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 …
Lucknow: The city’s vulnerability to vector-borne diseases is high. On one hand, there is ample breeding ground for the mosquitoes, while on the other hand the mechanism to check the population of mosquitoes is frail. Health risk of vector-borne diseases has been highlighted in 2014's World Health Day theme ‘small …
This Time It’s Because Of LS Elections Lucknow: After delay of almost a year, the city has to wait for two more months to get the municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant operational in Shivri village. The plant was launched under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme in …
Lucknow: Residents of Rajajipuram are struggling with inadequate and contaminated water supply. Last week’s water crisis in block-C in which a population of over 15,000 didn’t receive water for 3-4 days in a row has brought the problem back to the fore. With summers approaching, the crisis is sure to …
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased deiselisation of the car segment markets, but will adversely impact human health. Air pollution levels across cities have been rising steadily due …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 275 for 10 February 2014, asked by Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil regarding noise pollution. Minister Of Environment And Forests (Dr. M. Veerappa Moily) in response to the question stated that …
Residents Lament Supply Of Water Contaminated With Sand Particles, Algae & Sewage Lucknow: Residents from across the city expressed surprise over Jal Sansthan’s RTI reply that water it supplies across city is absolutely potable the way it is and does not need any further treatment through a filter or purifier. …
Dumping Of Puja Material In The River Lucknow: All the material used in religious rituals is dispersed in nullahs and rivers and pollutes water bodies while even the banks of the river remain piled with such waste. Objects of worship like idols in all their finery are dumped irreverently into …
Fog Hours Have More Than Doubled New Delhi: Days are becoming colder in the month of January in the capital in recent decades and pollution could be playing a role in forcing the trend, warn experts. In terms of day temperatures, January this year is in line to be the …
ALLAHABAD: With an aim to set up a quality assurance system in state health facilities, NRHM authorities will organize a two-day workshop on January 27 and 28 in Lucknow for district women hospitals and 121 rural health units. District programme officer, National Rural Health Mission (DPM-NRHM) VK Singh told TOI, …
Excessive Use Of Private Vehicles Creating Havoc In City, Says IISc Mobility Survey Lucknow: Lucknow urgently needs a robust public transport system to tackle the increasing urban roadways congestion, noise, air pollution, and traffic accidents, says a mobility survey conducted across five Indian cities. The survey was conducted in New …
Poor Planning, Lack Of Vision Add To Chaos Lucknow: The outer limits of Lucknow are constantly expanding along with the rise in population. But this has not been accompanied by the creation of better and adequate infrastructure like roads, fl yovers and underpasses. Due to lack of planning, callous approach …
Bad Drainage, Vanishing Water Bodies, Poor Planning To Blame Lucknow: Close to 60% water logging in Lucknow exists due to improper drainage network system. Of this, blockage in existing drains is the major cause of water logging, concludes study by a research scholar of department of Geology, Lucknow University. The …
In a bid to boost affordable housing in UP the state government has effected amendments in the policy for construction of houses under the economically weaker section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG) category. The state housing department has not only raised the annual income bar for the EWS and …
US Firm Says UP Indifferent; Govt Finds Plan Not Viable Lucknow: Inordinate delay on the part of UP government in allowing it to set up a multi-crore-rupee waste to energy (WTE) project in the state has left a US based company completely frustrated. The company, which has evinced interest in …
Tankers, Tubewells To Remain On Stand By Lucknow: Water supply to almost one-third households of the city would remain affected from December 9 to 11 as Jal Nigam will be replacing an old raw water pipeline of Gaughat pumping station with a new pipe of increased capacity. This infrastructure enhancement …
...As City Folk Burn 35Cr On Diwali This Year Lucknow: As Lucknowites lighted up fire crackers of nearly Rs 35 crores this year, it resulted in an increase of air pollution by over 100% and noise pollution upto 37.35% in several areas of the city. The air and noise levels …
Inhaling the gaseous air pollutants along with other toxic gases emitted by firecrackers not only makes one cough, go breathless and feel irritation in the throat, it aggravates the chance of attack among asthma patients, says health experts. Firecrackers contain elements like copper, cadmium, sulphur, aluminium, barium and various other …
Before lighting up a bomb or sparkler this diwali, think of the harmful metals and chemicals that go into the making of firecrackers to emit bright, colourful and shimmering lights and a booming sound. Since substances in crackers are toxic, the waste generated poses severe threat to environment. According to …
This Diwali, many housewives in the city are preparing sweets at home for the festival due to fear of adulteration in sweets available in markets. "Around this time of the year, the worst quality of khoya is available in the market. In the past few months, the price of milk …
The study was carried out during the month of October, 2013 to see the status of air quality by monitoring and assessment of some selected air pollutants namely Respirable Particulate Matter (RSPM or PM10), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and noise level at 9 representative locations, categorized as residential …
