Habitat And Urbanisation

Smart Cities: Lucknow tops the list of 13 new names

Lucknow topped the list of 13 smart cities announced by the Centre on Tuesday, taking the total number of such cities chosen so far for development to 33, reports fe Bureau in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
25/05/2016
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Smart City, Lucknow (T), Ministry Of Urban Development, Water Supply, Public Transport, Waste Management, Habitat And Urbanisation
Air Pollution

'Unfit' vehicles adding to pollution

Lucknow: The urban air quality database released by World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday placed Lucknow at the 18th position among 20-most polluted cities in the world.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2016
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, PM 2.5, Public Transport, WHO, Lucknow (T), Health Effects
Health

CSE slams FSSAI move to shut down regional offices

The move of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to close down its regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh has been criticised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Publication Date: 
05/04/2016
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Lucknow (T), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Pesticides, Food Adulteration, Health Effects, Health
Health

Centre for Science and Environment says FSSAI’s decision to close offices sends out 'wrong signal'

LUCKNOW: Issuing a statement criticising the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's decision to close down sub-regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh, the Centre for Science and Environm

Publication Date: 
05/04/2016
Swati Mathur
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Food Safety, Lucknow (T), Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Pesticides, Hazardous Products, Food Adulteration, Health Effects, Health
Environment

CII-IGBC felicitates MD of LMRC for leading green building movement

Lucknow: The Confederation of Indian Industry - Indian Green Building Council (CII-IGBC) has felicitated Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) for leading the green

Publication Date: 
07/03/2016
Priyanka Singh
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Green Buildings, Lucknow (T), Environmental Security, Public Transport, Green House Gases, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rising air pollution, 06/01/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution.

Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating the steps taken by the respective states in the respective cities, for prevention and control of air pollution. The ambient air quality samples will be taken and analysis report be submitted before the Tribunal.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2016
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Diseases, Delhi, Supreme Court, Urban Air Quality, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore (T), Patna (T), Lucknow (T), Allahabad (T), Kanpur (T), Varanasi (T), Pune (T), Nagpur (T), Chennai (T), Hyderabad (T), Ludhiana (T), Amritsar (T)
Water Pollution

Order of the Allahabad High Court regarding Kathauta jheel pollution, 05/01/2016

Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Dr. Vishambhar Dutt Joshi & Others Vs Lucknow Nagar Nigam Lucknow Thru. Its Municipal Commissioner dated 05/01/2016 regarding Kathauta jheel pollution.

It has been brought to the notice of the Court by the counsel for the petitioners that the Nala flows between New High Court Building and Katautha Jheel to cater the need of the area in question is slopped towards the Katautha Jheel and the sewer of the Vastu Khand and the Vinamra Khand is directly falling into the nala which goes upto the Katautha Jheel.

Judgement Date: 
05/01/2016
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, Lucknow (T), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Pollution, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporation, Uttar Pradesh
Air Pollution

Vehicles sans PUCC to be penalized

LUCKNOW: Vehicles causing pollution will have to pay the fine for being on the road. Regional Transport Office (RTO), Lucknow, will begin a drive against polluting vehicles on Friday.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Vehicular Pollution, Pollution Under Control Certification, Compensation, Carbon Monoxide, Lucknow (T), Air Pollution
Transport

Lucknow Metro Rail project gets Cabinet nod

The project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of the central and Uttar Pradesh governments.

Publication Date: 
23/12/2015
Indian Express (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Metro, Lucknow (T), Rail Transport, Transport
Air Pollution

India racing ahead of China when it comes to pollution

An evaluation of the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) data maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released on Tuesday has revealed that as many as 15 out of the 17 cities that ar

Publication Date: 
16/12/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), China, Lucknow (T), Ahmedabad (T), PM 2.5, Health Effects, Greenpeace

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