After assuming his office in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Rural Development is preparing to take on the BSP Government over the alleged neglect of the rural job scheme in Uttar Pradesh.
In a setback to the Mayawati government, the Allahabad High Court, on Friday, asked the state government to stop construction of the eight-lane Ganga Expressway from Noida to Ballia until it gets a fresh environmental clearance.
A day after an MP from Uttar Pradesh got the post of Union Minister of State or Rural Development, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has loosened its purse and sanctioned Rs 246 crore for the state.
Though the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has dropped in Uttar Pardesh, its gap with the national average is growing.
This was indicated in the detailed scenario of maternal health care presented at a public interaction programme organised by Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch and Health Watch UP at Ganna Sansthan auditorium on Thursday.
Having burnt its fingers by offering health facilities to citizens through a Smart Card, the Health department is now contemplating to relaunch it from July 2009. The scheme had earlier failed to take off in 15 districts where it was implemented on a pilot basis in September 2008 for providing health care to marginalised sections of the society.
Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Housing Board have decided to give a facelift to more than 300 parks lying in a shambles across the city.
An amount of Rs 20.43 crore has been earmarked for the purpose and plantation will be undertaken on a large scale during the rainy season.
The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) got the approval to add 2,200 buses to its fleet by next year. The proposal was passed in the board meeting held at the UPSRTC headquarters on Tuesday.
Besides, the board also sanctioned an amount of Rs 2,106 crore for the financial year 2009-10.
The thunder storm which struck on late Sunday night claimed about a dozen lives in three separate incidents reported from Badaun, Mahamayanagar and Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Secretary, Medical & Health, Lalit Verma inaugurated the Pulse Polio campaign by administering the vaccine to children at Silver Jubilee Hospital on Sunday. Nearly 2.60 lakh children were administered the vaccine in Lucknow.
