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 …
A study commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has called for re-appraisal of 24 proposed hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. At present, 70 hydel projects with a total installed capacity 9,563 megawatts are being planned within the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basins. Of these, 17 are already commissioned, 14 …
With heatwave conditions having intensified across India, the entire country is in the throes of a major power deficit. States including UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are facing power outages running up to 16 hours in a day. Rural parts of Punjab and Haryana and also …
Census details show spread of mobiles, TVs, bank accounts, even in poverty-stricken states household power connections still a big lack The past decade has seen the weakest sections of the society make rapid gains in their material wellbeing, acquiring assets such as cell phones, televisions, two-wheelers and bank accounts, though …
LUCKNOW: The department of cane development in Uttar Pradesh met over 50 representatives of farmers' organisations on Monday in which sugarcane farmers of the state presented a five-point agenda to the government. Demanding that cane reservation be allowed to continue, farmer groups in UP said that they are in favour …
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday ordered the preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for implementing Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Lucknow. In this regard, Akhilesh also set up a high-powered committee headed by chief secretary Jawed Usmani to prepare the DPR. Department of housing and urban …
Per Capita Daily Consumption In State Is 65.9 Grams Against National Average Of 47.9 Gandhinagar: An authoritative report, prepared by the National Sample Survey (NSS), has revealed that per capita consumption of fat among Gujaratis has been significantly increasing over the years. However, one witnesses a reverse trend in protein …
LUCKNOW: With reports of wheat stocks rotting across the country, the state government on Sunday said it would put in place stringent measures to ensure no foodgrain was wasted. Holding a review meeting of wheat purchase and storage ahead of the imminent monsoon, chief secretary Jawed Usmani said officers should …
Acting on the Chaturvedi Committee recommendations, the power and finance ministries are converting 50 per cent of the losses of the power distribution companies (discoms) into state government bonds. Banks will be asked to extend the tenure of short-term loans to discoms with a moratorium on interest. The Chaturvedi Committee …
A raging controversy has erupted over land acquisition for the proposed widening of the Dehra Dun-Haridwar highway to four lanes on the Kuanwala stretch near here by the National Highways Authority of India with villagers blocking the road seeking enforcement of the national land acquisition norms and compensation as given …
If you don’t act now, Delhi will be starved of electricity and water in the coming years – this was the dire warning given by a group of village women, who have come to Delhi from remote areas of Uttarakhand. Their mission is to shake up the government and get …
Noida: Reacting to a TOI report on sand mining in Noida, the district police swung into action and conducted raids in several areas on Friday. However,the penetration of the sand mafia in the district administration is such that they came to know about the confidential drive before the cops could …
The Ganga today is more polluted than when the Ganga Action Plan was launched in 1985. Dams, barrages, canals and extremely high pollution pose an ever-increasing threat to the health and life of the river, writes Brijesh Pandey IN THE upper reaches of the Ganga, numerous hydel projects threaten the …
Waking up to the menace of water contamination and unabated cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the Centre has decided to undertake a pilot project in 60 districts spread over five states where `525 crores will be spent in 2012-13 to improve the quality of water. The Centre has also agreed …
Admin Overlooks Largescale Mining In Sectors 79 And 113 Noida: Sand mining continues unabated in Gautam Budh Nagar. TOI visited a half-kilometre stretch in Sectors 79 and 113 on June 12 and found that illegal mining was going on right under the nose of the cops (a police car was …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Singh Yadav on Monday assured that the farmers whose land had been acquired for the Ghatampur power project would be suitably compensated. Presiding over the function for laying the foundation stone of the 1980 MW thermal power plant at Ghatampur, Yadav assured farmers of proper …
LUCKNOW: To give an impetus to developing rural infrastructure, NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs 808 crore to the government of Uttar Pradesh for augmenting irrigation facilities to small and marginal farmers. The amount of Rs 808.95 crore, issued to the state under the current tranche of Rural Infrastructure …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 809 crore for irrigation projects in Uttar Pradesh. These projects will provide irrigation to 200,000 hectares of farmland across 67 districts. The bank has also sanctioned Rs 90 crore as loan to the Himachal Pradesh government …
The fall in hydro-power generation in some northern states has affected the power scene in Punjab. As of now, Punjab has about 45 lakh units of power les than it had in the corresponding period last year. Last year, Punjab had got 45 lakh units from Nathpa-Jhakri, which has now …
Lucknow Almost five years of frosty relations between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government gave way to new-found bonhomie on Monday when leaders of the Congress and the Samajwadi Party shared the dais at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the R 11,088-crore, 1980 mw power plant in the …
