It has received the much awaited nod from the Central Enpowered Committee and the Supreme Court but the Gorakhpur Zoo is now facing problems related to land. The largest and the most high tech Zoo proposed by the state government that will come up in Gorakhpur has the Forest department and the Gorakhpur Development Authority at logger heads.

In a move that may help India combat both P1 and P3 polio viruses, the Union Health Ministry is going to introduce a new bivalent vaccine this month.

Lucknow: To improve urban transport system, Uttar Pradesh Government will soon start a new service in seven cities of the state on public-private-partnership basis.

The service would be started in Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Meerut, Agra and Mathura.

New Delhi: A snap cold and heavy fog blanketing north India claimed dozens of lives and severely disrupted airline and railway traffic across the region for the third day on Monday.

The Ganga has been given a new breath of fresh air. Or at least that's the plan. To save the river from further pollution, the city administration has clamped prohibitory orders on both banks of the Ganga under Section 144 of the CRPC. District Magistrate A.K. Upadhyaya says no one can use the banks "as dhobi ghats, to throw corpses and garbage or use soap while bathing".

Foggy conditions persist in many parts of northern region

New Delhi: As many as 33 people died in Uttar Pradesh due to cold wave as foggy conditions prevailed for the second successive day on Sunday in many parts of the northern region with some states also experiencing light showers.

At least 32 more people froze to death in last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh as cold wave continues to sweep Gangetic belt engulfing the plains with dense fog bringing rail, air and road services to a screeching halt, official said on Sunday.

For decades, the narrow bridge on Ganga near Kanpur has been a bottleneck on National Highway 25, connecting Lucknow with Jhansi and other places in central India. However, the daily ordeal of motorists is likely to end soon as a parallel, wider bridge will be thrown open to the public in 2010.

The year 2010 has brought new hope for the Gomti river, the lifeline of Lucknow. The river, which is a major source of drinking water for over 32 lakh people, is polluted the most in its 14-km stretch in the state capital, owing to millions of litres of untreated domestic waste that is released in it daily. In the next few months, things will change for the better.

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