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 …
LUCKNOW: In order to tackle acute shortage of water and manage the available one in a pooled manner, the government has decided to set up water management committees at gram panchayat level all over the state. An order to this effect was issued to all district magistrates and officials concerned …
LUCKNOW: It is an official projection that 6-hours is the minimum waiting required for a vehicle to get re-filled at any of the CNG stations in Lucknow. In such a situation even temporary shutdown of any of these stations for routine maintenance hits public transport hard. However, commissioning of an …
Carrying a water bottle and a polythene bag inside city zoo will now require shelling out Rs 20 extra for a refund coupon. Taking note of the report published in the TOI that plastic bottles are blatantly being thrown inside the enclosures of zoo inmates and there is hardly anyone …
With the aim to give an impetus to industrialisation, the state government has formulated a new infrastructure policy under which projects would be completed in a phased manner. This new policy would focus on completion of major projects like overbridges, metro rail, bridges, by-passes, warehouses and power stations in a …
A study undertaken by a city doctor has found the children of Lucknow not only underweight but also higher in all the other new parameters issued by World Health Organisation (WHO) for estimating malnutrition among kids. The study undertaken by Dr Ali Jafar Abedi of Era Medical College and Hospital …
Sharmila Krishna | Lucknow Its bad news for the Forest department. As if the growing man-animal conflicts in the recent years were not enough, the Forest department is now to set to lose land under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers Act (2006). The implementation of the Act has …
LUCKNOW: Felling of old roadside trees last year might have been a huge environmental loss for Lucknow, but for the forest department it has been a big monetary gain. In fact, the felled trees have brought maximum revenue and compensation to the department in the past five years. Though officials …
The nights are no more calm and quite in the state capital. Even in residential areas, nights are louder, what to say of commercial areas. These startling facts have come to the fore during a survey conducted by Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR). According to IITR officials, the permissible …
LUCKNOW: Construction activity in and around Gomtinagar and Alambagh has taken a toll on the ambient air quality. Pollution levels recorded here have shown an increase from last year. It is mainly due to the increase in the volume of ultrafine particles (RSPM) that remain suspended in air for long. …
LUCKNOW: Hundreds of labourers started indefinite stir from Monday in various parts of the state to draw attention of the authorities towards their grievances related to National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Workers from district Sitapur, Hardoi, Varanasi, Chandoli have started indefinite sit-ins in front of various blocks in their …
Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow After assuming his office in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Rural Development is preparing to take on the BSP Government over the alleged neglect of the rural job scheme in Uttar Pradesh. Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pradip Aditya Jain briefed his …
LUCKNOW: Mayors from the 12 cities of the state have expressed their anguish over the state government decision to handover the project of installing a solid waste treatment plant to UP Jal Nigam. Even as resentment brewed among the 12 first citizens of the state, they demanded that the responsibility …
LUCKNOW: The work on the new parking at Charbagh station has started. By the end of the year the station might get a better and organised parking. Railway administration has planned a five-lane drive-in road at the station to enable smooth traffic flow and to check the station from getting …
RAMGOPAL, a resident of Hardoi, had been running from pillar to post with his complaint of being paid less than his due under the UPA's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Until someone directed him to a NREGA helpline call centre at Lucknow. The complaint was taken care of within …
LUCKNOW: The state government has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and the estate department to take up an intensive afforestation drive in the city before the onset of the monsoon. The government also directed the four agencies to develop parks in the …
Having burnt its fingers by offering health facilities to citizens through a Smart Card, the Health department is now contemplating to relaunch it from July 2009. The scheme had earlier failed to take off in 15 districts where it was implemented on a pilot basis in September 2008 for providing …
Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Housing Board have decided to give a facelift to more than 300 parks lying in a shambles across the city. An amount of Rs 20.43 crore has been earmarked for the purpose and plantation will be undertaken on a large scale during the …
The thunder storm which struck on late Sunday night claimed about a dozen lives in three separate incidents reported from Badaun, Mahamayanagar and Gautam Buddh Nagar. In Badaun, one Mangali of Bisauli in Badaun was sleeping with his family when, following the dusty winds, the wall of his house collapsed …
LUCKNOW: The villagers living on the fringes of Kishenpur sanctuary in south Kheri forest division are demanding relocation. The demand is coming forward from village clusters in Kamp Tanda. The hamlet was in news after a stray tiger from Kishenpur had killed three of its natives in between December and …
Secretary, Medical & Health, Lalit Verma inaugurated the Pulse Polio campaign by administering the vaccine to children at Silver Jubilee Hospital on Sunday. Nearly 2.60 lakh children were administered the vaccine in Lucknow. The fourth phase of the Pulse Polio campaign for 2009 began from Sunday. Besides the booth activity, …
