Lucknow (D)

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 …

Two MoUs for more power in State

State government on Thursday signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with private companies which might pave way for generation of much needed 2380 mega watt (MW) power. In presence of chief secretary, Atul kumar Gupta the UPPCL, CMD, Navneet Sehgal and representatives of Lanco Infratech Ltd. and Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. …

Tussle over suger import is blessing in disguise for cane growers

Skyrocketing prices of the sugar leading to row over import of raw sugar from abroad, involving the centre and state locking horns, is proving to be blessing in disguise for UP cane growers. In view of no imported sugar in UP in scene and soaring prices of the sweetener in …

Hope floats as project to clean Gomti is set to start

The year 2010 has brought new hope for the Gomti river, the lifeline of Lucknow. The river, which is a major source of drinking water for over 32 lakh people, is polluted the most in its 14-km stretch in the state capital, owing to millions of litres of untreated domestic …

Lucknow deer for Jaldapara

Alipurduar, Dec. 22: The forest department has decided to introduce swamp deer in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary after it receives six of them from Lucknow Zoo. In exchange, three almost-adult elephants will be sent to the zoo in Uttar Pradesh, V.K. Sood, the conservator of forest wildlife (north), said.

State govt to launch Door Step Delivery scheme

In the new year, the Food and Civil Supplies department (FCS) of the state government will start its ambitious

Inadequate number of CNG filling stations fuels crisis

LUCKNOW: Commuters might have to face a major transport crisis on Wednesday. Some 6,000 tempos and autos, which connect the various routes of Lucknow, will remain off-road in protest against the short and erratic supply of CNG. The tempo-taxi association is in no mood to relent this time. The office-bearers …

Cricketers take up polio cause

LUCKNOW: Members of the Indian cricket team RP Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohd Kaif and Akash Chopra played a different innings on Monday. The match was entero virus which causes polio in children and cripples them for life. The social face of the cricket stars bowled over Lucknowites, while they shattered …

Improved organic waste management: climate benefits through the 3Rs in developing Asian countries

This working paper is based on research carried out as commission work for the Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ). It presents the analysis of climate benefits through the 3Rs focusing on organic waste management. It shows separate treatment hierarchies for different kinds of organic waste and recommendations for selection of …

Improved organic waste management: climate benefits through the 3Rs in developing Asian countries

This working paper is based on research carried out as commission work for the Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ). It presents the analysis of climate benefits through the 3Rs focusing on organic waste management. It shows separate treatment hierarchies for different kinds of organic waste and recommendations for selection of …

Leather park in Unnao to reduce pollution in Ganga

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh could boast of owning the country's biggest leather complex, if plans of UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) actualise. In a significant move, the corporation is planning to set up a Leather Park sprawling over an area of 1,500 acre in Unnao, bordering Kanpur district. "The UPSIDC …

Generation next must involve in environmental conservation

The Forest department is finally waking to the fact that it is the generation next that has to be seriously involved in the processes of conservation. As the forest areas in the state open for the tourists this season in the state from November 15, Katarniyaghat is taking special initiative …

Cleanliness drive across the city

LUCKNOW: As part of celebrations on completion of Dinesh Sharma's three years as mayor of Lucknow, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) organised a cleanliness drive on Sunday. The drive, carried in all six zones of the city, was supervised by senior municipal officials like additional municipal commissioner, nagar swasthya adhikari …

Speed up sanitation work in state: Yashwant Singh

LUCKNOW: Top rung of state urban development authority (SUDA) went into a damage control exercise on Tuesday, a day after the Centre pointed a finger at UP, clubbing it with four other states for performing poorly in integrated low cost sanitation (ILCS) scheme for urban poor. In a categorical reference …

Need to remove curbs on tiger visits to Nepal

LUCKNOW: Tigers know no boundaries. They keep crossing over from one forest to another along the Indo-Nepal border. The movement of tigers along the border is must if the existing population is to be saved from in-breeding. Initially, it used to be a contiguous forest along Indo-Nepal border and animals …

Additional round of polio programme begins

LUCKNOW: The additional round of polio immunisation began here on Sunday with district magistrate Amit Ghosh administering polio drops to children at the Aishbagh Eidgah. As many as 2.60 lakh children were administered polio drops at various booths across the district. Giving information, chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla said …

Maya govt has failed to deliver for poor, farmers

LUCKNOW: Accusing Maya government of not taking adequate steps to address the issues of farmers and poor, Union food processing minister Subodh Kant Sahay on Thursday said that funds given under the Central government schemes have not been utilised by the UP government. Sahay, who was in the city to …

Dadri power project a non-starter

LUCKNOW: The much publicised 10,000 mw gas-based Dadri Thermal Power Project of Anil Ambani is nowhere in site even after lapse of its gestation period of three years. But what has made UP to cut a sorry figure is the fact that the project, showcased as a great `power house' …

Buying new car more taxing now

LUCKNOW: Buying a new car would be a bit more

Sugar mills gear up for power generation with coal

With having small co-generation based power plants 41 sugar mills in the state are gearing up to enhance power generation by using coal as fuel which might end current demand and supply difference of power by the next year giving much needed reprieve to consumers. Currently UP Power Corporation Ltd. …

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