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: Taking a new electricity connection may get cheaper if UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) had its way. The commission has set up a study group to assess if the system loading charges can be waived. The decision comes close on the heels of a recent electricity tribunal observation that …
LUCKNOW: The State Bank of India (SBI), Lucknow formally adopted the royal inmates of Lucknow zoo. The bank adopted a royal Bengal tiger and a white tiger on Thursday. The cheque for Rs 3,20,000 was handed over to the zoo director Renu Singh by BV Chaubal, CGM, SBI, Lucknow circle. …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: About 1.80-lakh rural habitations are afflicted by poor water quality leading to serious health problems such as cancer and fluorosis that damages bones, teeth and muscles. Arsenic contamination has been reported in nine States, fluoride problem in 18 States, salinity in 17 States, iron contamination in …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh might lose on NTPC's proposed 4,000 mw ultra mega power project to neighbouring Madhya Pradesh due to problems in acquiring land and water for the project. The proposed project was to be set up by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the Bundelkhand region of UP at …
With the endangered dolphins proving to be effective indicators to evaluate the success of the ongoing Ganga Action Plan, by virtue of their survivability in the river water, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India is mooting the Dolphin Action Plan. The project, to be submitted to the Environment Ministry soon, is …
Hundreds of farmers protested against the land acquisition policies of the UP Government by blocking road and rail traffic. The agitators, under the banner of Zamin Adhigrahan Andolan Samittee, squatted on rail tracks at Bodaki leading to the disruption of rail traffic. Sixteen trains, including four Rajdhani and two Shatabdi …
Researchers at the Department of Biological Sciences and Bio Engineering of IIT-Kanpur claim to have developed a polymer which when applied to a fresh wound stops bleeding within five seconds. They believe the Natural Polymer Sponge (NPS), which has been developed from a chemical found in crab shells, would revolutionise …
LUCKNOW: The door-to-door collection of household waste in the state capital may become a reality by next month, but site where it would be safely dumped still remains a distant reality. Even if the site in Hardoi Road, at present identified by the authorities, is taken into consideration, it would …
LUCKNOW: In a significant development, the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), on Monday, ordered 25 agro-waste based paper industries in the state to stop the process of chemical pulping, a move that could lead to closure of these units. Chemical pumping happens to be a crucial process under which a …
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh state government is once again making fresh noises about the state's ambitious highway projects. On Monday, PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui instructed officials of the Uttar Pradesh State Highway Authority to finish pending highway projects in the state as soon as possible, adding that at least six …
The entire stretch of the green belts in Sector-31 today stands just in name. While the stretch near the Nithari village is usurped by the slum dwellers, a little ahead of the green belt is barren land with all kinds of junk material thrown in. But the biggest jolt to …
LUCKNOW: Reports of drinking water being a scarce commodity may be routine from rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, but even urban areas are not without their share of water woes. Though the scorching sun and scarce supply are both routine annual occurrences, the government, not surprisingly, only wakes up to …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests to examine the environmental impact caused by the cutting of over 6,000 trees for Noida's much talked about Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park project being executed by the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh. Impact …
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government will shortly enact a law to constitute a special tiger protection force with its office based at Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri district. The force will have all the police power under CrPC like proceedings of prosecution, seizure of contraband goods and issuance of warrants …
LUCKNOW: With the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) expressing its inability to develop a power plant in the backward Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati Government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with a private developer, Bajaj Hindustan Group, for setting up a 1980-MW thermal power plant in …
