Compliance Report of the Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh in O.A. No. 116 of 2014 with O.A. No. 437 of 2015 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation Gorakhpur & Others on control of pollution in river Gomti. On November 28, 2019 the Chief Secretary, Government of …
Half of Lucknow gets unsafe drinking water as the Gomti has dangerous levels of sewage content. Though 25 pumping stations are used to divert untreated sewage to two sewage treatment plants at Daulatganj (56 MLD) and Bharwara (345 MLD), Gomti water remains impure. At the initiative of Lucknow MP Rajnath …
Past Checks On Other Parameters One-third of Lucknow drinks water from the river Gomti but it has never been tested whether that water is fit for consumption. Now, a high court order will make the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board do so for the first time. On Tuesday, the high …
The high court has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to collect sample of Gomti river's water and furnish the test report before it within a month. The court wants to know whether the water is fit for consumption. The matter will next be heard after a month. A division …
Residents of the city may have benefited from better access to groundwater, but it has also given rise to the threat of arsenic poisoning. A study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board confirmed presence of arsenic above the prescribed Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) desirable limit (0.01mg/litre) in water …
Union Min To Gauge Level Of Pollution In River Gomti which supplies around 300 MLD of raw water to Aishbagh and about 120 MLD to Balaganj waterworks daily fulfilling water needs of more than half of Lucknow’s population is polluted to a dangerous extent by continuous sewage discharge. On recommendations …
Marine Fauna Dying, Offenders Never Held Some 25 years back, Gomti had a thriving ecosystem which gave the river its special character. “The river was full of fishes, crabs, prawns and turtles with water birds and small birds feeding on its fauna and nesting on trees on its banks. But …
Encroachment And Silting Biggest Problems River Faces In Madho Tanda, Pilibhit, the originating point of Gomti, at least 33 villages encroach the river. This was the situation three years back, when district administration tried to rid Gomti's banks of encroachments after Gomti yatra, an awareness march by civil society organisations, …
The river Gomti is reeling under multiple ailments which need a multi-pronged treatment. More than promises, a strong political will and sustained development plan are needed to revive the city's lifeline. Most of the river's 24 tributaries have dried up due to extensive deforestation, frequent change in land use and …
Water level in the Gomti has been declining constantly with soaring heat. The situation got worse on Sunday when it reached the critical mark of 345.5 feet, beyond which it would be difficult for Jal Sansthan to run Gaughat pumping station supplying water to over 20 lakh people in the …
LUCKNOW: In peak summer, the constantly receding water level of Gomti river has reached a stage where it is now unable to feed the main pumping station responsible to supply to half the city. The water level in Gaughat pumping station at Thakurganj has dipped to a bare minimum level …
Alleging that Delhi was emptying its 16 drains into the Yamuna river which was later converging with the Ganga and polluting it, the UP government has issued a notice to Arvind Kejriwal government and threatened to cut water supply to the national capital. Uttar Pradesh irrigation minister Shivpal Singh told …
Putrid water is being released by drainages With water from the Yamuna becoming increasingly contaminated and unfit for human consumption in Agra and Mathura, the Uttar Pradesh Government has served notice on the Delhi government to ensure that toxic water is not released into the river by factories. The State …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 272 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Kristappa Nimmala and Shri Nama Nageswara Rao regarding progress made in regard to cleaning of Ganga river in the country under Ganga Action Plan Phase - …
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 …
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 …
गोमती के अध्ययन के लिए दल रवाना 24 जागरण संवाददाता, लखनऊ : गोमती बंधे पर नजारा मंगलवार को कुछ बदला सा नजर आएगा। गोमती की सफाई को लेकर चिंतित शहरवासी एक किलोमीटर लंबी मानव श्रृंखला बनाएंगे। इस मानव श्रृंखला में छात्र-छात्रओं सहित एनएसएस, एसीसी, स्काउट्स एंड गाइड्स, शिक्षक, बार एसोसिएशन …
A civil society group will organise a campaign here to create awareness among the people to save the Gomti river from water pollution. The members under the banner of Lok Adhikar Manch will launch the campaign by forming a human chain tomorrow, President of the organisation, Anil Singh said. Nearly …
Illegal sand mining is a lucrative business in Uttar Pradesh with all the major rivers in the State mined by the mining mafia with strong political links. The illegal sand mining is rampant in the flood plains of the Ganga, Yamuna, Ghagra, Ken, Betwa, Chambal and the Gomti. The business …
Plant To Solve Filth Issues Of About A Third Of City In First Phase Lucknow:The cleanliness plans of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) got a further boost when last week it got the possession of a patch of land from irrigation department near Para on the bypass between Hardoi Road and …
The much-hyped Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans, part of the National River Conservation Plan, are facing serious hurdles due to a fund crunch. While the country needs 38,000 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage treatment capacity, at present, it is only 12,000 MLD. The environment ministry does not have …
