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 …
Need to replace paddy cultivation, which needs a lot of water, with pulses, others. Depleting groundwater in Uttar Pradesh has spurred the state to suggest to its farmers less water-intensive crops. Agricultural Production Commissioner Alok Ranjan suggested paddy crop, which needs a lot of water, could be replaced with pulses …
Even as rivers continued to rise in the state, flooding more low-lying villages in various districts of the state, affecting over 20,000 people, state government stepped up relief operation and released Rs 6.50 crore for affected areas. While army was pressed into service along with flood relief teams of the …
The entire North India reeled under an intense cold wave on Wednesday as a drop in the mercury level claimed 15 more lives in Uttar Pradesh, with a thick fog cover throwing normal life out of gear at many places in the region. Delhi witnessed its coldest day of January …
LUCKNOW: Scores of dead fish were found floating on the banks of the Ramganga river in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad District. Locals blame industries dumping chemical waste into the river behind river pollution. They stated that the level of oxygen slipped to sub normal level because of pollution which choked the …
How the battle that won India’s war against polio was fought in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh A Friday evening. A muezzin in Pakbada, a densely populated village in Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, summons the faithful for prayers. He ends his call by reminding them that the next Sunday is Polio …
Four labourers declared dead in Uttarkashi found alive Many areas in North India received rain on Monday while some stared at floods and landslides due to incessant downpour. In Uttar Pradesh, swollen rivers in the eastern districts have sent alarm bells ringing, forcing many people in several villages to seek …
The Uttar Pradesh government has stepped up efforts to attract private companies from the United States and South Africa to set up units to generate electricity from solid wastes. "I am very much interested in this scheme. I really want such units to be set up in big cities. This …
While the Union Government gets ready to prepare and implement the national River Regulation Zone (RRZ) notification to prevent encroachments along the rivers and floodplains, it should issue an ordinance under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, making any such act illegal and punishable, the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, a non-government …
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered three more cases pertaining to alleged irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission funds in Uttar Pradesh. Searches were conducted at 44 places in six cities as part of the probe. The first case pertains to purported conspiracy among officials …
New Delhi: The UPA government launched another salvo at BSP supremo Mayawati with the Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan writing to the Uttar Pradesh CM pointing out that industries were polluting select rivers in the state leading to contamination of groundwater in some regions. The minister also criticized the state …
New Delhi: The hero of India’s polio fight — the bivalent oral vaccine (BOPV)— is now being tested against the injectible one (IPV) to see which one boosts mucosal immunity (also known as gut immunity) the most and provides immunity to a child for the longest time. A first-of-its-kind study …
Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday announced the creation of three more districts taking their number to 75 in Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state of the country. The newly-created districts will be known as Prabuddh Nagar, Panchsheel Nagar and Bheem Nagar. The announcements were made in three separate meetings held at …
LUCKNOW: Flood situation on Thursday remained grim in Uttar Pradesh with a majority of the rivers, essentially in east and south-east Uttar Pradesh, flowing above the danger mark. According to the state government as many as 25 districts were declared flood-affected, while thousands of hectares of agricultural land was reported …
LUCKNOW: The flood situation remained grim in the state on Sunday though rainfall remained subdued. The release of large quantity of water from dams in Uttarakhand and Nepal further increased the water level in the overflowing rivers. The weatherman said rainfall will remain low on Monday but is expected to …
The country’s first-ever district-level health survey has placed smaller states, including Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, on the top for most of the health indicators surveyed and Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh at the bottom. It finds neonatal mortality as the biggest challenge as seven out of every 10 infant …
LUCKNOW: UP on Monday got a major boost for its ongoing Ganga clean-up programme with the Centre clearing its four important projects, pending for a long time. These projects are estimated to cost around Rs 500 crore and will be funded on the basis of 70:30 ratio by the Centre …
The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has worsened, particularly in the western parts of the state where the swollen river Ramganga has submerged more than 2,000 villages in Moradabad, Rampur and Bijnore districts, an official spokesman said here on Sunday. Due to the floods, vehicular traffic on National Highway-24 connecting …
LUCKNOW: A day after Tuesday's violent protests by farmers in Agra, tension prevailed across trouble-hit areas in the western part of the state, which remained under heavy security deployment all through Wednesday. However, reports of aggressive protests by farmers originating from at least half-a-dozen other districts of western Uttar Pradesh …
The government will soon introduce rules to regulate informal e-waste recycling sector, but the formal sector itself is flouting regulations. Read this DTE investigative report on the thriving "illegal trade of e-waste" and dangerous working conditions.To know more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20100531&filename=news&sid=37&sec_id=9See AlsoLegislation: E-waste Rules, 2010.www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/304182Report: An assessment …
Arnab Pratim Dutta visited Attero’s recycling unit in Roorkee, posing as a scrap dealer from Moradabad Attero, India’s recognized recycling facility for e-waste, is about 20 minutes from Roorkee. Its walls and gates are about eight feet high. A signboard warns of CCTV. The security guards have orders to prevent …
