Uttar Pradesh

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding damages caused to river Ganga and its aquatic life by hydraulic structures at Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, 14/09/2018

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bijay Krishna Sarkar & Others Vs Inland Waterways Authority of India & Others dated 14/09/2018. In this Original Application the applicant has sought relief and compensation for the damages caused to river Ganga and its aquatic life by hydraulic structures at Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal which has resulted into loss of the livelihood to the fisherman.

Judgement Date:

14/09/2018

Tags:

Ganga, Hydrology, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Health

Lakhimpur Kheri: Health department on alert after man tests positive for swine flu

No swine flu cases were reported in Lakhimpur Kheri in the last two years, he said.

Publication Date:

13/09/2018

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Swine Flu, Lakhimpur (D), Health Effects, Health

Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by burning of rubber tyres, Tehsil Mawana-via-Kithor District Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 12/09/2018

Judgement Date:

12/09/2018

Tags:

Air Pollution, Meerut (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttar Pradesh

Health

The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic respiratory diseases and their trends over time is not readily available for all of the states of India. Our aim was to report the trends in the burden of chronic respiratory diseases and the heterogeneity in their distribution in all states of India between 1990 and 2016.

Original Source

Publication Date:

12/09/2018

Source: Lancet Global Health

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Respiratory Diseases, India, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Tobacco, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Statistics, Jammu & Kashmir

Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the Notification issued under Sec 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Trees Protection Act 1976, 11/09/2018

Judgement Date:

11/09/2018

Tags:

Trees, Legislation, Agroforestry, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation, Forest-Based Industry

Hazardous Waste

E-waste on Ramganga banks: NGT summons Uttar Pradesh chief secretary

The order came after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that a number of sealed e-waste industries were operating illegally in densely populated residential areas

Publication Date:

11/09/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Electronic Waste, Ramganga, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Hazardous Waste

Health

Malaria, virus causing fever in west UP'

Malaria and seasonal influenza could be the main reasons behind the high incidence of fever cases in Bareilly and Badaun, says health department which presented an assessment to chief minister Yogi

Publication Date:

10/09/2018

Source: Times of India (Lucknow)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Bareilly (D), Health

Environment

Upcoming Ardh Kumbh to be plastic-free: Harsh Vardhan

The Environment Ministry is planning to make next year's Ardh Kumbh Mela in Allahabad plastic-free in line with the country's commitment to eliminate single-use plastic, Union Minister Harsh Vardha

Publication Date:

10/09/2018

Source: Pioneer (Lucknow)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Kumbh Mela, Religious Beliefs, Environment

Natural Disasters

Rain claims 18 more lives in Uttar Pradesh

Eighteen more deaths were reported on Thursday as heavy rainfall caused havoc in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Publication Date:

07/09/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Rainfall, Disaster Management, Floods, Natural Disasters

Solid Waste

Ghazipur garbage pile increases to 65m; only 8m short of Qutub Minar

Ghazipur, a 29-acre garbage dump on the fringes of Ghaziabad commissioned in 1985 for dumping daily solid waste from New Delhi has not only started affecting the health conditions of residents of G

Publication Date:

07/09/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (T), Landfill, Environmentalists, Waste Management, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Solid Waste