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 …

Environment related crimes down 11% in 2015: NCRB

Environment related crimes in the country came down by over 11% last year compared to 2014 but there was no decline in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Assam where the number of such violations increased over the past year. According to data released by the National Crime Records …

National Green Tribunal refuses to review order against Agra’s petha-makers

The order came on a review plea filed by an Agra resident for revival of his plea seeking direction to the petha units in Agra to stop using fuels like coal for manufacturing and not to dispose of waste products in sewage or in open places in the city. Makers …

'City air was bad in 83% days last year'

Agra: Particulate matter (PM) in air, which is one of the major reasons responsible for yellowing of the Taj Mahal, was found to be on the higher side for majority of days in 2015, according to the latest bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The City of Taj …

Homeopathic medicines can treat dengue, Chikungunya: Experts

KANPUR: The homeopathic doctors of the city organised a continuing medical education (CME) programme here on Monday to spread awareness among people about treatment of water-borne disease like dengue and chikungunya by homeopathic medicines. The homeopathic experts said medicines like Chinum Arfcnicum, Lachcsif and Echinacea Baptica, Carbo Veg and Crotalus …

9 new cases, city dengue tally at 96

Lucknow: Offices, work places and schools are turning out to be common hide-outs of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which has left scores suffering from dengue this season. On Tuesday, nine new cases were reported by the district health office. With this, the dengue tally for the city has touched 96. …

Water table rises in Ganga basin but so does salinity

The gravest threat to groundwater in India isn’t over-exploitation but arsenic and salt contamination. This is the conclusion of a new study published on Monday in Nature Geoscience, which also challenges several recent reports to say that 70 per cent of the water table in most of the Indo-Gangetic aquifer …

No. of dengue cases in city reaches 87

Lucknow: With four new cases reported on Monday, dengue tally in the city touched 87. All patients are undergoing treatment at their homes and their condition was reported stable by chief medical officer SNS Yadav. Talking to TOI, Dr Yadav said, "The number of cases will continue to increase as …

India's deadly floods raise risk of women, children being sold into slavery

Women and children in India’s flood-hit eastern region are at risk of being preyed upon by human traffickers and sold into slavery in middle class homes, restaurants and shops, and even brothels, aid workers warned on Friday. Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers including the Ganges and its tributaries to …

2.32 lakh families do not have toilets at their house

BAREILLY: The claim of residents of Saijna village that the three minor sisters found dead in a river nearby would have been alive if there had been a toilet at home reveals the continued shortfall in terms of toilets at individual houses in the district. A base-line survey conducted by …

NGT summons DM, CMO of Baghpat over potable water

MEERUT: Taking cognizance of the continuous failure on the part of the administration to provide potable water to poor farmers of six districts of western UP, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the state government to produce the district magistrate and chief medical officer (CMO) of Baghpat, along …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding water consumption of a paper industry, Uttar Pradesh, 30/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Anand Duplex Ltd. (Unit-1) Vs. Krishan Kant Singh & Others dated 30/08/2016 regarding industry discharging effluents which are within the prescribed limits but the water consumption for manufacturing paper has not attained the desired level. National Green Tribunal allows …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding shutting down of Bhushan Steel & Strips Limited, Uttar Pradesh, 30/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs. Bhushan Steel & Strips Limited & Others dated 30/08/2016 regarding shutting down of Bhushan Steel & Strips Limited, Uttar Pradesh. The industry compiled with the directions contained in the Order dated 10/12/2015 and applied to the Uttar …

10 new cases of dengue in city

Lucknow: As many as 10 new cases of dengue were confirmed in the city by the health department on Sunday. This takes the total number of dengue patients to 83 in Lucknow district. According to chief medical officer (CMO) Dr SNS Yadav, all patients are being treated and health officials …

Bihar flood toll reaches 156, twins born on boat

Almost 5.56 lakh people have been rescued so far from the 12 flood-affected districts With three more deaths reported on Sunday, the toll in Bihar rose to 156 as there was no let up in the flood situation in the State while in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh the Ganga continues to …

Environmentalists pay homage to chopped Neem tree

Meerut: Scores of environmental crusaders on Sunday assembled near Sports Stadium Crossing here and held a protest against the chopping of an old Neem tree during a drive to widen a road a fortnight ago. After the protest, the people paid homage to the decades-old tree. Vijay Pundit, a member …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding contaminated drinking water in six districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, 29/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 29/08/2016 regarding contaminated drinking water in six districts of Western Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs issuance of show cause notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh and Jal Nigam to …

Online air pollution real-time monitor soon

Work on installing an online automatic ambient air quality monitoring system in the city will begin shortly. According to district pollution board officials, Sahibabad industrial area has been chosen as the site for installing the system. After Lucknow and Kanpur, Ghaziabad is the third district in the state where the …

SC dictat: ADA all set to reduce pollution near Taj

AGRA: Following the Supreme Court's direction to reduce pollution near Taj Mahal, the Agra authorities have finalized a plan to promote electric crematorium, besides installing a 'green' system to reduce discharge of carbon particles while burning of body through traditional method at Moksha Dham, located adjacent to Taj Mahal. A …

Eastern India struggles to evacuate reluctant villagers as floods wreak havoc

BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in eastern India are struggling to evacuate more than 100,000 people stranded in villages after floods intensified, killing more than 300 and driving hundreds of thousands from their homes, officials said on Thursday. The heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers including the Ganges and …

Eight new cases take city's dengue total to 56

Lucknow: Eight confirmed dengue cases were reported from different medical institutions on Wednesday, taking the total number of patients to 56 in the city since July. Besides these, 14 suspected dengue cases were admitted to government hospitals. Meanwhile, death of head constable Anil Pandey reportedly due to dengue created a …

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