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NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has assured the National Human Rights Commission that the State Government will work out an action plan within a week for removal of illegal furnaces and an abattoir in Meerut and submit it to the Commission.

J. Balaji

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has directed Meerut

The paper enumerates 39 medicinal plant species belonging to 39 genera and 28 families, which are used as folk medicine in the treatment of various ailments or diseases by the rural and common people of Meerut district.

New Delhi: With the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) set to finalize the alignment of a 61 km-long expressway next month, the travel time between Delhi and Meerut may be reduced to approximately 45 minutes from the usual two hours once the project is completed.

The NGO has been playing a leading role in promoting organic farming DEHRA DUN: Anil Rana director Janhit Foundation a Meerut based NGO has bagged the prestigious One World Award for his untiring efforts for conservation of biodiversity and nature in Western Uttar Pradesh. The award was presented to Mr Rana at Modena ( Italy) recently by Renate Kunast, the former Agriculture Minister of Germany. The One World Award has been instituted this year by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ( IFOAM) and Rapunzel, both German organisations.

A sharp fall in the water level of the Ganga downstream from Narora in Bulandshahr district of western Uttar Pradesh has fuelled fears of the grand old river being reduced to a trickle at the holy Sangam in Allahabad. The fall in the level of the river, considered the lifeline of the State since ancient times, has set alarm bells ringing. The state of the river in Varanasi is no better than in Allahabad.

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Metropolitan slums in diverse nations like India have always been homes to rural migrants from a variety of linguistic, religious and regional backgrounds and reflect a unique cultural dynamism.

This report highlights the environmental degradation at Daurala town in Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh, as a result of heavy metals contamination within agricultural soils. The report focused n the resulting serious adverse impacts on the health and well being of the local residents due to the leaching of these heavy metals into their drinking water resources. Inappropriate discharge of contaminated industrial wastes from local prominent industry DCM Shriram Industries Limited was highlighted as a primary source of metals contaminants.

Janhit Foundation took up a study in November 2005 with the aim of confirming the continued presence of some

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