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: The Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences started a tuberculosis awareness drive on Tuesday, with a rath yatra of TB experts visiting various DOTS centres across the city. The yatra was flagged off by institute director Dr A K Mahapatra from the general hospital of SGPGIMS. The yatra …
Waterlogging constitutes the most challenging problem in the Gangetic plains of the state affecting agricultural productivity. Attempts have been made by various departments and agencies in sectoral manner for prevention and reclamation of flooding, water clogging and degraded lands but the impacts have not been satisfactory. Keeping the above points …
LUCKNOW: A day after chief minister Mayawati asserted on higher allocation of power from the centre's discretionary quota, the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) took the message to the forum of all India regulators on Monday, seeking necessary changes in Gadgil formula, according to which states are allocated power from …
A BBC film, 'Crocodile Blues', telecast in the Animal Planet series on Monday, gave credit to city wildlife activist Suresh Chowdhary for providing footage. The film made by Icon films was directed by Bel Roy and it was premiered in London on December 4. Chowdhary told The Pioneer that he …
Waterlogging has emerged as a big problem in the Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh as it adversely affects agriculture productivity. Attempts made by various departments, organisations and agencies so far for prevention of flood and waterlogging and reclamation of the degraded land have been disjointed and have had little impact. …
The forest officials tranquilized and captured the Lakhimpur Kheri maneater on Sunday evening at Maharajnagar village in Kheri. The three-year-old tiger will be brought to the Lucknow Zoo and is expected to reach here on late Sunday night or Monday morning. The captured tiger was tranquilized by Ajan Mazumdar of …
Rising global temperatures have quashed the hopes of thousands of farmers in Uttar Pradesh. While the trees have blossomed prematurely due to the climatic changes arising from high temperatures, farmers are now worried about the huge losses of the crop, which may occur if there is a subsequent dip in …
Change is not something that happens automatically. Our collective effort is what acts as a catalyst in the process of change, said Sharda Devi, President of Samagra Jal Vikas Samiti of Pipra. Earlier, women of this village had to walk 2 to 3 kilometers to collect water, spending most of …
The economic benefits to society of investing in disaster risk management substantially exceed the costs. Appropriately designed risk reduction strategies represent a sound investment that is central both to alleviating poverty and to responding to the expected impacts of climate change on lives and livelihood systems. This core finding emerges …
For most of the year, the residents of Bundelkhand experience acute scarcity of water for agricultural and domestic use. Water sources are varied and often seasonal, ranging from ponds, tanks, lakes and streams to open wells, bore wells and irrigation canals radiating out from large-scale dams. Most agriculture is of …
LUCKNOW: High temperatures, no rains and strong gusty winds this winters have given a heavy blow to the wheat and oilseed crops. So much so that the agriculture department expects a shortfall of 10-25% in the yield. However, an authentic report would be released only after receiving revenue reports from …
The conference on 'Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change' came to an end on Thursday with geologists calling for improvement in the dating techniques used in study of sediments so as to gather more information about the undated sequences. The conference was organised by Lucknow University's Geology department …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh is experiencing one of its `hottest' winters in over 80 years, data of which are available at the state Met department. It was the continuous stream of cyclonic circulations which kept the weather unusually warm in December and January. Now, weatherman says, that a trough created by …
LUCKNOW: Reducing carbon emissions, planting trees and switching over to alternate sources of energy are the means for environmental conservation. "Efforts to save environment have begun,'' said Rasik Ravindra, director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, ministry of earth sciences, GoI. Several scientists from national research institutes and professors …
With the demand of water growing by each passing day, water management is gaining importance. The management of water resources should be formulated in spirit and not on paper, as it was a critical issue for long term sustainability of the economy. This was stated by Ravindra Kumar of State …
LUCKNOW: It was finally an `outsider' and not a forester who brought to an end the three months long hunt for the young tiger. And, that has already raised a question mark on the operation. The two-and-a-half-year old tiger which moved out of Pilibhit forest on November 11 was shot …
IEREED (Institute for Enviornment Research Entrepreneurship Education and Development) India carried out a hi-tech campaign to remove pollution on the ocassion of Shivratri. The Non-Government Organisation sent out SMS and e-mails to people urging them to abstain from the use of polythene on the ocassion. President, IEREED India, Chandra Kumar …
LUCKNOW: What Arjun did to provide water to a thirsty Bhishma in Mahabharata, is being recapitulated by a group of scientists in Bundelkhand these days to quench the thirst of parched denizens. In their unique initiative, scientists have blown up sub-surface hard rocks with the help of dynamites, to create …
LUCKNOW: The issues concerning climate change and environmental hazards will be presented in a new light of knowledge by at least 100 researchers from across the world at the department of geology, Lucknow University (LU). The department will be holding a two-day programme on `Quarternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and …
Having excluded union territory-turned states Delhi and Goa from the overall state competitiveness rankings, it was impossible to ignore the National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi or rather the bigger whole that is the National Capital Region. The NCR is unique because of the intensity of population and its huge purchasing …
