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 …
LUCKNOW: "We are determined to ensure that the Lion Safari is established in Etawah and will complete all the requirements of the ministries concerned so that the project faces no roadblocks," said state PWD minister Shivpal Yadav on Sunday. He was speaking to reporters after attending a function to commemorate …
Ghaziabad: In April 2010, a radiation leak at Mayapuri claimed one life and injured seven people. Two years on, there is little awareness about Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, say experts. Recently, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recovered 150kg of a hazardous chemical near Ganga canal in Modinagar, …
LUCKNOW: Power situation promised to look up on Friday, with UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) announcing commercial operation of 250 mw unit-5 of Parichha extension thermal power plant. Managing director, UPRVUNL, Dheeraj Sahu, said that with the addition of 250 mw, the total installed generation capacity of UPRVUNL …
LUCKNOW: Objections have been raised over the inadequacy of the proposed National Food Security Bill which is proposed by the UPA government. The bill pertaining to distribution of food ignores vital aspects such as food production and clean water and sanitation. Suman Sahai, genetic scientist and chief worker of Gene …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority on Thursday, decided to seek acquisition of 121 hectares of land belonging to the animal husbandry department in Sultanpur Road. The land happens to be one of the crucial slots that the state government has been eyeing for the proposed IT city. LDA vice-chairman, Dr …
Aims to unseat Maharashtra from second spot in country The State would soon dislodge Maharashtra from the second spot in biofuel production in the country, by increasing its production to 200 million litres by this year end, said Y B Ramakrishna, executive chairman of Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board (KSBDB) …
Samajwadi Party president chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s dream project to have a lion safari in his native district, Etawah, has once again run into trouble. Taking note of alleged violation of provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked Uttar Pradesh to …
Experts say the progress and implementation of projects would depend upon the availability of land The Commerce and Industry Ministry today said it is in the process of conducting a detailed environmental impact assessment for the $100 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project (DMIC). "Detailed environmental impact assessment for all the …
The Irrigation department has decided to install stabilisers at 2,500 tubewells across the state to overcome the big fluctuations in the voltage of power supplied to rural areas. The decision was taken on Wednesday after the power corporation expressed its inability to check low voltage that is causing serious problems …
LUCKNOW: Adopting agriculture diversity is the demand of time in order to boost agriculture production in the state and for this all departments associated with agriculture production will have to establish coordination, said Alok Ranjan, agriculture production commissioner. He was speaking at a seminar organised under the joint aegis of …
LUCKNOW: The forest department is set to give the Kanshiram Eco Park a green look. The department began the plantation exercise at the park on Wednesday. Senior forest and LDA officers planted more than 20 trees of 'kanak champa' at the park. And, in coming days, about 4,000 trees of …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has blamed the state government for the rising prices of minerals in the state. Had the state government adhered to the earlier directives of the court, it would not have created the sorry state of affairs in the state, causing hardship …
LUCKNOW: Even as chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has given a conditional nod to import of coal for the power plants in the state, experts claim the move would escalate the power cost by around 40-60%. The CM on Tuesday told the UP assembly that the government would consider the competitiveness …
Amid growing concern over a slow and weak progression of this year’s southwest monsoon, the government today assured the nation that the situation for most kharif crops, barring coarse cereals, had not turned worrisome yet. Experts, however, cast doubts over the claims, particularly on water-intensive paddy cultivation. The situation in …
New Delhi It’s not the beaches of Goa or backwaters of Kerala that entice domestic tourists. Uttar Pradesh tops the chart of domestic tourist visits, registering 155.4 million of them in 2011. In fact, the state pipped Andhra Pradesh this year to bag the top slot. According to the ministry …
Greater Noida: In a rerun of the uncertainty over Noida Extension projects, which left middle-class homebuyers in the lurch, apartments planned in the Yamuna Expressway belt may now be in trouble. The Yamuna Expressway Authority warned developers on Tuesday that no flat should be booked or construction activities carried out …
Biomass-based power project developers have been facing challenges such as increasing raw material costs, low tariffs, inadequate power evacuation infrastructure etc. While the developers have sought tariff revisions, the issues related to evacuation facilities has not been on the priority list of state governments.
Under the guise of development, the floodplains and riverbed of the Ganga are being encroached upon rampantly. Only a strong political will can stop the river from getting choked, says Brijesh Pandey NOT JUST dammed and polluted, the mighty Ganga is being mindlessly exploited for economic benefits. If construction of …
Lucknow: Be ready to pay 25-30% more for every cigarette puff and gutka pouch. The state government on Friday decided to increase the tax on tobacco products — from the existing 12.5% to maximum 50% . As per the cabinet decision on Friday, the tobacco products have been put in …
UNNAO: Here is an apt example of government setting up infrastructure, which is eventually rendered as useless. Sample this: Khursat village, located around 30 kilometres from Unnao got an over head tank installed to provide water to the parched villagers some 20 years ago. However, the tank never got operational …
