Dudhwa Tiger Reserve was in a bad shape and something needed to be done for it, if the tiger population had to be maintained, said noted enviornmentalist and Padamashree Ranjit Bhargava who claimed that there were not more than 40 striped cats left in Dudhwa.
He was in the city on Thursday to participate in a programme organised by INTACH and spoke to
Legislators in Vidhan Sabha voiced concern over alarming increase in air and water pollution and demanded stringent action against those who were violating the laid norms.
Pioneer News Service LucknowOwing to rampant corruption in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the state, CPI (ML) on Sunday said the poor given employment under scheme were not being paid the prescribed wages.
Skyrocketing prices of the sugar leading to row over import of raw sugar from abroad, involving the centre and state locking horns, is proving to be blessing in disguise for UP cane growers.
The state government has declared that construction of 165 km long Yamuna Express way would be completed by September 30, 2010 and has asked the construction company to expedite the work.
A Rs 100 crore high-tech slaughter house would be set up under Public Private Project model at the outskirts of Meerut, government spokesman said here on Sunday.
The state government has constituted M/S Abacus Legal Group as the consultant which has already submitted its feasibility report to the government.
CPI state secretariat demanding to stop acquisition process of fertile agricultural lands for upcoming power project in Lalitpur district on Thursday suggested that this project could be set up on forest department
It has received the much awaited nod from the Central Enpowered Committee and the Supreme Court but the Gorakhpur Zoo is now facing problems related to land. The largest and the most high tech Zoo proposed by the state government that will come up in Gorakhpur has the Forest department and the Gorakhpur Development Authority at logger heads.
At least 32 more people froze to death in last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh as cold wave continues to sweep Gangetic belt engulfing the plains with dense fog bringing rail, air and road services to a screeching halt, official said on Sunday.
Metal detectors used by Indian Army to detect mines would now be used in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to detect snares used by poachers in catching tigers.
