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 …

Probe on into GAIL fire, 1 killed

KANPUR: Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) director RD Goyal visited the company's plant in Auraiya on Sunday and ordered a probe into the fire that broke out at the plant on Saturday. A senior official of GAIL was killed while three others sustained serious burns when the fire broke …

Land prices up 50 times in 10 yrs

Atanu Kumar Das / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 0:15 IST Real estate developers are making a killing on projects along the corridor. The Uttar Pradesh government is not the only one to rejoice the Supreme Court

Tale of a highway.

Tale of a highway. This is what a Rs.11,000 cr road looks like, with the blood of farmers on it THE TAJ Expressway, now known as the Yamuna Expressway, certainly lives up to its first name for its ambition and grandeur. Connecting Delhi with Agra, the 165 km, eight-lane highway …

All districts in UP to get solar rickshaws, says government

Lucknow: The solar mission in Uttar Pradesh received a shot in the arm on Thursday with minister for urban employment and poverty eradication Yashwant Singh ordering the distribution of solar rickshaws across the state. Adding that smaller districts must receive at least 20, while bigger districts should be given upto …

SC clears decks for Yamuna Expressway

In a major boost to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today cleared the decks for the ambitious multi-crore six-lane Yamuna Expressway Project linking Greater Noida to Agra by upholding its decision to acquire 1,604 hectares of private land. A bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and …

Illness as metaphor

Every year, as this season rolls around, Gorakhpur and surrounding districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh are ravaged by a form of encephalitis, which causes brain inflammation and kills hundreds of people. This year, over 250 children have died and many more disabled by the disease. In no other place in …

SC clears UP govt takeover of land for development along expressway

Holding that a government entity can take possession of private real estate with or without the permission of the landowner for a

SC clears Gr Noida-Agra Expressway

THE Supreme Court has upheld the Mayawati government

Court clears decks for Yamuna Expressway

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the Yamuna Expressway project to link Greater Noida with Agra by upholding the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to acquire 1,604 hectares of private land. A Bench of Justices V.S. Sirpurkar and Cyriac Joseph dismissed the petitions filed by landowners …

BSP govt neglecting flood victims: BJP

The day Irrigation Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui held a meeting of his department asking officials to control floods, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came down heavily on the BSP Government saying the state government was not doing enough to provide relief to the flood victims. "State's irrigation minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui has …

Supreme Court questions Mayawati Govt.

J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh over what type of construction activities were being carried out at the old Jail complex in Lucknow where an eco-park was to come up. A Bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Anil R. …

UP Govt to undertake immunisation for Japanese Encephalitis

State government will undertake immunisation for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the eastern region of the state from November. Nearly 75 lakhs viols of JE vaccines will be administered to children between 1-15 years of age. Health Minister AK Mishra during an interaction with union health ministry officials finalised the plans …

Govt orders probe into water quality of Ganga Ghat

Piqued over increase in cases of flurosis in Unnao district the state government has ordered a probe into the quality of water drawn from hand-pumps in Ganga Ghat. The decision was taken in a review meeting of the officials of the Urban Development and Environment departments which was presided over …

Ethaphon declared safe for ripening bananas

LUCKNOW: In what could come as a major relief to banana traders in the state, the Centre has finally cleared the air on which chemicals qualify as `safe' for artificially ripening bananas. With this, nearly 1,800 tonnes of bananas could find safe passage into the state every day. In Lucknow …

Drive to plant saplings near Taj gets positive response

LUCKNOW: The plantation exercise started by Agra forest division with an aim to provide an eco-protection cover to the 17th century monument has struck a chord with the people. This season, some 2,000 saplings have been planted under `My Tree Programme' in the vicinity of Taj through individual contributions. The …

Flood situation continues to be grim

The flood situation continues to be grim as large swathe of area remained inundated after rains lashed large parts of the state in last 48 hours. Many schools have been turned into relief camps. Villagers are being evacuated from villages and shifted to these camps. "Situation is very bad in …

Toxic wastes impact aquatic fauna in Ramsar site

Ghaziabad: The heavy discharge of industrial effluents has severely affected aquatic fauna at the Ramsar site, set up in River Ganga in 165 km stretch from Bijnore to Narora in Uttar Pradesh. Ramsar sites are a tag for critical water bodies across the globe. Discharge of toxic wastes such as …

The Vrindavan Conservation Project

The Vrindavan Forest Revival Project, later called the Vrindavan Conservation Project, was launched in 1991 by the World Wide Fund for Nature, to restore ecological order in the region. A study of the project shows certain processes of religious revivalism in environmental politics. The power given to place imagination and …

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