प्यासे दस वार्डो में पहुंचेगा पानी
शहर के पश्चिम क्षेत्र के दस वार्डो को जल्द ही नलों के माध्यम से गंगा का शुद्ध पानी मिलेगा। जेएनएनयूआरएम के तहत फेज तीन में दस वार्डो में पेयजल के लिए 462.81 करोड़ की कार्ययोजना जल निगम ने तैयार की है।
View ArticleSUV, car tax cut gets flak from green lobby
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased...
View Articleवायु प्रदूषण रोकने को हाईटेक सिस्टम
अब आटोमैटिक एयर क्वालिटी मानीटरिंग सिस्टम से वायु प्रदूषण को नियंत्रित किया जाएगा। शहर के व्यस्ततम ट्रैफिक क्षेत्रों और इंडस्ट्रियल एरिया से सटी बस्तियों को इसके लिए चुना गया है। ताकि समय रहते लोगों
View ArticleLudhiana, Kanpur among world’s top 10 polluted cities
Ludhiana and Kanpur are among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, says the World Health Organisation. According to a 2011 WHO report, Ludhiana made it to the fourth position along with Quetta in
View Articleबीमारियां बनकर फूट रहा प्रदूषण का फोड़ा
नगर में सालाना बढ़ रहे 22.5 हजार श्वांस रोगी कानपुर: शहर वासियों ने अपने लिए खुद कांटे बोए हैं और इसका खामियाजा भी भुगत रहे हैं। हर साल 22.5 हजार श्वांस व चेस्ट के रोगी बढ़ रहे हैं। मुरारी लाल चेस्ट...
View ArticleDisposing waste in open drain to be punishable
KANPUR: Jal Sansthan will soon take action against those citizens who are disposing off their sewer and waste in open drain. The organization issued a warning ordering residents to connect their home...
View ArticleLess water from Ganga canal hits water supply in city
KANPUR: Short supply of water from lower Ganga canal has worried the officials of Jal Sansthan and they have asked the irrigation department to maintain proper supply, otherwise water scarcity would...
View ArticleKanpur Municipal Corporation mulls 'green capsule' to collect...
KANPUR: The municipal corporation is planning to introduce capsules made of fibre to collect garbage. "We are introducing clean green capsule for collecting the garbage. We had been asked to develop...
View ArticleWomen protest against water crisis in Kanpur South
Several women, under the banner of Bharatiya Janta Party Mahila Morcha, on Wednesday, staged a demonstration at zone - 5 office of Jal Sansthan for not supplying adequate potable water in Kanpur South.
View ArticleIIT-Kanpur a player in clean Ganga mission
IIT-Kanpur director Professor Indranil Manna on Tuesday claimed that institute's was playing a major role in cleaning of Ganga as National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is led by institute's...
View ArticleOpp walks out over ‘dirty’ rivers in UP
The State Assembly witnessed an uproarious scene as the Opposition members created a ruckus over the pollution in rivers for which the State Government could not issue proper solutions. The issue was
View Articleकागज में साफ हो रही गंगा, गिर रहे नाले
पतित पावनी गंगा को साफ करने के नाम पर केवल कागजी कवायद हो रही है। 25 साल में सफाई के नाम पर शहर में अब तक सात अरब रुपये खर्च हो चुके हैं लेकिन नतीजा गंगा साफ होने के बजाए और दूषित हो गई है। रोज 460 एमएलडी
View ArticleUntreated factory waste poisoning Ganga; Kanpur STPs not upgraded to handle...
A separate ministry on rivers with special focus on Ganga notwithstanding, rejuvenating the national river will not be an easy task for the Modi government. Among the many contributors, the tanneries
View ArticleEnvironment dept okays KDA projects
Environment department has given green signal to Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) projects for the construction of 1,708 flats at three places in the city. KDA had floated the projects in January
View ArticleHigh pollution level makes city colder during day
Thick fog and haze that envelops the city every morning and evening is an indicator of high pollution levels in the city. Experts have suggested that high concentration of pollutants in the air results
View ArticlePower supply to 98 tanneries stopped for polluting Ganga
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday,
View ArticleNGT meet on Ganga pollution on May 1
KANPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will convene a joint meeting of the Pollution Control Board officials, chief secretary, principal secretary environment, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
View ArticleDust and vehicular smoke choking Kanpur, says UPPCB
Muddy roads and vehicular smoke has made the city's air poisonous. Air quality in the city has deteriorated to hazardous level with level of particulate matter increasing to three times of its permissible
View ArticleHalf the sewage in Ganga is from six cities along it
More than half the total sewage discharged into the Ganga every day comes from six big cities with Kolkata, Kanpur and Varanasi leading the pack.They are three of the 118 townscities that fall in the vast
View Article30 high rises in city not quake resistant: IIT-K expert
Kanpur: The only mantra that can protect an individual during tremors is an earthquake resistant building, says IIT-K civil engineering department's Prof Durgesh Rai. Stating that around 30 multi-storey
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