The Uttar Pradesh Lifts and Escalators Act, 2024, passed in February, is yet to be enforced, causing delays in addressing lift accidents and mishaps in urban areas. Critics highlight the absence of penal provisions in the Act, labeling it as 'toothless' legislation.
Noida: The Election Commission will set up 152 polling booths across 103 housing societies in Noida and Ghaziabad when the cities vote in the second p.
Get ready for the festive countdown to January 22 ‘Diwali’ as RWAs, traders, and temples in Noida and Ghaziabad gear up for grand celebrations. Discover the events, bhajan performances, community feasts, and more lined up for the momentous occasion.
Lucknow: A Bangladeshi national and two of his Rohingya associates were arrested from Ghaziabad railway station on Tuesday on charges of human trafficking. A team of the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of UP Police also rescued two girls from Myanmar — aged 16 and 18 — and sent them to a shelter home in Lucknow.
The accused have been identified as Mohammed Noor, Rehmatullah and Shabiullah. The trio was not just involved in trafficking of women and children from Bangladesh and Myanmar, but allegedly smuggled gold into India and helped people sneak into the country with forged documents. The ATS is looking for a fourth member of the gang, who is believed to be hiding in Hyderabad. The three accused were picked up from the Brahmaputra Mail, which was on its way to Delhi from Assam. Bundles of Bangladeshi currency and forged documents, including a photocopy of cards issued by the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees, were recovered from them.
Noida/Lucknow: Gautam Budh Nagar reported 483 new cases on Wednesday, taking the district’s tally to 28,439. It is the highest single-day case count for the district since the pandemic began. However, according to officials, the data includes about 150 sample reports that were to be uploaded for the past couple of days.
“Wednesday’s tally includes some reports that came out in the past couple of days but were not uploaded by some private hospitals. Around 150 such reports had to be uploaded ,” said district magistrate Suhas LY.
Since last year, the sharpest single-day spike for Gautam Budh Nagar was recorded on November 4 when 339 fresh cases were detected.
Ghaziabad tops the list of India’s most polluted cities several times in a year. Abhijay Jha lists 5 immediate priorities for the city to shake off this dubious distinction and bring a breath of fresh air to its pollution-control strategies Build an
e-waste plant in Loni
One of the biggest pollution sources in Delhi-NCR, the way electronic waste is disposed off in Loni beggars belief in a region that’s supposed to have the most aggressive pollution-control mechanisms. Close to 1,000 illegal factory units process e-waste in Loni by dipping the scrap in acid drums and burning electronic parts to retrieve saleable metals, releasing copious amounts of toxic gases into the air. The factories won’t just go away, so the administration has proposed a major e-waste processing plant here. In 2021, the process of setting up the plant has to be expedited if Loni’s air quality levels are to improve.
The lockdown drove them home, and lack of jobs at home has brought them back. Abhijay Jha, Shubhra Pant & Bagish Jha speak to two families that returned to NCR despite the scarring experience of March & April when jobs disappeared overnight. They didn’t really have a choice. Coming back was the only shot at a livelihood
Raj Kishore Shah (25),
He hails from Bihar
Life hasn’t been easy for the past three years as Raj Kishore Shah was laid off every six months by an employer, only to be hired again for six months when production picked up. However, 2020 brought bigger problems, ones he hadn’t anticipated.