPUR: "Everybody is concerned about the plight of the Ganga, but still the pollution in the river goes unchecked. No efforts are being made to facilitate unhindered flow of the Ganga across its basin," said senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti, while addressing a gathering of party workers and …
Lucknow The recent massive debt recast for power discoms seems to have come as an eyeopener for state governments which long resisted timely tariff hikes in a sector where costs have soared. In an unprecedented move, the Uttar Pradesh government has slammed its electricity regulator for deferring tariff hikes. Citing …
