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: Faced with a host of complaints pertaining to drainage and sewerage works executed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Monday decided to get the works examined by a technical agency. Municipal commissioner NP Singh said that if possible the works will …
Protesting against proposed land acquisition for six lane Lucknow-Agra highway, Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday demanded state government to drop the scheme in interest of farmers. Stressing that already two highways were existing between Lucknow and Agra which could be developed for more efficient transport between two mega …
LUCKNOW: After three years of functioning without an industrial policy in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is ready with its new draft Industrial and Service Sector Investment Policy (ISSIP) for 2012. Currently open to consultations with industry stakeholders, the policy, in its new avatar, aims to clock an industrial …
TARDY PROGRESS Inquiry committee of road ministry finds World Bank Institutional Integrity Unit report on Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project true Aprobe panel of the road ministry has recommended a CBI investigation into allegations of fraud against private contractors involved in the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project. The inquiry committee, instituted by the Ministry …
LUCKNOW: The state government will make a presentation on the National Rural Health Mission before the Union health ministry's project approval board on Thursday. The presentation will decide the allocations for UP for the financial year 2012-13. The proposal was finalized in the NRHM general body meeting held in mid-April. …
LUCKNOW: Taking a serious view of the receding groundwater resources in the state, Uttar Pradesh government has said it would suspend subsidies for digging new borewells in 108 development blocks. Making the announcement on Tuesday, state minor irrigation minister Paras Nath Yadav said the decision was made on the basis …
LUCKNOW: The routine immunisation campaign is all set to get its due attention. State unit of National Rural Health Mission has fixed annual targets for routine immunisation. Mission Director, NRHM, Mukesh Meshram said, "We have fixed targets for all health indicators of which routine immunisation is an important one. By …
LUCKNOW: City infrastructure projects are set to take off with the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) passing the nearly Rs 2,000 crore budget through circulation method. Of this, the LDA will spend a sum of around Rs 340 crore on land development and Rs 870 crore on construction of infrastructure facilities. …
LUCKNOW: Once considered as an agent of salvation and lifeline of Lucknow, Gomti today is neither sacred nor clean. And instead of attaining complete divine freedom, one may contract disease, if not serious ailments, just by stepping into its shallow waters. According to Hindu mythology the river is the daughter …
LUCKNOW: Unable to get any positive response from the Lucknow Development Authority on the status of restaurants, banquette, marriage halls and lawns and parking space allotted to them, the traffic department of Lucknow police has sent notices seeking information about the parking spaces allotted to them. Till now, around 15 …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the arrest of a block pramukh from Gonda, charged under Gangster Act in connection with MNREGS scam in the district. A division bench of Justice Abdul Mateen and Justice SK Saxena said that block pramukh shall not be …
LUCKNOW: National Rural Health Mission's (NRHM) general body set new targets for the state health department on Wednesday. Though still behind other states, the body headed by chief secretary Jawed Usmani also approved Rs 3787.57 crore project implementation plan (PIP) for NRHM's second innings for the year 2012-13 in the …
LUCKNOW: The enforcement directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed 14 cases in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam being probed by the CBI. The ED action will spell fresh trouble for former Family welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and former principal secretary (family welfare) Pradeep Shukla, apart from …
LUCKNOW: State minister for health and family welfare Ahmad Hasan wants government health facilities in the district to be developed as a model for other districts. Speaking to officers after inaugurating the polio week on Sunday, he said, "Health officials in Lucknow should make efforts to make it a model …
LUCKNOW: The higher education directorate on Wednesday circulated government of India advisory on discouraging consumption of junk food among students in higher education institutions. The circular was issued to all state universities in UP asking them to ensure that the advisory is implemented not only on campuses but also in …
Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae), popularly known as neem, is a wellrecognized tree. Despite its insecticidal properties, neem in the Indian subcontinent is known to be infested by insect pests. In November 2009, mature neem trees in the village of Bhauli, Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow, started defoliating and soon consumed …
Haryana tops the list of 16 States where environment and forest clearance norms are being violated, fully or partially, by projects. In the 2011-12, a total of 86 projects in Haryana reported partial- or non-compliance with stipulated environmental norms, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forests, …
Lucknow: Two UP power plant units — Anpara C and Rosa — were shut down due to shortage of coal. Power shortfall on Sunday jumped to 2,000 MW in the state. The Anpara C has three units each generating 600 MW. The Rosa, too, has three units each with 300 …
One tiger, prowling in Rehman Khera on the outskirts of Lucknow since the past four months, is not only causing a major strain on the state exchequer but is also posing a major problem for the state government. A sum of nearly `4 lakhs has been spent on the on-going …
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed the officials to ensure that promises made to farmers in the Samajwadi Party's poll manifesto are fulfilled. At a meeting held, chief minister, asked officials to prepare and submit a policy for developing agriculture-based industries in a month's time and stressed that his government …
