Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the recent hike in CNG prices, a fuel which drives public transport. This has almost destroyed the price advantage that CNG had over diesel, said Sunita Narain, director general, CSE.
This makes the price differential between a greener and a polluting fuel much closer - removing the advantage of running a vehicle on cleaner fuel, say CSE researchers.
Mumbai Firm To Prepare It For Nod From Central Govt
Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has begun to work on the revised City Development Plan (CDP) to incorporate the increasing demands of the growing population in city for housing and infrastructure.
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 Kanpur Road. It is on this land that a transfer station is to be built to support the city's municipal solid waste treatment plant at Shivri village.
Reasons Such As Chronic Shortage And Impurities In The Supply Cited
Lucknow: The recent government order to install water meters across all houses in seven major cities of UP, including Lucknow, has irked most sections of the society. The chronic shortage in supply hours and dirty flow of water has made public panic in many parts of the city. Residents claim that ignoring these shortcomings, the government has taken a unilateral decision to install water meters in every house.
Shift All Public Transport Vehicles To CNG, Says HC
Lucknow: The high court on Friday asked the central and state governments to consider converting all public transport vehicles in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra into CNG-operated ones to control the ever-increasing levels of air pollution. The state capital is rated fifth in terms of pollution level as per a WHO report. The court has given four weeks’ time to the authorities to give a detailed report on the feasible supply of CNG in Lucknow.
Lucknow: In what may bring relief to real estate developers, UP government has hinted at revising the policy in favour of developers for reserving certain percentage of units for weaker sections of
Lucknow: The much-awaited report of the department of urban planning on the proposed Metro project in the city has made radical changes in the original plan. While it has totally done away with the ‘two corridor’ concept and instead recommended a dense network of Metro connectivity in the city, the entire route has been proposed to be built overhead to save cost. Government sources told TOI that the revised route can reach even to the interiors of the city.
Lucknow:UP Jal Nigam is planning to take steps to regularise water consumption and prevent its wastage by people. The corporation would soon be setting up water meters in all private houses across the city which get water supply from Jal Sansthan. In the first phase, the corporation plans to cover Indiranagar and Gomtinagar by September 2013.
Lucknow: Hinting at the dangerous level of pollutants dissolved in the Gomti riverbed, UP Jal Nigam on Tuesday informed the Parliamentary Committee that around 37 million litres per day of untreated sewage is flowing into the river. Even though the official figures don’t ring an alarming bell at the moment, few LMC officials said the extent of untreated sewage flowing into the river is much more than what is being quoted by the Jal Nigam.
