LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday allotted the contract to run the multi-level parking lot in Hazratganj and decided the parking rates as well.
One would be required to pay Rs 10 for parking a four-wheeler for the first one-and-a-half hours. After that, one would required to shell out Rs 25 if the vehicle is parked for four hours.
LUCKNOW: A telescopic gun worth over Rs 1.5 lakh, a huge searchlight, two professional shooters (read hunters) and a blue bull writhing in its own blood. And to hide it all, unholy act for many, two butchers at hand to dismember and pack away the day's spoil.
Information provided by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in responde to RTI filed by Dr. Babu K V seeking details on the total no. of deaths following immunization in the country (AEFI) from 2001 to 2009.
LUCKNOW: After taking its toll on the mango and rice crops in the state, erratic weather has now taken a toll on potato production in Uttar Pradesh. Significantly, UP is the largest potato-producing state in the country.
Though temperature differentials between last year and this year have not been more than five degrees, agriculture department officials said the potato crop has suffered.
In a major victory for tribals of Lakhimpur Kheri living in 46 villages in and around the Dudhwa forest range, the state government has allowed them to collect forest produce required for their survival.
LUCKNOW: Lucknowites may eventually hope for some relief from parking woes, as at least five new parking lots, underground and multi-level could come up in the new financial year.
While, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) gears up to execute the work on three multi-level parking lots, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) claims of speeding up its efforts to construct a similar number of the
The swamp deer or Barasingha, the state animal of Uttar Pradesh, has become critically endangered and even figures in the IUCN red alerts but ironically no special efforts are being made for its conservation.
Even officials in the UP Forest department admit that no specific project has been launched to save this species apart from some steps that have been taken as part of the save tiger projec
LUCKNOW: The state budget 2011-12 needs be analysed in the backdrop of 12th Finance Commission's targets on six indicators, which all states are required to achieve.
When it originates from a lake called Fulhaar Jheel near Madho Tanda east of Pilibhit, the Gomti is a stream. Gradually, it starts growing. Around 100 km away from the point of its origin, this stream is joined by tributaries like Sukheta, Choha and Andhra Choha near Mohammadi Kheri, a tehsil of Lakhimpur Kheri. The stream now turns into a river.
