Ghaziabad/Greater Noida: After the recent clash on NH-24 between the police and agitated locals, it was the turn of hundreds of farmers who took to the streets near Jaitpur village in Greater Noida protesting against the construction of the Ghaziabad-Greater Noida Expressway.

Atiq Khan

LUCKNOW: Hundreds of farmers from Dadri in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, whose land was acquired for building a gas-based Reliance power project, staged a dharna here on Friday to protest against what they alleged was the

It is a curious situation. On one hand, the government limits supply of gas

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Maintenance work at Sahibabad sub station to blame

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No power for 16 hours a day and six hours at a stretch

Absence of power leading to water shortage

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Unable to return a loan of Rs 15,000 taken from a bank, a farmer yesterday committed suicide by jumping in the Ganges at Brij Ghat in Garh Mukteshwar. Two boatmen took out his body. Ganeshi Lal S/o Kharag Singh Jatav of Behrampur, Khurja in Bulandshahar district jumped in the river at around 4 p.m. yesterday. When people raised an alarm, the boatmen

Aimed at meeting the skilled manpower shortage in the water supply and sanitation sector in the country, a state-of-the-art water training centre will come up in the National Capital Region. The National Water and Sanitation Institute, first of its kind in the country, is to come up in 14 acres of land in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs.26 crore with French assistance, a senior Urban Development official said. There is a shortage of skilled manpower for effective management of water supply and sanitation sector.

Aimed at meeting the skilled manpower shortage in the water supply and sanitation sector in the country, a state-of-the-art water training centre will come up in the National Capital Region.

TIMES VIEW Keep off the business of faith Who said the government is insensitive to the needs of the public? Keeping in mind the religious sentiments of many Hindus, post offices in Ghaziabad have started to sell bottled Ganga water. They will earn a commission on each bottle sold. A private company and Garhwal Vikas Mandal, a government body, are responsible for procurement and packaging of the water sourced from Gaumukh in the Himalayas.