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UP CM Akhilesh's wish- London Eye in Lucknow
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav wants Lucknow to have a giant wheel like the London Eye on the banks of the Thames river,which would provide a bird's eye view of the city.It will be part of the proposed Gomti riverfront development project and experts from IIT-Roorkee have been asked to conduct a feasibility and hydrological study of the site. The team has to submit a report in four months.The idea of a structure in Lucknow like the London Eye has recently been incorporated in the Gomti riverfront pro Read more...
एक बारिश में 21वी सदी के जब सबसे आधुनिक शहर गुरुग्राम में दो दिन तक 25 किलोमीटर लंबा जाम लगा, तो बाकी शहरों की स्थिति तो और भी भयावह होगी. लेकिन राज्य
एक बारिश में 21वी सदी के जब सबसे आधुनिक शहर गुरुग्राम में दो दिन तक 25 किलोमीटर लंबा जाम लगा, तो बाकी शहरों की स्थिति तो और भी भयावह होगी. लेकिन राज्य सरकारें और केंद्र सरकार गाँवों के किसानो से खेती छुडवा कर उनको शहरो में मजदूर बनाने के अपने कार्य को निरंतर जारी रखेंगी. क्योंकी राजनैतिक पार्टियों को चंदा देने वाले कॉर्पोरेट जगत का जो विकास करना है भले ही आम जनता जाए भाड़ में.अभी समय है सरकारों को खेती को तवज्जों देकर शहरों की तरफ होने वाले पलायन को रोकना चाहिए नहीं तो भविष्य में स्थिति और भी बदत Read more...
उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव के महत्वकांक्षी प्रोजेक्ट गोमती रिवर फ्रंट संदेह के घेरे में, योगी आदित्यनाथ ने दिए जांच के आदेश
उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव के महत्वकांक्षी प्रोजेक्ट और उनके दिल के काफी करीब रहा गोमती रिवर फ्रंट प्रोग्राम पर जांच के काले बादल मंडरा रहे हैं. ज्ञात हो कि बैलेटबॉक्सइंडिया ने शुरुआत से ही इस प्रोजेक्ट को लेकर कुछ संदेह जाहिर किया था. साथ ही गोमती नदी पर हो रहे दोहन को लेकर आपके सामने कुछ तथ्य रखे थे. साथ ही हमने तब के उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार से लेकर गोमती रिवर फ्रंट डेवलपमेंट के चीफ इंजीनियर तक को पत्र लिख कर जवाब मांगा था. मगर लगातार हमारे पत्रों को किसी तरह से नजरअंदाज करने की Read more...
Art of Living event on Yamuna River flood plains - National Green Tribunal imposes fine for tampering flood plains
Noting that construction work for the Art of Living (AoL) Foundation's three-day cultural festival has "drastically tampered" the Yamuna river's flood plains, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday slapped a fine of Rs 5 crore on the foundation while allowing it to go ahead with the event. "For the damage caused to the environment, ecology, biodiversity and aquatic life of the river, the (Art of Living) Foundation should be held liable for its restoration in all respects. In that regard Read more...
Point very well said. India especially, with such a huge population and rapid urbanization needs environmental controls and a good waste disposal mech
Point very well said. India especially, with such a huge population and rapid urbanization needs environmental controls and a good waste disposal mechanism more than ever. sadly such regulatory mechanisms hardly exists and everyone thinks they can just milk the environment without facing the consequences. High time we did something about it. Is there a law or an environmental bill in offing which at least touches upon the above aspects? We need to dig deeper- rope in environmentalists or such e Read more...
There are three key points we need to focus on keeping Paris Convention in view.1. Can we add a Green Rating tag with all the produces along with GST
There are three key points we need to focus on keeping Paris Convention in view.1. Can we add a Green Rating tag with all the produces along with GST calculations, so consumers are aware of the carbon foot-print we need to offset, and if the product is worth the sustainability cost. This will nudge our Imports and Production towards more sustainable practices. This can include the input, production and transportation cost too, nudging towards more Local Products.2. Can we base our sales taxes on Read more...
Contacted IIT Roorkee on gomti Riverfront development in a timely manner and followed upContacted and then following up to get a response is a tedious
Contacted IIT Roorkee on gomti Riverfront development in a timely manner and followed upContacted and then following up to get a response is a tedious task, done well. A good response received from IIT-R Civil Engineering HOD on the report not yet submitted. Its a big win for transparency. Read more...
Application Response - Gomti Riverfront being developed without Environmental Impact assessment and management Report by IIT Roorkee
We got the response from IIT Roorkee and there is no report submitted to the agency.This is sad, the riverfront is being developed on war footing without any environment impact study completed and debated. And we send water trains to far furlong places, pump Narmada River's water into Shipra (A river pretty much dead) at 5000 Liters a second for Kumbh mela and send 50 Km away injecting purifying ozone(Source the economist). Is this all adding to GDP? Read more...
With piled garbage near schools, students may get disease with knowledge
City schools are struggling with the heaped garbage near in the vicinity. With several students frequently falling sick and suffering with non-receding fever, are doubtful of dengue. After two spring dale students died of high fever, doubtful for dengue, the city newspaper decided to check nearby areas of schools and found stinking piled garbage in abundance.The condition of areas looked vicious and it brought out the negligence of Lucknow Municipality Corporation(LMC) towards keeping city clean Read more...
Response received from Deputy Director NRCD, Ministry of environment and Forest India.It is mentioned that the works related to conservation of river
Response received from Deputy Director NRCD, Ministry of environment and Forest India.It is mentioned that the works related to conservation of river Ganga and its tributaries including river Gomti is being looked after by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation from 01.08.2014 (Copy of Gazette Notification attached with this mail). Therefore, I would request you to kindly get in touch with NMCG for the issues related Read more...
Gomti River and Riverfront - Please spare our rivers from this cosmetic make up!
Gomti Reeling under the Water CrisisAt the time when the irrigation department is busy with the Gomti riverfront development project, almost 15 tributaries of Gomti in the upper catchments have dried up this month. The summer has not even started and river is fighting for survival with sluggish flow. At Kudia ghat in Lucknow, the river channel has been stopped and a small escape channel is allowing the water to pass. The ongoing efforts to face-lift the river and its surroundings in Lucknow do Read more...
Gomti Riverfront Development - Irrigation Department Responded-'Information can't be given'.
Lack of transparency was one of the main causes for all pervading corruption and Right to Information would lead to openness, accountability and integrity.A basic principle of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.Our researcher's request for information to Irrigation department of Uttar Pradesh to grant requisite information about the ongoing Gomti Riverfront project has been turned down with a denial to grant information. In their response , Irrigation Department mentioned that Read more...
Case forwarded to National Clean Ganga Mission by Joint Director National River Conservation Directorate
It is to inform that your email communication dated 03/08/2016 to Hon'bl Mos (IC) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 'Impact of gomti Riverfront Development in Lucknow on Sustainability, community, history, economy and relevant interventions was received in the Ministry.Since the matter pertain to Gomti River, a tributary of River Ganga, and as per the Cabinet SEcretariat Notification dated 31st July, 2014, amending the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, Ministry Read more...
गोमती रिवर फ्रंट डेवलपमेंट का सपनीला सच
रिवर फ्रंट के अहम बिंदुएं रिवर फ्रंट प्रोजेक्ट के लिये नदी के स्वाभाविक और पर्यावरणीय प्रवाह का सटीक आकलन जरूरी है। सबसे जरूरी है कि इसके आस-पास की ज़मीन पर किसी तरह का निर्माण न हो, नदियों के मूल स्वरूप में किसी तरह की छेड़छाड़ न की जाए।गोमती नदी से शहर के करीब बीस लाख लोगों को पानी की आपूर्ति की जाती है। ऐसा पहली बार हुआ है कि गोमती नदी की सफाई के लिये लखनऊ में कुडिया घाट के पास सिंचाई विभाग के द्वारा नदी की धारा को रोककर पानी का डायवर्सन किया गया है। गोमती रिवर फ्रंट प्रोजेक्ट के तहत नदी की धार Read more...
Green India and Effects of hyper consumerism
The more time we take to chalk out sustainable solutions to these kind of hindrances in environmental protection the more would be the time to achieve # Global Goals # cop 21 and the resultant events could be disastrous to us and our generations.India should focus on local economies created by real Indians, and shouldn't chase Chinese or Western models.Video source : scoop it/ you tube Read more...
Memo sent to National Mission for Clean Ganga for relevant interventions on August 16 2016Hope to see Indian scientists working on rivers to come forw
Memo sent with all the details on NMCG after forwarded byDear Sir (Mission Director NMCG),We got forwarded to you by Deputy Director NRCD.As a quick introduction - We are a group of Indian technocrats based out of USA and India running BallotboxIndia.com - A platform of science and evidence based research with a focus on issues of systemic impact in India.During one of our research with Indian scientists and regional planning experts on fresh water systems in India, we discovered major interfere Read more...
27 मार्च, से 4 अप्रैल, 2011 एक संक्षिप्त रिपोर्टयात्रा एक दृष्टि में :लोकभारती उत्तर प्रदेश द्वारा आयोजित लगभग 25 सदस्यों द्वारा जिनमें वैज्ञानिक, इंज
27 मार्च, से 4 अप्रैल, 2011 एक संक्षिप्त रिपोर्टयात्रा एक दृष्टि में :लोकभारती उत्तर प्रदेश द्वारा आयोजित लगभग 25 सदस्यों द्वारा जिनमें वैज्ञानिक, इंजीनियर्स, पर्यावरणविद, विविध विशेषज्ञ, सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता, पत्रकार, छायाकार एवं एक दर्जन से अधिक सरकारी व गैर सरकारी संस्थाओं के सहयोग से गोमती-गंगा यात्रा 27 मार्च, 2011 को प्रातः माधौ टाण्डा पीलीभीत से आरंभ होकर शाहजहांपुर, लखीमपुर, हरदोई सीतापुर, बाराबंकी, सुल्तानपुर जौनपुर आदि 13 जिलों से होते हुए 960 कि.मी. की यात्रा के बाद वाराणसी के पास कैथी Read more...
नाले गिरना समस्या नहीं, नालों में सीवेज गिरना मुख्य समस्या , आइये इस समस्या के समाधान की ओर कदम बढ़ाएं
एक ड्रोन निरक्षण मे सामने आया के गोमती मे 7 नाले सीधा सेवेराज गिरा रहे है । इस पर चिंता जताते हुए जिलाधिकारी राज शेखराम ने शनिवार को अधिशाषी अभियंता जल निगम को पत्र लिख कर जवाब माँगा है ।एक वीडियोग्राफी और फोटोग्राफी के ज़रिये ये पाया गया के ये गंदे नाले सीधा सिवरेज गिरा रहे है। जिलाधिकारी ने अधिसहाशि अभियंता से पूछा के एस टी पी/एस पी एस का क्या प्रस्ताव बनाया गया। डी एम ने बताया के 37 मे से 7 नाले अभी भी सीवरेज गिरा रहे और दो नए एस टी पी प्रस्तावित किये गए है जो की कहा लंबित है नहीं पता। अधिसह Read more...
Lucknow's lake of woes
A few years ago, people living around the Kathauta Jheel were up in arms when the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) wanted to sell a part of the lake. This lake may have got saved but a survey by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) says while there were around 924 ponds in the city in 1952, only 494 ponds remained in 2006. The study revealed that around 128 ponds were fully encroached by big habitations along the banks, 133 were lost to the housing projects of LDA, 32 to UP Housing and Read more...
the problem needs to be addressed from bottom up.We as Indians think that we can throw garbage anywhere outside in the open - but not the dustbin. suc
the problem needs to be addressed from bottom up.We as Indians think that we can throw garbage anywhere outside in the open - but not the dustbin. such a mindset and upbringing of children (that it is ok to litter anywhere BUT YOUR OWN HOME) later transforms into a bigger scale such as this huge mismanagement of waste material. The Prime Minister cleanliness drive etc. are good steps, but not at all enough. I think there should be stricter laws too against littering by general public (such as we Read more...
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