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: It may not have been able to solve the power crisis this year, the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has painted a rosy picture for the next year. In an interesting declaration, the corporation has announced addition of another 1,930 MW by the last quarter of 2010. The ambitious …
Direct Seeded Rice, on which successful experiments were carried out in UP last season, is ready for large-scale cultivation GG OOD NEWS for growers who were contemplating giving up rice cultivation largely due to non-availability of labourers and scarcity of water. The Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), whose successful experiments were …
The Forest department will hold a day-long seminar on the occasion of Bio-diversity Day at Ram Manohar Lohia Law University, Ashiyana, on May 22. The theme of the seminar will be "Invasive Alien Species" and it will be attended by experts from all over the country. The key speakers on …
Faisal Fareed | Lucknow The campaign blitz for the parliamentary polls may be over but students of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) under the aegis of Education department are running a different 'green campaign' at Lucknow. Their efforts have been recognised by the department and the model will …
LUCKNOW: Over a thousand patients of hepatitis B and C are reported at gastroenterology department of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) annually. Specific observations indicate that 10-12 per cent report in terminal stages of their disease. Treatment at the advance stage is often difficult with liver …
Sharmila Krishna | Lucknow It was yet another meeting organised by the Tiger Protection Society that was an eyewash as it saw no crucial policy decision being taken. Organised in collaboration with the Forest department at the Yojana Bhawan here on Thursday, the meeting was attended by representatives of non-governmental …
LUCKNOW: The latest incident of leopard straying was reported from Paraspur village of Katarniaghat forest on late Tuesday evening. The stray cat injured three men after they tried to chase it out of the village. The incident took place on Tuesday morning in Nishangadha range, about as early as 6.00am. …
LUCKNOW: Alarmed with the emergence of swine flu, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is mulling to establish a pig colony, on the lines of cattle colony, which is situated on Hardoi road. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting attended by mayor, Dinesh Sharma, municipal commissioner, Shailesh …
Alarmed by the threat of swine flu, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has decided to conduct a drive to catch pigs across the city. Teams comprising health officials and professional pig catchers will be formed and they will be visiting the entire city and catch pigs. According to health officials, …
Social groups voiced their concern over the delay in pictorial representation of health warnings on all tobacco products. Many of them had claimed that the absence of any Union Health Minister had led to a crisis as the Cabinet had buckled under the pressure of tobacco manufacturers. The Advocacy Forum …
LUCKNOW: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in development of innovation driven sectors like drugs and pharmaceuticals. Despite recent spurt in promoting various aspects of IPRs during the last decade, the scientific community requires even more exposure to the complex issues involved. An IPR awareness generation workshop will …
LUCKNOW: A clean Gomti, one of the important poll planks of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the general elections, has once again been battered to the background as tons of municipal solid waste gets dumped on the flood plain area of the river. The dumping, officials said, was being …
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has decided to utilise tons of domestic garbage and carcass of animals in a different way. The LMC in place of dumping garbage and carcass on the outskirts of the city will now use it for production of cooking gas. The task has been assigned …
Taking a serious note of increasing cases of water contamination in the city, Lucknow Municipal Corporation(LMC) and Jal Sansthan have decided to conduct a joint drive across the city.The civic authorities have also introduced several other measures to prevent the residents from several water-borne diseases. According to additional municipal commissioner …
The Earth Day was celeberated at various scientific institutes and organisations across the city on Wednesday. It was started in 1969 in an effort to spread awareness and inspire appreciation of earth
Amidst the poll blitz, voices of boycotting the electoral process have been raised by Aurangabad villagers in the state capital on Monday. The boycott call originated after the villagers claimed that their land was acquired by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) without proper compensation. The villagers, staging a protest amidst raising …
No Respite In Near Future, Says Met Department Lucknow: Monday was the hottest day of the season in the city with mercury soaring to 42.7 Degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal. Hot dusty winds threw normal life out of gear, forcing people to stay indoors all day. Weatherman has forecasted …
Lucknow: The chronic drinking water shortage in the city may soon be a matter of the past as the civic authorities have came up with several measures to solve the perennial problem in the city. According to secretary, Jal Sansthan, Raghvendra Kumar, the officials were asked to identify areas facing …
Moti Jheel, which used to be a pride of Lucknow, seems to have lost its natural glory. The waterbody has been gobbled up by land grabbers, thanks to the ignorance on the part of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). Presently, the lake houses several snacks and plastic factories, godown apart from …
