Highway project back on track as agitating locals pipe down

Sunday 11 October '09

After a long wait, the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar highway project is back on track with the Muzaffarnagar district administration settling the grievances of the locals.

NHAI set to extend Sitapur-Bareilly section

Friday 9 October '09

Commuting from Lucknow to Delhi will soon be faster, safer and free from traffic congestion.

Now, satellite images to map city’s development area

Sunday 4 October '09

To ensure perfection in drafting the city’s development plan, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has decided to get satellite images of its development area.

Price rise hits Maya’s project

Friday 2 October '09

The development agencies engaged in construction of small houses for urban poor under Manyawar Shree Kanshiramji Shahari Gareeb Awaas Yojna...

For smooth placements of its students, UPTU has a new design

Thursday 1 October '09

The Uttar Pradesh Technical University — the only technical university in the state — has decided to introduce a course in design and manufacturing with an aim to enhance the employability of the students.

Lucknow to get outer ring road to help ease traffic

Monday 28 September '09

The National Highway Authority of India has decided to develop an outer ring road in Lucknow to help prevent traffic congestion in the city.

Sole bidder JP Associates chosen for Agra ring road

Saturday 26 September '09

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to award the contract of developing the inner ring road at Agra to Jai Prakash Associates Ltd — the sole bidder for the project.

Virtual classrooms: UPTU to start trial run soon

Friday 25 September '09

The Uttar Pradesh Technical University will start with the trial run of its proposed virtual classrooms from January 2010.

‘Not enough in numbers’, 49 buses stay idle at Lucknow workshop

Wednesday 23 September '09

Waiting for a formal launch, as many as 49 new low-floor buses — both AC and non-AC — have been lying idle at the Gomti Nagar workshop of UP State Road Transport Corporation for over a month and no one is sure when these will hit the roads.

Lucknow Metro: Deadline missed, now project report by Dec

Monday 21 September '09

Three months behind schedule, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Lucknow Metro will now be ready by the year end.

Year on, Parivantan Chowk to see a ‘revamp’: Cost Rs 39 lakh

Saturday 19 September '09

A year after the Public Works Department revamped the Parivartan Chowk in Hazratganj at a cost of over Rs 1 crore...

The elephant in Maya’s memorials

Monday 14 September '09

After a Supreme Court directive to put an end to work at all new memorials in Lucknow, Lalmani Verma conducts a tour of these constructions....

In Ashiana Colony, Ansals, LDA selling the same houses under EWS scheme

Tuesday 8 September '09

All those who want to buy houses meant for the Economically Weaker Sections by the Lucknow Development Authority and the Ansal Housing and Construction Limited in Ashiana Colony, beware.

Govt wants hotel management graduates for Buddha Vihar Shanti Upwan

Tuesday 25 August '09

To provide hospitality to the visiting Buddhist monks at Buddha Vihar Shanti Upwan, the state government will be recruiting hotel management graduates.

LDA lines up three housing schemes

Sunday 23 August '09

In the next 15 days, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is going to announce three new housing schemes.

Not-so-poor apply for free housing

Saturday 22 August '09

Almost 40 per cent of the applicants for Manyawar Shree Kanshiramji Shahri Gareeb Awasiya Yojna — under which free houses are to be given to the urban poor — are ineligible.

A first: national highways to roll out on PPP model

Friday 21 August '09

For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, national highways are going to be developed on a Public-Private-Partnership model.

NHAI to check project designs to curb accidents

Tuesday 18 August '09

To prevent accidents on flyovers and highways, the National Highways Authority of India has decided to cross-check the design of projects on safety grounds in all upcoming projects across the country.

Firms fail to qualify for Lucknow waste scheme

Monday 10 August '09

The UP Jal Nigam will invite fresh bids for development of solid waste management facilities in Lucknow and Gorakhpur. This after no firm qualified in the earlier bidding process of the project.

Lucknow Metro: collection of soil samples begin

Monday 3 August '09

The soil testing for the Amausi-Mushipulia corridor of the proposed Lucknow Metro has already begun.

Independence Day gift for urban poor: cheap houses

Sunday 2 August '09

The UP government will announce a new housing scheme for urban poor—Sarvajan Awasiya Yojna— on August 15.

Lucknow sewage plant to miss July deadline

Friday 31 July '09

The sewage treatment plant, coming up in Lucknow under the Gomti Action Plan — a joint project of the Centre and the state government — is set to miss the July deadline.

Man tried to dodge duty, say Customs officials

Tuesday 28 July '09

A day after a 30-year-old passenger alleged that he was beaten up by half-a-dozen custom officials at the Amausi airport...

Custom officials thrash man, booked

Sunday 26 July '09

A 30-year-old man was beaten up allegedly by over half-a-dozen custom officials at Amausi airport in Lucknow on Saturday.

Given ultimatum to UPTU, tech foundation tells govt

Tuesday 21 July '09

With the UP Technical University failing to begin the admission counselling, the Technical Institutions Foundation has written to the state government on Monday about the ultimatum it has given to the former.