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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Report by UPPCB on Amroon Foods, Barabanki, 31/01/2020

Report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), Lucknow in compliance of the NGT order of October 22, 2019 (O.A. No. 835/2019) in the matter of RTI Activist Vs State of Uttar Pradesh. The NGT had directed the UPPCB to look into the operation of M/s Amroon Foods Pvt. …

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding distilleries causing pollution to river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 27/04/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 27/04/2017 regarding distilleries causing pollution to water bodies by extracting groundwater and simultaneously discharging large quantity of effluent/waste water without treatment into river Ganga through river Rapti and Ghaghra, Uttar …

5 farmers die due to 'shock' over crop loss in UP

Five farmers died of 'shock' in parts of Uttar Pradesh, all apparently distressed over damage to their crops due to unseasonal rains in the state. Chhotelal (60) of Sadana area and Murlidhar (68) of Musoli village from Sitapur district died yesterday on Tuesday due to 'shock' after incurring losses due …

Cold weather left 21 people dead rising toll to 138

Uttar Pradesh continue to shiver on Sunday as icy winds and foggy weather disrupted normal life in the state. At least 21 more people lost their lives taking the toll to the cold related incidents to 138, official said on Sunday. Officials said deaths include five alone in Sidharthanagar district …

Cold wave in UP, three dead

Fog Disrupts Vehicular Movement Lucknow: Even as cold conditions continued to lash the state, three deaths, including two children, due to cold were reported on Thursday. Vehicular traffic remained affected due to fog in some parts of the state. The weatherman said that there will be no change in weather …

Cold wave claims 7 lives in UP

Cold wave conditions prevailing across northern India claimed seven lives in even as thick fog disrupted normal life in the region. In Delhi, the maximum temperature recorded was 16.2 degrees Celsius, five less than normal, while the minimum was 7 degrees Celsius, one less than the usual. Seven persons died …

Cold claims 7 lives in UP

Cold wave conditions claimed seven lives in North India even as thick fog disrupted normal life in the region. In capital Delhi, the maximum temperature was recorded at 16.2 degrees celsius, five less than normal, while the minimum was 7 degrees celsius, one less than the usual. Seven persons died …

Cold wave grips north, death toll touches 11

The cold wave was relentless in most parts of North India on Monday, claiming six more lives to take the death toll in the past three days to eleven. As predicted by the Met department, the mercury remained low and residents of New Delhi, who went to bed on a …

Jagdishpur to have UP's first mega food park

LUCKNOW: In a landmark decision on Monday, Uttar Pradesh government cleared the decks for setting up the state's first Mega Food Processing Park at Jagdishpur in Sultanpur district. Pending since 2010, when the Union Ministry of food processing industries gave an in-principle approval to the proposal submitted by Aditya Birla …

UP wakes to drug-resistant TB challenge

LUCKNOW: Every second Indian undergoing treatment for tuberculosis comes from Uttar Pradesh. Considering that 17% of tuberculosis (TB) patients eventually become resistant to basic anti-TB treatment, the risk of multi drug resistant TB (MDR TB) looms large over the state. However, this was probably not enough to put health authorities …

Flood situation remains grim

The flood situation continued to be grim in the state with 29 districts and more than 25 lakh people badly affected by it. With 10 more deaths reported in the past two days, the toll in flood and rain-related incidents rose to 123. All major rivers were flowing above the …

Rising rivers flood more Terai villages

LUCKNOW: More areas in Terai region along the UP-Nepal border and central UP were flooded as water level of rivers flowing via Nepal continued to rise on Tuesday. The situation in Barabanki and Gonda worsened with water from the Ghaghra river, which breached an embankment at Elgin on Monday, entering …

Currency grubbers

Staff at a bank in Uttar Pradesh has been blamed for allowing termites to eat their way through banknotes. The insects are believed to have chewed their way through notes worth some Rs 1 crore. “The branch management has been found guilty of laxity due to which the notes were …

Rains lash N India, 25 dead; apple, cotton crop damaged

Rains brought down the mercury for the second consecutive day in North India, even as dust storms and lightning claimed 25 lives in four states. Twelve people died in Uttar Pradesh, nine in Punjab, two in Rajasthan and two in Haryana, officials in the respective state capitals said. In UP, …

U.P. flood situation grim

LUCKNOW: The flood situation in the 12 districts of western Uttar Pradesh continued to be grim on Wednesday with Moradabad, which has been inundated by the Ramganga, being the worst affected even as the Ganga, Yamuna, Ramganga, Kosi and their tributaries showed a receding trend. The situation in Barabanki, Bahraich, …

Flood situation continues to be grim

The flood situation continues to be grim as large swathe of area remained inundated after rains lashed large parts of the state in last 48 hours. Many schools have been turned into relief camps. Villagers are being evacuated from villages and shifted to these camps. "Situation is very bad in …

RLD alleges corruption in maintenance work of dams

Alleging corruption in maintenance work of dams in the state, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Sunday demanded a judicial probe in to breaking of Algin-Charsadi dam leading to hundreds of villages being flooded in Gonda and Barabanki districts. RLD state president Ram Asrey Verma accusing state administration for playing with …

Health risks of employees working in pesticide retail shops: An exploratory study

Shop keepers dealing with pesticides are exposed to multiple pesticides that include organophosphates, organochlorines, carbamates, pyrethroids. Hence an exploratory health study was conducted on shopkeepers selling pesticides in urban areas of Lucknow and Barabanki District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ghaghra flows below danger mark

BARABANKI: The turbulent Ghaghra is finally flowing below the danger mark after causing havoc in villages on its bank. About a hundred villages falling under Fatehpur, Ramnagar and Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of the district were badly affected by recent floods caused by discharge of water from Kali and other rivers …

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