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 …

Dry spell ends, but rains eludes city

LUCKNOW: Even as widespread rains ended the dry spell over UP on Saturday, monsoon continued to elude Lucknow. While many places in eastern parts recorded rains, skies remain overcast in the city, but barring a brief shower in the wee hours, the clouds did not precipitate into rains.

State-level inventory of invasive alien plants, their source regions and use potential

A comprehensive inventory of the invasive alien flora of India's fifth largest and most populous state, Uttar Pradesh was done.

Brick kiln industry in long-term impacts biomass and diversity structure of plant communities

Brick kiln sites in an Indian dry tropical peri-urban region, differing in the period of exposure to industrial activity and distance from the brick baking centre, were investigated seasonally for their impact on plant biomass (aboveground and belowground), diversity structure and soils. A total of 72 angiospermic plant species distributed …

Flood alert sounded in 10 western districts of UP

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A flood alert has been sounded in ten districts of western Uttar Pradesh with swelling of Yamuna while water level in Ganga was also rising at many places. Deputy secretary of the revenue department Raj Raten said that the flood alert has been issued in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Meerut, …

UP farmers to benefit from ravine project

LUCKNOW: The UP Bhumi Sudhar Nigam will start a pilot project on Ravine Reclamation. A part of UP Sodic Land Reclamation III project, this concept has been designed with the assistance of World Bank. At a workshop organised by the department recently the design was scrutinised by agriculture scientists. Giving …

AERB experts lay to rest

LUCKNOW: A team of experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) visited Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Thursday and laid to rest the raging controversy over a feared radioactive leak in the campus and the adjacent residential colonies in the town. Rumours about radioactive material stored in the physics …

UP districts drinking arsenic

Millions of people in Uttar Pradesh are drinking water contaminated with traces of cadmium, fluoride, arsenic, nitrates and lead, says a recently released Government report. A report prepared by the Department of Minor Irrigation and Ground water has claimed that groundwater in 49 out of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh …

Seminar on saving water

Noida: Lioness Club today organised a seminar to spread awareness about water harvesting and the need to replenish water. Dr H.S.Kaprarwan, a member of a Nobel Peace Prize winner team of 2007, and Aditya Batra from Centre for Science and Environment were the eminent speakers .

Women being discriminated under MGNREGS

In UP, notwithstanding a lady being Chief Minister the women are not getting their due share in employment under the centre

UPs children left unprotected

According To Data Prepared Under National Rural Health Mission, State Ranks Lowest Among Top 10 Priority States In Routine Immunisation Coverage Against Life-threatening Diseases Shailvee Sharda | TNN Lucknow: Even Bihar has outdone UP. Seven out of ten children in Uttar Pradesh lack protection against life threatening diseases like BCG, …

Forest dept to plant over 3 crore saplings

Lucknow: The forest department has come up with plantation targets for the year 2010-11. The department will plant saplings covering over an area of 55,000 hectares in the coming year. The plantation exercise will begin this month with the advent of monsoon. The total plantation target of planting saplings over …

Determinants influencing the acceptance of resource conservation technology: Case of zero-tillage in rice-wheat farming systems in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana states

Rice-wheat farming systems have identified the economic benefits of zero tillage farming and it covers about 80 per cent of the food requirement and about 60 per cent of the nutritional requirement of the Indian population.

Profitability analysis of state road transport undertakings - A case study of RSRTC and UPSRTC

The paper is an attempt to highlight the profitability approach in State Road Transport Undertakings. A case study of two major undertakings i.e. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation and Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation is analyzed. The profitability is analyzed on the various aspects and dimensions, and discussed through …

Tackling climate change in Gorakhpur

The people of Gorakhpur district, UP, have come to expect heavy rains followed by long dry spells as a consequence of climate change. But they are no longer allowing climate change to affect their crops. At shared learning dialogues, they are learning about the benefits of multi-cropping, alternative farming, soil …

Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India

A Group of Experts has submitted a detailed assessment of the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, recommending three potential sites for reintroduction. The cheetah, which is a flagship specie of the deciduous dryland/grassland ecosystem, became extinct in India in the 1960s. The word "cheetah" derived from the sanskrit …

Planning for sustainable pedestrian infrastructure with upcoming MRTS: an appraisal of walkability conditions in Lucknow

Cities are for people but trends of development in transportation infrastructure within the city have prioritized vehicles over pedestrian. Even due to road tax policies vehicles edge out pedestrian from road space. Here the paper support for developing pedestrian infrastructure and providing safe, secure and convenient pedestrian infrastructure for true …

Effect of organic amendments, bioinoculants and gypsum on the reclamation and soil chemical properties in sodic soils of Etawah

The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of organic amendments, bioinoculants and gypsum in relation to soil chemical properties in sodic soils. The experiment was conducted in two types of sodic land of cultivators field at village Muchehara of Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh durng kharif season of …

City action: citizens report on air quality and urban mobility, Kanpur

Read this in-depth citizen’s report on the city of Kanpur released by CSE as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. It captures air quality & mobility challenges in the city and details agenda for a livable city. The Centre for Science and …

Remains of the day

Until three years ago most people in Bundelkhand wanted to take the next train to Bhopal or Delhi. Today several villages are bereft of people of working age. Bundelkhand, spanning 13 districts in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been in the grip of a terrible drought for the past …

Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra

FOUR months pregnant Lalita Devi coiled herself to escape the blows of heavy sticks. She was bewildered why each blow was directed at her belly. Men in khaki were ruthless till she fell unconscious. After five hours she found herself outside the Kone police station. “I was lying in a …

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