Green activists on Sunday walked along the Yamuna to the Taj Corridor to highlight the plight of the river burdened by human waste and industrial pollutants.

The 'Walk for Yamuna' was undertaken on World Rivers Day, to draw attention to rivers facing severe and increasing threats associated with climate change, pollution and industrial development.

LUCKNOW: The claim of the UP forest department that water sharing with Mathura refinery is affecting the health of Sur Sarovar bird sanctuary in Agra has found credence in the report of the Bombay

कानपुर, मेरठ, आगरा समेत सात शहरों में भूजल नीति सख्ती से लागू हो गई है। प्राइवेट बोरिंग पर रोक लगा दी गई है। इन शहरों में हर घर में मैकेनिकल मीटर के स्थान पर एएमआर (ऑटो मीटर रीडिंग) मीटर लगाए जाएंगे।

यदि शासन स्तर से शीघ्र घोषित की जाने वाली तिथि में कोई उपभोक्ता मीटर नहीं लगवाएगा तो उससे जुर्माने के रूप में 540 रुपये प्रति मीटर वसूले जाएंगे। 1 प्रमुख सचिव नगर विकास सीबी पालीवाल ने नगर विकास मंत्री की ओर से सभी नगर आयुक्त को इस संबंध में आदेश भेजा है।

With an aim to attract more visitors to the country by improving cleanliness and hygiene at tourist destinations, Tourism Minister K.

Study Shows Excess Body Weight Is Linked To A Child’s Socio-Economic Status

In a state in famous for malnutrition, one out of five teens going to private schools is either overweight or obese. This has been revealed in a study onducted by National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC). The study covered more than 49,000 school children in eight ities,including 23,006children in Lucknow, Agra and Allahabad. The other cities were New Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Dehradun and Pantnagar.

Lucknow: The department of urban development is all set to send a proposal worth Rs 1,000 crore to the Centre for carrying out civic projects under the flagship scheme, Jawaharlal Nehru National Ur

New Delhi: Are mothers to be blamed for high prevalence of obesity among their offspring?

The Planning Commission has suggested that the Railways should begin its high-speed rail (HSR) corridor project with the Delhi-Agra section rather than insisting on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor.

In a recent note to a steering group, the Commission has asked the Railways to take up the Delhi-Agra section of the 991 km-long Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi corridor, as it would be able to execute the project on a stretch that is barely 200 km as a demonstrative exercise and before developing other corridors.