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 …

R-Power’s Rosa Plant Operational

Reliance Power has successfully commissioned its fourth unit of 300 MW at Rosa Thermal Power plant making the 1,200 MW project fully operational. The fourth and last phase of 300 MW was scheduled to be completed by July 2012 but the company was able to speedily execute the work and …

UP govt to review all PPP projects

The UP government has decided to review all Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the state, including the ongoing ones like the Yamuna Expressway. Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Commissioner Anil Kumar Gupta on Monday said all PPP projects in the state would be reviewed and decision on their future taken …

Waste treatment a wasted effort

Ahmedabad: Central effluent treatment plants are posing a serious threat to the health of human beings in the state. In hazardous and polluted clusters of Gujarat, the central effluent treatment plants (CETP) are expected to treat industrial sludge to prevent its harmful effect on human and other forms of lives. …

Reliance Power commissions fourth 300 MW unit of Rosa plant

Reliance Power today said it has commissioned the fourth 300 MW unit of the Rosa plant in Uttar Pradesh, taking the project's total operational capacity to 1,200 MW. The 1,200 MW Rosa thermal power project is now fully operational and the fourth unit was commissioned on March 31, four months …

Coal shortage shuts down two UP power plants

Lucknow: Two UP power plant units — Anpara C and Rosa — were shut down due to shortage of coal. Power shortfall on Sunday jumped to 2,000 MW in the state. The Anpara C has three units each generating 600 MW. The Rosa, too, has three units each with 300 …

UP revives ‘Lion Safari' project

Lion Safari – the dream project of the Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav which was shelved by the previous Mayawati government – is now being revived by the new Uttar Pradesh government. The project, which was mooted in 2005 in Mr Yadav's native village of Saifai in Etawah district, …

Assessment of hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater in parts of Hindon–Yamuna interfluve region, Baghpat District, Western Uttar Pradesh

The present study has been carried out to assess groundwater quality in parts of Hindon–Yamuna interfluve region of western Uttar Pradesh. Fifty-five groundwater samples were collected from hand pumps in post-monsoon 2005 and pre-monsoon 2006 period, respectively, covering an area of about 1,345 km2. Physical and chemical parameters of groundwater …

Air dispersion modeling of brick kilns: Siting criteria and good house keeping practices for brick industry in Uttar Pradesh

Present study deals with the stack and ambient air quality monitoring of brick klins in Uttar Pradesh and air dispersion modeling was carried out using the Gaussian model to calculate the ground level concentrations (GLC) of suspended particulate matter (SPM). Based on GLC, criteria has been proposed for installation of …

For UP, this big cat proves elusive

One tiger, prowling in Rehman Khera on the outskirts of Lucknow since the past four months, is not only causing a major strain on the state exchequer but is also posing a major problem for the state government. A sum of nearly `4 lakhs has been spent on the on-going …

Child mortality rate dips marginally in ’10

First the good news — nearly 1.41 lakh fewer children died in India in 2010 before reaching their fifth birthday than in 2009. This means nearly 388 fewer children aged 0-4 years died every day in India. But before you start celebrating, consider this — 15.41 lakh children died in …

Green light for Noida Extension

The NCR Planning Board on Thursday gave a conditional approval for Greater Noida Master Plan 2021, which will pave the way for development of Noida Extension without any further delay. ET Realty reports Around 50,000 homebuyers will heave a sigh of relief, as the uncertainty surrounding the fate of Noida …

UP in talks with JICA for funding of power plant

Lucknow In order to strengthen the power generation in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is in talks with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for funding of its forthcoming 2x660 MW Obra C power plant in Sonebhadra. A JICA team was in Lucknow on Wednesday for preliminary survey of …

54,000-MW capacity addition in 11th Plan so far, says power minister

With just about 54,000 MW capacity being added in the 11th Plan so far, the power sector is set to miss the revised capacity addition target of 62,000 MW in the current Plan period (2007-12). “We have so far added 53,922 MW capacity in the 11th Plan period as on …

NTPC to halt expansion of gas-based projects

State-controlled NTPC has frozen expansion of its gas-based projects due to non-availability of the fuel, according to a company official. The latest move also comes against the backdrop of Power Ministry advising power producers not to plan any gas-based projects till 2015-16 on account of gas shortage. "There is no …

Petroleum ministry taps finmin for R40,000 cr cash subsidy for FY12

New Delhi The Petroleum ministry has sought an additional R40,000 crore in cash subsidies for the current fiscal to compensate fuel retailers for losses incurred on diesel and cooking fuels, even as oil minister S Jaipal Reddy gave no indication of a fuel price revision soon. Oil secretary GC Chaturvedi …

Centre nod to R15k-cr rejig for UP power

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh’s bleeding power sector can breathe a sigh of relief from the never-ending saga of resource crunch, pressure from financial institutions and day-to-day exercise of managing funds for virtually everything, thanks to the Centre’s approval in principle for a R15,000-crore financial restructuring plan spanned over a period of …

Cancer killed 5.35 lakh in India in ’11

Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra together accounted for 25% of all cancer deaths in India last year. While Delhi recorded lowest cancer mortalities (less than 9,000), West Bengal recorded the fourth highest cancer deaths (40,199), followed by Tamil Nadu (39,127). India officially recorded over half a million deaths due to cancer …

Trapped

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is UPA's man with the political Midas touch. He needs to lend some of that magic to lift the economy out of its morass. By the Government's own estimate, the economy is expected to grow by a mere 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, a sharp decline …

States’ Data Cast Doubt on Growth-Poverty Equation

The sharp drop in poverty estimates in the latest count has been attributed largely to the high growth over 2004-2010, but disaggregated state-level data does not seem to provide conclusive evidence. The national poverty count dropped to 29.8% in 2009-10 from 37.2% in 2004-05, but in states such as Bihar, …

Azad to review NRHM scheme in all States including

More PHCs, Sub Centres for State on cards J&K;, UP JAMMU: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said today that his Ministry would undertake an extensive review of Central Government’s flagship programme, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) all over the country including Jammu and Kashmir very …

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