Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
People burn crackers world over on different occasions in different countries to express their happiness. Fireworks in large amounts aggravate the level of air pollutants and cause significant short-term air quality degradation with possible impact on human health. Fine particles (PM2.5 <2.5 μm), which may pose detrimental effects on human …
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical …
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored. Studies at the ground level reveal crucial details of the impact of the global crisis on women, particularly from …
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored. Studies at the ground level reveal crucial details of the impact of the global crisis on women, particularly from …
Alka Pande Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0021 hrs IST Lucknow: After handing over the distribution of electricity in two cities to private hands, the Government of Uttar Pradesh is set to try out the model with the urban water supply as well. Initially, this will be done in …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday put a stay on cutting of trees and demolition inside the Model jail here till May 18. A division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice SNH Zaidi passed this interim order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed …
LUCKNOW: At least 500 buses plying in Lucknow are awaiting CNG conversion. Close to 30,000 kg of CNG is left un-used everyday. Going by the fact that a single bus runs on 60 kg of CNG, 30,000 kg is sufficient to run 500 buses everyday. The reality, however, is otherwise. …
The KG-D6 field off the Andhra coast will almost double India's gas production and could change the face of gas usage in cities Natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd's (ril) Krishna Godavari (kg)-D6 field has just begun commercial production. With this, India's need for natural gas will increasingly be met …
LUCKNOW: Invariably, it costs between Rs 80 and Rs 100. But how about a CFL worth Rs 15? That could be a possibility in case the power companies from Uttar Pradesh government make a serious representation before the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Denizens …
The recent floods in the city did what officials could not do in last two years. In a significant development, the Centre has approved Rs 365 crore and Rs 212 crore for improving the drainage and sewerage system of the state capital, respectively. At present, only 40 per cent of …
LURKING BIG CAT REMAINS ELUSIVE Postponed Harvesting, Low Attendance In Schools, Midnight Vigils Become A Routine The two primary schools in Saili Kiratpur village of Barabanki division have witnessed a sudden lowering of attendance since Monday. Parents are wary of their children stepping out of homes even for attending the …
It is an innocuous practice in offices in Uttar Pradesh to order tea from the nearest roadside dhaba. What is not so innocuous is how the tea is carried to these offices
Urban populations are exposed to a high level of fine and ultrafine particles from motor vehicle emissions which affect human health. To assess the hourly variation of fine particle (PM2.5) concentration and the influence of temperature and relative humidity (RH) on the ambient air of Lucknow city, monitoring of PM2.5 …
The present study was under taken to work out the impact of vehicular pollution on the pigment content of four plant species growing at different road sides with varying number and type of plying vehicles and also to observe, if any, correlation exists between the two.
In this paper, an attempt is made to prepare an energy management model for Lucknow city along with policy recommendations for optimal energy utilization and management. At the outset, the authors have reviewed the related literature on energy management in the urban system. The entire collected literature is divided into …
The preparation of the CDP for Lucknow has been undertaken in the context of the JNNURM. Although Lucknow formally qualifies for JNNURM funding for being a state capital, it also is a million plus city and has a rich heritage. The CDP offers a city assessment, a vision for the …
The elevated concentration of Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM, PM10) in the ambient air is a major cause of health problem and urban people are affected at risk on exposure. http://www.springerlink.com/content/y076tm584r52u511/
