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 …
To further improve child care across the state, the government will provide specialised health services to the new-borns at select 24 x 7 health units. The facility will be available in 36 districts -- 17 selected in 2007 and 19 in 2009. The ambitious programme has been christened Comprehensive Child …
UP's first confirmed case of swine flu has been reported from the state capital on Monday. The patient was on a business trip to the USA and returned to the country on June 16-17. Confirming the case, Director General (Medical & Health), Dr IS Srivastava, said: "The patient is undergoing …
Lucknow: The presence of type-1 and type-3 of polio virus in an eight-year-old girl has stunned health experts in Uttar Pradesh. Since such co-infection is rare, they are now trying to find out which virus dominated, leading to early onset of paralysis in the girl. Tammana is a resident of …
LUCKNOW: In order to tackle acute shortage of water and manage the available one in a pooled manner, the government has decided to set up water management committees at gram panchayat level all over the state. An order to this effect was issued to all district magistrates and officials concerned …
LUCKNOW: It is an official projection that 6-hours is the minimum waiting required for a vehicle to get re-filled at any of the CNG stations in Lucknow. In such a situation even temporary shutdown of any of these stations for routine maintenance hits public transport hard. However, commissioning of an …
Carrying a water bottle and a polythene bag inside city zoo will now require shelling out Rs 20 extra for a refund coupon. Taking note of the report published in the TOI that plastic bottles are blatantly being thrown inside the enclosures of zoo inmates and there is hardly anyone …
With the aim to give an impetus to industrialisation, the state government has formulated a new infrastructure policy under which projects would be completed in a phased manner. This new policy would focus on completion of major projects like overbridges, metro rail, bridges, by-passes, warehouses and power stations in a …
A study undertaken by a city doctor has found the children of Lucknow not only underweight but also higher in all the other new parameters issued by World Health Organisation (WHO) for estimating malnutrition among kids. The study undertaken by Dr Ali Jafar Abedi of Era Medical College and Hospital …
Arnab Pratim Dutta Sugar mills have doubled up as power generators, with help from sound policies. But profits are falling now. Can states find a way to sustain cogeneration? Deoband, western Uttar Pradesh. The fourth floor of a building in a sugar factory complex, buzzing with activity. A contraption in …
The Forest department has sent a proposal to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for a third tiger reserve in the State. The location of the proposed tiger reserved was identified at Amangarh in Bijnore adjacent to Corbett National Park Talking to The Pioneer, Chief Wildlife Warden VK Patnaik said …
LUCKNOW: Experts, on the occasion of Ground Water Day, expressed grave concern over the fast depletion of groundwater level all over the country. They warned that until and unless remedial measures are taken, water crisis would pose a grave danger to the existence of mankind. Speaking at a seminar on …
LUCKNOW: In a bid to bring transparency in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), department of rural development has introduced biometric smart cards on a pilot basis here on Wednesday. The scope of the pilot project are ten villages spread in two development blocks of district Unnao. If …
Sharmila Krishna | Lucknow Its bad news for the Forest department. As if the growing man-animal conflicts in the recent years were not enough, the Forest department is now to set to lose land under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers Act (2006). The implementation of the Act has …
Six states reel under an acute water crisis Finally, the Supreme Court had to intervene. Acute water scarcity across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has forced the apex court to direct the Union government to produce a blueprint for tackling the problem …
LUCKNOW: Felling of old roadside trees last year might have been a huge environmental loss for Lucknow, but for the forest department it has been a big monetary gain. In fact, the felled trees have brought maximum revenue and compensation to the department in the past five years. Though officials …
The nights are no more calm and quite in the state capital. Even in residential areas, nights are louder, what to say of commercial areas. These startling facts have come to the fore during a survey conducted by Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR). According to IITR officials, the permissible …
Lucknow: Giving a thrust to the land reclamation project being implemented in Uttar Pradesh, the World Bank has in principle agreed to release a loan of Rs 1,332 crore for the State.
LUCKNOW: Construction activity in and around Gomtinagar and Alambagh has taken a toll on the ambient air quality. Pollution levels recorded here have shown an increase from last year. It is mainly due to the increase in the volume of ultrafine particles (RSPM) that remain suspended in air for long. …
