Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Northern Coalfields Ltd Bina Project Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/09/2023. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), April 4, 2023 had directed Northern Coalfields to pay compensation of Rs 10 crores for violation of environmental norms by dumping of coal …
LUCKNOW: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Friday demanded imposition of moratorium on new industrial or power projects in Sonbhadra district considering the alarming levels of mercury pollution in the region. The New Delhi-based non-government organisation raised the demand following its recent study in the district where it …
High levels of mercury have been detected in the environment and bodies of people in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). “The study, which was initiated after some residents of Sonbhadra approached the CSE in May last year, …
A study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, has found high levels of mercury in the environment as well as bodies of local people in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh’s second largest district.
Uttar Pradesh, which has about 4,000 mines of coal, silica, bauxite and granite – mostly in Bundelkhand region, has mandated e-tendering for future allotment of mining leases in the state. This step is aimed at preventing hitherto rampant illegal mining and ushering transparency in allotment of mining leases. Under the …
Instead of ensuring effective implementation of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) schemes in Uttar Pradesh, both BSP and Congress are engaged in a battle of one-upmanship on it. It appears that both Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and the UP Government headed by Mayawati are busy …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written a fresh letter to UP Chief Minister Mayawati over alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in seven districts and demanded a CBI probe into it. In a 14-page letter to Mayawati, Ramesh cited the instances of alleged irregularities and corruption in implementation of …
Accepting the logics and rational of the state the Central Planning Commission has approved the annual plan of Rs 47000 crore for the 2011-12 on Monday in Delhi. The state government has also assured the Planning Commission to increase its own resources during the same period. Despite getting the desired …
Ranchi, May 6: Jharkhand High Court today directed the water resource department secretaries of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to hold a meeting on Kanhar dam project in Garhwa, a project that has been hanging in balance since almost 40 years. The division bench of Justices Prakash Tatia and Ramesh Kumar Merathia …
A Central team which found glaring examples of MGNREGA violations in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, has asked the state administration to conduct a detailed probe in all the worksites in the district. The financial misappropriation in this case could be to the tune of several hundred crores of rupees, according to …
LUCKNOW: The state government's move to provide relief to the tribals and forest dwellers by withdrawing cases lodged against them by the police and forest department for petty offences has been caught in a `legal tangle'. While cases filed under forest laws are being summarily disposed of by the forest …
LUCKNOW: In a bid to promote bamboo cultivation and its usage, the state forest department along with the national bamboo mission would hold a workshop here on January 10. Currently, in India, there are 1,275 varieties of bamboo. The national bamboo mission is to be implemented in 20 districts of …
LUCKNOW: Caste war in UP seems to be assuming different dimensions, proves recent spate of mid-day meal boycott in UP government schools. The two major incidents at Sonbhadra and Kannauj which led to a lunch hour rebellion in more than a dozen schools over a month, were triggered off by …
Lucknow: The forest department has come up with plantation targets for the year 2010-11. The department will plant saplings covering over an area of 55,000 hectares in the coming year. The plantation exercise will begin this month with the advent of monsoon. The total plantation target of planting saplings over …
FOUR months pregnant Lalita Devi coiled herself to escape the blows of heavy sticks. She was bewildered why each blow was directed at her belly. Men in khaki were ruthless till she fell unconscious. After five hours she found herself outside the Kone police station. “I was lying in a …
Anil Yadav | Lucknow The state government and the Union Environment Ministry are at loggerheads again as the Centre has stalled four power projects of 5300 mega watts at Singrauli on the ground that
To ensure the long overdue development of the extremist-infested districts across eight states, the Planning Commission will shortly unfurl an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to expedite development in these parts.
With an aim to recharge the ground water table in parched Sonebhadra region state government has decided to build 1500 check dams at the cost of Rs 450 crore in this district. Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta who led a delegation of senior officials to Sonebhadra on Monday to get …
Lucknow: Over six decades of struggle of tribals and forest workers in UP yielded some result when the state government gave ownership rights on 3258.50 acre forest land to over 3100 tribals in Sonbhadra district under the Forest Rights Act 2006. The land was under cultivation by the tribals but …
A village killed its forest then revived it with herbal therapy Simple herbal cures can bring trees back to life. Kamleshwar Nath believes. He has been healing trees in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh for 20 years now. The task before Baba, as the 55-year-old is called, is to save …
