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 …

Slaughterhouse in Uttar Pradesh with hygienic environment - A case study

In Uttar Pradesh there are 56 authorized slaughterhouses located both in and around the city. Most of them have poor hygienic standards, despite the meat processing industry being worth billions of rupees in India. Poor hygienic, in turn, poses huge public health and environmental change due to indiscriminate waste disposal …

Menstrual hygiene practices in context of schooling: A community study among rural adolescent girls in Varanasi

Up until now, poor menstrual hygiene in developing countries has been an insufficiently acknowledged problem. The lack of attention to this issue is striking as we cannot achieve several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that is, 2, 3 4,5, and 5B. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness about …

Life at the Ghats: An anthropological study on the boatman of Banaras

The present paper is an attempt to study the socio-economic condition of the boatman community in Banaras from an anthropological approach. The city of Banaras now developed as a major pilgrimage centre of Hindus and a key destination for foreign backpackers to search for the true soul of Indian culture. …

Vehicles sans PUCC to be penalized

LUCKNOW: Vehicles causing pollution will have to pay the fine for being on the road. Regional Transport Office (RTO), Lucknow, will begin a drive against polluting vehicles on Friday. The move comes after high air pollution level was recorded in the city. All commercial and private vehicles will be checked …

UPPCL not honouring its power commitment, claim sugar millers

MEERUT: On one hand, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL), has come up with a scheme to promote rooftop solar energy generation in which farmers are encouraged to install solar panels with promise that extra energy will be bought by power corporation and at the same time, it violates agreement …

Rs 7,566-cr Delhi-Meerut E'way to free NCR from pollution: PM

Remembering the 1857 uprising in Meerut, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Rs 7,566-crore Delhi-Meerut Expressway will show a way to freedom from pollution. "Meerut is specially remembered for 1857 freedom movement. In 1857, it showed the way to freedom from slavery and today Delhi-Meerut Expressway is showing the …

Centre directs state governments of Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and UP to improve air quality

Just before the Delhi government's odd-even formula comes into effect, the Centre on Wednesday stepped in with the environment ministry shooting off a series of directions with timelines to state governments of Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to control air pollution and improve the air quality in Delhi and …

This summer, quench your thirst from water ATMs

MEERUT: Residents of cantonment area may soon get innovative water dispensers, known as water ATMs. The installation of such dispensers would be feasible for locals who need clean drinking water when they are out of home, especially during the summer months. Water ATMs will function like regular ATMs, where users …

Flesh in Indira dam: Pollution board to test water

LUCKNOW Police started investigating on Wednesday to find the source of flesh found stuck in the regulator at the Indira Dam a day before, while UP Pollution Control Board will begin taking samples of the water to know the level of contamination. The authorities at state irrigation department would initiate …

Solar firms offer power to UP at steep 9 a unit

LUCKNOW: While the cost of solar power production is falling across the country, the companies which have approached the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) for its approval to sell solar power to the state have quoted rates as high as Rs 9 plus per unit. This when the neighbouring Madhya …

UP looking at Rs 40,000-cr investment in renewable energy

Uttar Pradesh, which is ramping up its renewable energy capacity, is likely to get an investment of almost Rs 40,000 crore in the next couple of years. The state has already signed up Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with several private and public sector companies for …

Solar firms offer power to UP @ Rs 9 per unit

While the cost of solar power production is falling across the country, the companies which have approached the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) for its approval to sell solar power to the state have quoted rates as high as Rs 9 plus per unit. This, when the neighbouring Madhya …

Raj Nagar Extn breathing in a toxic blend of smoke, dust and fumes

GHAZIABAD: As you approach Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad, you find yourself enveloped in smoke and dust. This isn't an encouraging sign, especially for an area that is earmarked for residential use. In the two years since housing societies started constructing flats there, the locality has attracted homebuyers in big …

Help us save blackbucks: Pilibhit tiger reserve’s b’day tweet @BeingSalmanKhan

Pilibhit: On his fiftieth birthday, Salman Khan has a special message — from a wildlife sanctuary with blackbucks! The star has been invited by the administration of Pilibhit tiger reserve which boasts of a sizeable population of blackbucks to help them conserve the endangered species. "Happy b'day @BeingSalmanKhan. We invite …

UP to roll out food security law on Jan 1

After two years of dithering, Uttar Pradesh is implementing the food security law from the New Year’s Day. While 24 districts, mostly in western UP, will roll out the scheme on Friday, the remaining 51 districts will join the bandwagon on March 1. According to Sudhir Garg, principal secretary, Department …

NGT notice may disrupt Coca-Cola's UP bottling plant functioning

Coca-Cola's bottling arm Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages may face disruptions at one of its bigger plants after environment watchdog National Green Tribunal issued a notice to the company seeking explanations on its plant's drainage and waste "polluting" the environment. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said "facts in a pollution report" it …

Lucknow Metro Rail project gets Cabinet nod

The project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of the central and Uttar Pradesh governments. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the construction of the first phase of the Metro Rail …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal and unauthorized mining going on either side of the river Yamuna, 23/12/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. MoEF dated 23/12/2015 regarding illegal and unauthorized mining going on either side of the river Yamuna. According to the counsel appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh the illegal mining was being done from …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding river bed mining in Lalupura and Peer Badauli, Karnal District, Haryana, 23/12/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Virender Kumar Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Ors. dated 23/12/2015 regarding river bed mining in Lalupura and Peer Badauli, Karnal District, Haryana. NGT directs the humes pipes stated to have been installed in the river and …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad, 23/12/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad dated 23/12/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad. NGT directed that the industry would be permitted to operate only for a period of one …

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