Uttar Pradesh

Foundation stone laying ceremony of the biggest Sewage Treatment Plant of its kind in India will be done on Wednesday in Vrindavan, Mathura, UP. This plant will treat 200 lakh litres of effluent per day and the treated water will be used by Mathura Refinery for its industrial use. Costing 40 crores

The impact of the recent Bulandshahr gang rape has compelled a clutch of Baghpat villages to review their women's security. In a panchayat held in Baraut, the elders of various villages came together to announce the formation of an indigenous `force', Dehat Suraksha Bal, that will not only safeguard

At Allagabad, Global Academy of Public Safety & Habitat Management (GAPSHAM) is conducting hands on training workshop on Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) tools for Village Nigrani Samity Members for Open Defecation Free (ODF)village campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission at all 20 blocks of

A tribal woman in Uttar Pradesh's parched Bundelkhand has dug a well almost single-handedly for 40 families after her upper caste neighbours denied them access to a hand-pump. She took this bold step to dig a well when she was forced to stay without water for two days. Read this report by Shailvee

Efforts of children and committed villagers have worked and Shikhar block of UP's Mirzapur district is the state's first to be declared open defecation free (ODF). For a state where only 25% people on an average use a toilet, this is an achievemen.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for development of 8/6 laning of Delhi-Meerut Expressway - Package-II – Uttar Pradesh Border to Dasna Section of NH-24 in Uttar Pradesh. The cost is estimated to be Rs.1983.51 crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme to distribute 1000 e-rickshaws in Varanasi. News says that within a year the target is to replace 20,000 traditional rickshaws with 10,000 of e-rickshaws. Proposal is also afoot to book e-rickshaws online to help commuters. 11 e-boats were also