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 …
Union Environment Ministry has asked the state government to take strict action against those industrial units that are polluting river Aami in Gorakhpur making groundwater in adjoining areas unfit for drinking purposes. In her letter to Chief Minister Mayawati, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment and Forest Jayanti …
Realising that the closure of Gandak canal could jeopardise its election prospects in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati government has lodged a protest with Bihar government saying farmers were being affected because of the closure of this all-important canal of the region. Chief Secretary Anup Kumar Mishra had held a …
Visit of doctors from national institutions to worst-affected regions recommended Even as New Delhi grappled with the increasing incidence of Japanese encephalitis — a disease reported for the first time — the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has recommended that Japanese encephalitis vaccination be included in the national …
India has agreed to provide an additional 100 Megawatt (MW) of electricity to Nepal to ease the acute power shortage in the country. Indian officials expressed this readiness during the sixth meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) being held at the secretary level. The meeting began here …
Absence of preventive measures and affordable and accessible health care leads to nearly 500 encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh. IT is a strange paradox. In a country that aspires to be a superpower and boasts of rapid economic growth, 488 children died in a State, Uttar Pradesh, from encephalitis alone …
Vishwa Vijay Singh, Congress candidate from the Sahjanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, knows little about politics. Associated with the party for only one year, Singh is the face of a campaign to save the Ami river from pollution — a river on which 250 villages are dependent …
Criticised for not doing enough to tackle the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, where hundreds of children die or are disabled every year, the Centre has now approved the setting up of dedicated wards in seven hospitals in the …
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolio, will work in concert with the Union Health Ministry and prepare an action plan to subdue the menace of Japanese Encephalitis raging in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Ramesh noted that encephalitis continued …
In Gorakhpur, thousands have become a burden on their poor families Lack of rehabilitation facilities for thousands of children, disabled here after a Japanese encephalitis attack, has made life a burden for them. Already reeling under acute poverty, these children are now an economic burden on their families. The monthly …
Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death. Ever …
With 10 more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 488 this year, health officials said on Tuesday. Ten persons suffering from the disease died in various hospitals in the region in the last four days, they said. Over …
With over 400 children dying of Japanese encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh so far this year, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has suggested the setting up a group of ministers (GoM) to deal with the dreaded disease that claims hundreds of young lives every year. After holding …
Protesting against the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Haryana, a group people associated with the struggle on Thursday gathered at the Indian Social Institute in Lodhi Road for the screening of a film 3 Mile to Gorakhpur and a discussion on the issue. “A majority of villagers …
With six more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll due to the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 438 this year, health officials said on Friday. At present, 261 people suffering from encephalitis are undergoing treatment at the BRD Medical College here besides in some other …
The encephalitis-related deaths have acquired an alarming rate here. Between Wednesday and Thursday, a death was reported every two hours at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College. But it’s not the virus alone that is responsible for the spiraling death rate. Factors like shortage of ventilators and staff, unrest …
On BSP founder Kanshiram’s fifth death anniversary, Chief Minister Mayawati unveiled 484 development projects worth Rs 6,035 crore at a programme organised at Kanshiram Smarak Sthal on VIP road today. Mayawati reached Kanshiram memorial around 10.30 am. She lit candles near the bronze statue of Kanshiram, erected along with her …
LUCKNOW: Mosquitoes are wreaking havoc in the city. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed the life of one Zeeshan (11), who hailed from Gosainganj village, on Monday night. Another patient, Abhishek (4), is a resident of Telibagh area. He is under treatment. Confirming the news, the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) said, …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh felt low-intensity tremors after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted north India at around 6.15 pm on Sunday. No causality was reported in the state till reports last came in. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Sikkim. Unconfirmed reports said the earthquake measured …
Blaming both the Central and state governments for ‘failing’ to control encephalitis deaths in eastern Uttar Pradesh, more than 500 people from seven affected districts on Sunday wrote letters in blood to the President, Prime Minister, the Union Health Minister, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi. …
LUCKNOW: If the National Rural Health Mission swindle hit the rural health services, lack of monitoring, glaring anomalies and lapses paralysed the urban heath sector in Uttar Pradesh. The state government failed to set up seven 100 bedded and two 300 bedded hospitals by the scheduled dates to provide better …
