Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
The views of rickshaw pullers and public not obtained or considered: High Court Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has struck down the decision of Noida authorities to ban plying of cycle-rickshaws in some parts of the city. A Division Bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Virendra Singh delivered the …
After being lambasted for mindless spending over "dream projects" full of statues, Mayawati has decided to change her outlook on expense. The chief minister has already spent over Rs 2,600 crore on building memorials and parks and named them after Dalit icons, herself included. Mayawati Ganga clean-up With two years …
LUCKNOW: Metered water supply is going to be introduced in seven cities of Uttar Pradesh with the user charges being determined by the quantum of water used by the consumers. The system aims at checking the wastage of water. The seven cities are Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut and …
It is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Also know as insulin resistance syndrome. Risks Syndrome X can lead to hypertension, heart disease, infertility, diabetes and other metabolic-related diseases. Causes and signs Biggest causes are sedentary lifestyle and an increase in …
Alka Pande Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0021 hrs IST Lucknow: After handing over the distribution of electricity in two cities to private hands, the Government of Uttar Pradesh is set to try out the model with the urban water supply as well. Initially, this will be done in …
Ganga is one of the largest rivers of the world which supports millions of population on its banks. It is a tectonically controlled Himalayan river which also creates havoc due to perennial floods every year. Like most large river systems, it also shifts its course in the Gangetic plains in …
Groundwater quality data on physico-chemical, bacteriological and heavy metal concentrations in three cities (Faridabad, Allahabad and Varanasi) in Ganga-Yamuna basin was subjected to multivariate analysis using SPSS. The factors extracted showed high loading (>0.3) of various parameters, such Cl, conductivity, TDS, hardness, Na, Mg and SO4 indicating contamination due to …
Air quality deterioration, especially in urban areas of developing countries, is one of the most alerting problems of modern civilization. Present investigation shows the impact of atmospheric deposition on accumulation and translocation of heavy metals in different parts of wheat plants. Results depicted that metal accumulation was higher at sites …
Arrangements at the Ardh Kumbh The Kumbh is an organisational marvel. To put things in perspective, the total population of Allahabad is slightly over 10 lakh whereas 50 lakh pilgrims are camped for the Ardh Kumbh
Every year in from April to July, over one lakh visitors trek 20 km along the Ganga to reach at 14,000 feet above sea level, the Gomukh glacier, the source of one of India's mightiest rivers. Against the backdrop of snow-capped peaks, Gomukh has offered both spiritual and visual sustenance …
The sugar sector recently faced another setback as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, upholding the right of state governments to determine a sugarcane price that mills are obliged to pay farmers, different from the statutory minimum price (smp), which is fixed by the Centre. Sugar cane farmers constitute …
