Mercury climbed further making Thursday hottest day of the city this summer. The maximum temperature was 43.3 degrees Celsius, above Wednesday’s 42.6 degrees Celsius.

Even as the Rs 15,000-crore transmission project continues to remain embroiled in a controversy over change of conductors, the UP Transmission Corporation Limited (UPTCL) is all set to embark on ye

To Provide 1,200 MW Addl Power

Lucknow: The power situation in the state is likely to improve a bit with two private sector power plants -- Rosa and Lanco -- getting operational to their full capacity. The UP Power Corporation Limited officials said that all the units of these two plants with combined stalled capacity of 2,400 MW were not working due to commercial dispute, ostensibly caused by non-payment of dues. With all the units of these two plants switched on now, the power situation would be eased out by 1200 MW.

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.

510 Hectare Acquired By State Govt For Township

Lucknow: Just when the Centre gears up to clear the way for the long-pending land acquisition bill, a group of farmers from five villages near Agra havestarted a protest march to Lucknow seeking return of their land acquired by the state government for a township tobedevelopedby theJaypee Group. The agitation comes close on the heels of resentment brewing amongst farmers in Bhatta Parsaul which saw a raging protest by farmers who have not only been demanding return of their land but also release of their leaders who were put behind the bars by the then BSP government.

Lucknow: Famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib had once said, “A a m k h o o b h o a u r m e e t h e h o,” (mango must be in plenty and sweet) after having tasted Lucknow’s famous Dusseheri variety of mango. However, this time the king of fruit is likely to lose on both counts – volume and sweetness.

The blame for this goes to the increasingly unpredictable weather pattern and climate change that have taken a toll on the mango crop in the state this year. Adding to this are the brick kilns that have also played a wicked role as far as the mango crop is concerned. There is uncertainty over the yield and horticulture experts are predicting a sharp fall in production.

Lucknow: A serious power crisis looms over the city with the demand touching 900 MW against an average power availability around 600 MW. The situation could only worsen if the demand swells to 1800 MW, which is the actual sanctioned load in the city. In that case, the city will reach a situation where the supply is virtually a third

of the city’s total demand. If the government is unable to strengthen the supply mechanism, this will result in prolonged power cuts through official and unofficial rostering in the days to come.

Lucknow: Exactly a year after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav mooted a proposal to set up the 100-acre Information Technology City to boost the IT sector in the state, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad

Focus On Health Of Kids, Pregnant Women

Lucknow: The state nutrition mission, approved by the state cabinet here on Monday, will begin with 41 high-focus districts. These districts, say officials in the state Health department, account for high rate of malnutrition. The list includes Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Ballia, Siddharthnagar, Bahraich, Barabanki, Shravasti, Gonda and Balrampur besides the Bundelkhand region.

In a first, the state government has decided to come up with its own science and technology policy. The policy is aimed at giving a push to the socio-economic development of Uttar Pradesh.