With the number of cases of tigers straying into urban habitats on increase in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has asked the State Government to expedite the process of finalising Pilibhit forest as tiger reserve for saving the big cats.
The implementation of the nutrition support to Primary Education Scheme, popularly known as mid-day meal (MDM), is far from satisfactory in Uttar Pradesh.
Relocation of villages located inside the core forest areas to the fringes has taken a political hue as different political parties were going an extre mile to sympathise with the villagers and asking them to stay put.
Despite High Court and government orders, political leaders have assured the villagers that
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned loans amounting to Rs 7227.76 lakh to the state government in the current fiscal.
There was a time when the migratory birds used to flock to the Lucknow Zoological Garden in huge numbers. But now their numbers have decreased over the years owing to the increased traffic on the Park Road and the growing urbanisation of the city. There are very few birds visible on the Ashok and semal trees on the Park Road.
On May 31, 2003 at around 7.35 pm, the 191 up Gonda Mailani passenger train ran over an elephant herd near Suheli river railway bridge killing three jumbos.
The International Wetland Day was celebrated throughout the world on February 2. If one goes by the wetlands in Uttar Pradesh, it is a bleak scene altogether. According to the 1996 report of the Remote Sensing Centre, the total number of wetlands in the state were 2508 but they are also disappearing at the rate of 1.2 per cent per year.
Principal Secretary (Additional Energy Source) Sudhir Kumar said on Sunday that UP topped the country in energy generation by sugar mills.
Addressing the valedictory function of Science Expo, held at the Regional Science Centre, as the chief guest, Kumar said solar and wind energy were going to be extremely important as prices of solar panels were expected to come down.
More than two lakh children were administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in the pulse polio campaign on Sunday.
The campaign was inaugurated by Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Pradeep Shukla at Bal Mahila Chikitsalaya in Indira Nagar by administering polio drops to a child.
