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Jairam Ramesh cites multi-crore MNREGA scam in UP, warns of CBI inquiry

LUCKNOW: Five days after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi accused Mayawati government in UP of mega-scale corruption in the centrally sponsored schemes, union rural development minister Jairam...

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Political drought leaves Banda starving

BANDA/CHITRAKOOT: Sunita's hands tremble as she picks up a heavy hammer to break a stone boulder in Narhari village, about 40 km from main Banda city. It has been more than three hours since the...

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Water riots, suicides on rise in Bundelkhand

Minister for water resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is reported to have been horrified to have learnt of the macabre incident in which a mother, Qadeeran, and her youngest son, Rasheed, were killed by her

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Bundelkhand groundwater status on Facebook

ALLAHABAD: In a novel approach aimed at recharging depleting ground water status in the arid land of Bundelkhand, the Banda district administration has been interacting and seeking suggestions from masses

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Politician-mafia nexus fuels rampant illegal sand mining in U.P.

Illegal sand mining is a lucrative business in Uttar Pradesh with all the major rivers in the State mined by the mining mafia with strong political links. The illegal sand mining is rampant in the flood

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UP fails to utilise funds given under Bundelkhand package

Uttar Pradesh has fared badly in utilising the financial assistance received under the Bundelkhand Package managing to spend only 43.89 per cent of the money allocated to it as Additional Central...

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Order of the National Green Tribunal on illegal mining in District Banda,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013. NGT orders that no illegal mining is to be permitted in District Banda, Uttar...

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Green tribunal unhappy over MoEF's practice of being unrepresented

The National Green Tribunal has expressed displeasure over the absence of a representative of the Ministry of Environment and Forest in a sand mining case, saying even in the New Year it “persists” in

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Panna,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Bardani Mishra Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Nine Ors dated 01/04/2014 regarding illegal mining in Panna,...

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Cabinet okays linking Ken, Betwa rivers

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the much awaited Ken-Betwa river link which will benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of meeting irrigation, drinking water and electricity

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mechanical mining in...

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/07/2015 regarding illegal mechanical mining going on right in...

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining activity within the...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Awasthi Vs State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, U.P. & Ors. dated 03/02/2016 regarding mining activity within the

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UP: Water conservation technique makes waves

BANDA : A village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district has adopted indigenous techniques to conserve water. Inhabitants of Jakhni village have tweaked the drainage system to prevent wastage of even the

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining taking...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanu Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 16/01/2019 regarding illegal sand mining taking place in Kolawal, District Banda, Uttar Pradesh.

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unauthorised operation of...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashish Kumar Dixit Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 24/01/2019 regarding damage to environment by unauthorised operation of marriage

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding stone crushers operating in...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Protection of Environment and Biodiversity Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/03/2019 regarding stone crushers operating in Uttar

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in Jalaun,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Singh Yadav Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/04/2019 regarding illegal sand mining by M/s. Dijiyani Mining Corporation Pvt. Ltd., M/s.

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by a rice mill,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Harishankar Kushwaha Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 30/04/2019 regarding air pollution by M/s Ram Chandra Rice Mill, Kartal, District-Banda,...

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sand mining in river Ken,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagdish Prasad Nishad Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/06/2019 regarding river sand mining by Katyani Natural Resources Ltd. in District

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sand mining in river Ken,...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagdish Prasad Nishad Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2019 regarding river sand mining by Katyani Natural Resources Ltd. in District

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