LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh could boast of owning the country's biggest leather complex, if plans of UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) actualise. In a significant move, the corporation is planning to set up a Leather Park sprawling over an area of 1,500 acre in Unnao, bordering Kanpur district.

Just to prevent Ganga getting more

The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notices to UP Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta, Ganga Expressway Chief Executive Officer Ravindra Singh, J P Infrastructure Chairman Manoj Gaur, the District Magistrate and the Additional SP of Mirzapur on a contempt petition alleging that they were working on a project in Mirzapur in violation of the court

More than 20,000 people displaced by the Ganga came down to the streets today, demanding relief and rehabilitation for more than 1.5 lakh victims who have lost their home and hearth to the river in the past two decades.

The people flocked here under the banner of the Panchanandapur Ganga Bhangan Pratirodh Action Committee and surrounded the collectorate around 11am, staying there till 3pm.

New Delhi: With Uttar Pradesh curtailing water supply to the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar plants for an additional eight days due to annual maintenance of the Ganga Canal, Delhi is likely to face a serious water crisis till the city makes alternative arrangements.

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Mr Andy Lehman, a Swiss citizen, who, along with his team, recently completed in 35 days a 2,500-km-long journey by boat along the Ganga, from Gangotri in the Himalayas to Sagar Island near the mouth of the Hooghly, will present a video documentary on the expedition at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, according to a press release issued by CII, eastern region.

CHENNAI: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop all dam construction activities at various points on the Ganga, especially from the Bhagirathi river stage.