The Jal Kal department has responded to an RTI query that the water supply in city is pure and fit for drinking and that people use RO and filters only for their satisfaction, though it is not requ

Lucknow: The city’s vulnerability to vector-borne diseases is high.

This Time It’s Because Of LS Elections

Lucknow: After delay of almost a year, the city has to wait for two more months to get the municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant operational in Shivri village. The plant was launched under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme in 2007. After incorporating various changes, it was targeted to complete by June 2013, but it was potponed to December 2013 and finally March ’14.

Lucknow: On the occasion of World Sparrow Day on Thursday, you can contribute in your little way by counting the birds and letting the biodiversity and wildlife conservation lab of Lucknow Universi

Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the 2011 tiger census.

Lucknow: The air is loaded with not just the festive spirit, it also contains allergens that cause problems for those living with asthma. More than 60,000 persons in the city have this ailment.

“Exposure to allergens and irritants like dust, pollution, pollen and smoke triggers asthma which is highly underdiagnosed and under-treated,” says professor Suryakant, head of pulmonary medicine department, King George's Medical University. “Asthma attacks prevent an individual from leading a normal life despite it being easily manageable through timely diagnosis, proper management and adequate treatment plan,” he adds.

NGT Action Sought In The Matter

Lucknow: Illegal sand mining is posing the biggest threat to the last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in National Chambal Sanctuary running across three states- UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference.

Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in national chambal sanctuary running along three states — UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference.

Illegal sand mining, fishing and stone quarrying in the sanctuary area is killing ghariyals.

In a move that would bolster tiger conservation in the country, the UP government has approved plans of a tiger reserve in Pilibhit, the third in the state after Dudhwa and Amangarh.

Decision Will Deprive Farmers Of Free Water: Opposition

Lucknow: Residents of Delhi may have got reprieve after its former CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered free water, but people of Uttar Pradesh will in days to come have to cough up for each litre of water flowing out of the tap.