Plant To Solve Filth Issues Of About A Third Of City In First Phase

Lucknow:The cleanliness plans of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) got a further boost when last week it got the possession of a patch of land from irrigation department near Para on the bypass between Hardoi Road and Kanpur Road. It is on this land that a transfer station is to be built to support the city's municipal solid waste treatment plant at Shivri village.

City Reels Under Shortage; UP Groundwater Bill Still Stuck In The Pipeline

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: Long queues of people with buckets in front of hand pumps and water kiosks at regular intervals across the city were common sights around two years ago.

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

The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end

The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end.

Charbagh is the most polluted area in Lucknow, says a report published by Indian Institute of Toxicology Research on Wednesday to coincide with the World Environment Day.

Noise Level Indicates Rising Decibels Too

Lucknow: Air pollution in Lucknow has increased this year. If pre-monsoon assessment of the ambient air quality of Lucknow, released by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research on World Environment Day is any indication, the concentration of gaseous pollutants–sulphur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) have shown an increasing trend at all the residential areas. Similarly, the respirable suspended particulate matter (PM10) level at all residential, commercial and industrial areas were higher than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

The super speciality cancer institute proposed to be set up here will have in-house facilities for research, educational programmes and training of medical and para-medical personnel.

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.

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