Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Noida-Agra in 90 minutes By December this year, all it would take you to reach Agra from Noida will be just 90 minutes, because the Yamuna Expressway is going to be completed two years earlier than the scheduled date of November 2013. From December, vehicles are expected to zoom on …
Uttar Pradesh's land acquisition has set farmers on the warpath. Projects like Yamuna Expressway will engulf thousands of villages. Down to Earth probes discontent among farmers & examines amendments to Land Acquisition Act & resettlement bill awaiting Centre’s nod. Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private …
The violence in Bhatta-Parsaul villages is a reminder of smaller clashes in western Uttar Pradesh since 2007 over land acquisition. In August 2010, Tappal block in Aligarh saw similar protests, leading to a clash between farmers and the police. The compensation given to these farmers against land acquired for the …
The quality of river water is an area of concern in Uttar Pradesh, if the State of Environment report, 2010 is to be believed. The report, released on Sunday by directorate of environment, UP, reveals that between 2004 and 2008, water quality indicators in many cases are negative. While Kanpur …
In Greater Noida, farmers resist fiercely attempts to take over their land for the Yamuna expressway and a hi-tech city. A farmer who was injured in the May 7 clashes between farmers and the police at Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh rests at …
After burning its fingers over distribution of compensation of farmers' land, acquired for development projects, the state government has decided to out source the disbursal to the state-run Life Insurance Company (LIC). The state government received a lone bid from LIC on Thursday, showing its willingness to take the onerous …
After four dozen deaths due to heavy storm and rainfall during the last 48-hours, 14 more casualties were reported in separate mishaps in the State since Sunday evening. In Bulundshahr, one Rakesh Agarwal, a native of Jawa locality of Aligarh was returning with his family after attending marriage of his …
Govt plans to bring it in monsoon session, says RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister The UPA Government plans to bring a Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, said a confident RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister …
Social activist Medha Patkar on Monday expressed her support for the farmers' agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the serving of
LUCKNOW: Farmer leader Manveer Singh Tevatia on Monday announced that he along with his supporters will sit on a fast unto death at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from December 1 in support of their demands to amend the Land Acquisition Act 1894 and to implement UP government's new land …
new promises * Each farmer whose land is being acquired would receive an annuity at the rate of Rs 20,000 per acre per year for 33 years. This would be over and above the money the farmer receives as compensation for selling his land * On the annuity, the farmer …
Lucknow: Nearly two and a half months after scrapping the Tappal township project in Aligarh district in the face of violent agitation by local farmers against acquisition of land, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday revived the project. The state government also decided to reward the farmers with compensation as …
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appears to be playing truant on the introduction of amendments to the Land Acquisition Act in Parliament despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
LUCKNOW: In one of the most striking fallouts of the farmers' agitation in the Yamuna Expressway case, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has suspended its plan to allow developers to use land along the expressways for commercial development. Instead, NHAI will now stick to its original mandate of …
The runaway success of a newly-designed solar lantern has come to spell new hope for the power-starved hinterland of the country. Launched in October last year, the Kiran, or S10, a kerosene lantern replacement for rural India and Africa, is priced at Rs 549 and lasts up to eight hours …
