Podcast – Perils of Climate Change
Virendra Singh Rawat While it is nearly impossible to predict nature and the imminent fallout on the local climes, yet some of the recent rainfall and landslide incidents have been…
‘Carbon finance’ to boost farm income in UP
Virendra Singh Rawat Even as the Uttar Pradesh government is working towards increasing rural income, the state has created an additional revenue stream in the form of ‘carbon finance’ for…
UP develops ‘industrial forest’ over 42,000 acres
Virendra Singh Rawat To counter cutting of trees due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh government is stepping up forestation drives not only the…
UP intensifies ‘Catch the Rain’ for rainwater harvesting
Virendra Singh Rawat With the arrival of monsoon at the threshold of Uttar Pradesh, the ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign for conserving rainwater is rapidly progressing across the state. This year…
IIM Lucknow releases environmental report
Virendra Singh Rawat Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow has released a comprehensive environmental sustainability report, shedding light on resource footprints and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its Lucknow and…
UP to develop 19 urban centres as solar cities
Virendra Singh Rawat To propel the adoption of solar energy, Uttar Pradesh will transform 19 major urban centres as solar cities including the spiritual and religious hotspots of Ayodhya and…
‘Dilli ki Sardi’ to be warmer this year!
Virendra Singh Rawat The weatherman has predicted comparatively warmer winters in India this year, which means the eponymous ‘Dilli ki Sardi’ would be less chilly! According to the forecast of…
UP targets 4,000 km of waste plastic roads
Virendra Singh Rawat Taking the green agenda forward, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to lay more than 4,100 km of roads made of waste plastic. The targetted construction of…
Podcast – Global Warming
Virendra Singh Rawat July 2023 has been reckoned as the hottest month ever on Earth in almost 120 thousand years! In fact, we need not refer to any such scientific…
Yogi 2.0 targets to plant 350 million saplings in UP
Virendra Singh Rawat Aiming to increase the state’s green cover to 15 percent by 2027, the Uttar Pradesh government 2.0 will plant 350 million saplings in the current financial year…