300 trees felled in district jail
Greenery again got the axe on Tuesday, with official permission though. Trees of all species were felled at the Lucknow District Jail to make space for construction work.
Greenery again got the axe on Tuesday, with official permission though. Trees of all species were felled at the Lucknow District Jail to make space for construction work.
World Health Day quietly slipped away on Tuesday with no formal programme being organised by the state Health department. Officials attributed the memory loss to the fact that it coincided with a gazetted holiday.
...Urban Growth And Unchecked Misuse Cause Water Crisis Pankaj Shah | TNN Lucknow: Water, they say, is life. But come summers and we have
Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow April 04, 2009, 0:09 IST The Uttar Pradesh government has sought minimum support price (MSP) for medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP).
LUCKNOW: Even as the ongoing parking lot projects proposed by it move at a snail's pace, the Lucknow Development Authority has proposed four more sites where multi-level parking lots can be constructed in the new financial year. The sites where the new parking lots would come up include: Kapoorthala, IT Crossing, Government Polytechnic Crossing and Latouche Road.
Election time sees less wildlife crime in the state. Although there are no figures to establish this fact, Forest officials confirm that the nefarious elements do not focus on forest during election period.
LUCKNOW: The end of this year might see a proper rescue centre for monkeys and leopards in the state. The re-drawn plan on the same has been submitted to the Central Zoo Authority by the Lucknow zoo officials.
LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster.
Rice-wheat cropping system is most popular among the farmers in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India. The adoption of reduced and zero tillage seed drill of rice and wheat can improve the timeliness of sowing and help farmers.
Due to poor flowering in mango orchards, the mango-growers of the state have demanded government support to bail them out from the crisis. In a meeting of Mango Growers' Association of India (MGAI) on Tuesday, the members expressed apprehension the that the poor rate of fruit might lead to severe financial crisis.
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.
In the study, an effort was made to explore the diversities of indigenous knowledge systems pertaining to human health among rural women of the purposively selected villages of eastern part of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Data pertaining to study were collected by using the participatory approach, group discussions, participant learning and personal interview methods.
A floristic survey of ethnomedicinal plants was conducted at Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh to assess the potentiality of plant resources. The study revealed that 15 plant species belonging to 13 families are used as anti-urolithiatic agents in local remedies.
Vishal Sharma / Agra March 31, 2009, 0:32 IST The industrial sector in Agra, which earns more than Rs 2,200 crore from handicrafts and footwear exports alone, is failing to attract fresh entrepreneurs.
LUCKNOW: So what if it punishes the erring house tax owners, sending notices and seizing their bank accounts, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation
LUCKNOW:When the entire world was switching off lights for an hour as part of a global campaign to save electricity on Saturday, 80-year-old Ram Avtar of Dawoodnagar village, 5 Kms from state capital, was searching for kerosene can to lit an earthen lamp. And, he was not the lone soul. Nearly 200 odd families in this village have been forced to do so, daily.
Noida, March 26 The first online CNG station started on Wednesday evening near Gijod village in Sector-53 here. The station has a daily capacity of 30,000 kg gas. Managing director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd Rajesh Vedvyas said the station can serve 300 buses and 3,500 cars daily.
Alka Pande Posted: Mar 27, 2009 at 2233 hrs IST Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a bumper potato crop for the second consecutive year. But unlike last year when the produce had to be destroyed with cold storages bursting at the seams, there isn
LUCKNOW: Several thick government files with yellowed pages are piled up high inside the tuberculosis cell of the state health department giving it the `normal'look of any government office. But the environment hasn't dampened the thinking process of the people working in this cell.
Patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and those with damaged lungs have good news. A new effective drug is in the offing for curing lungs damaged by pollution and smoking. Presently, the drug is under animal trial and soon the human trial phase will be undertaken.