Work halts in Agra factories
Industries in Agra are fighting a battle of survival. The entire industrial production will come to a grinding halt on December 31 unless the Supreme Court gives them another breather to acquire
Industries in Agra are fighting a battle of survival. The entire industrial production will come to a grinding halt on December 31 unless the Supreme Court gives them another breather to acquire
Even after the closure of all polluting industries in Agra in compliance of the Supreme Court directive, the latest figures available from the Archaeological Survey of India of laboratory at the Taj
Pollution in the Yamuna at Agra shall be cleaned by using floating aerators at four places along the river. These aerators shall be installed with the help of US agency Blue Yamuna Foundation with
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) says fresh Yamuna water samples down stream of Agra have also tested negative for toxicity. Thousands of dead fish were found floating in the Yamuna
The Central government has done well to stop the construction of a multi-crore commercial complex next to the Taj Mahal in Agra which might have damaged, and certainly would have marred the beauty of
UP Chief Minister Mayawati suspended senior IAS officer and Former Secretary (Environment) R K Sharma, for sanctioning Rs 37 crore for Taj Corridor Scheme in Agra against prescribed norms. Mayawati
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Jagmohan has threatened to approach the Supreme Court if the UP government does not undo the damage caused at the Heritage Corridor site in Agra. The ministry
It was the Heritage Corridor construction work near the Taj Mahal in Agra that dominated the 45-minute-long meeting between UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Union Minister for Tourism
A play is being enacted in the open market places and crowded bastis of Agra by students of Delhi Public School. The project is called River Yatra and the play is appropriately titled Woh Taj Le
Former Environment minister Maneka Gandhi laid stress on the preservation of more than a thousand sloth bears - an endangered species indigenous in Agra and gave a clean chit to the preservation work
The illegal mining and quarrying activities in the vicinity of the Agra based world famous Fatehpur Sikri might put its historical buildings, including Buland Darwaza in danger. The Uttar Pradesh
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has asked the Agra administration to immediately put a check on the blasting of rocks by miners near the heritage city of Fatehpur Sikri. ASI has termed it as
he CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
The Air corridor around Agra Air Force base caters to a large number of air-crafts, both civil and military, but these aircrafts face a serious risk from high flying scavenger birds striking the
After much delay, Torrent Power Limited is set to take over power distribution and bill collection in Agra from state-owned Pashchimanchal Power Corporation on April 1. This will be the Mayawati government
A study carried out by H C Agarwal, P K Mittal, K B Menon and M K K Pillai of the department of zoology, University of Delhi, published in August 1985, traced DDT residues in water, bottom sediments
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and
A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, opens up a Pandora"s box of objections to experts" ways of tackling the
Down To Earth conducted a survey among people throughout the country to assess their perceptions of climate change in their respective regions. Some of the responses received
In the March 8 hearing of the Taj pollution case, the Supreme Court agreed to consider a more humane way of tackling the problem instead of relocating the hundreds of polluting industries in Agra and