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Uttar Pradesh Satellite technology to check overloaded vehicles in UP Digital and satellite technology will be used to keep an eye on overloaded vehicles in Uttar Pradesh as the government steps up monitoring of vehicles flouting rules. As part of measures, the government has taken action against 18,112 overloaded heavy vehicles, and recovered Rs … Read more 09.07.17 Uttar Pradesh current affairs
Important Cities Ghaziabad – Located along the Hindon River. One of the most industrialized and urbanized cities in UP. One of the cities in the urban planning purview of NCR, acting as satellite town for New Delhi. City was founded by Ghaziuddin as Ghaziuddin Nagar. It was earlier part of Meerut district. Various … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Major Cities and Tourist Places
Power Plants – Thermal/Nuclear Narora – Is one of the 7 atomic power plants operated by NPCIL. It is Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) of capacity 220X2 MW. Located in Bulandshahr District. Dadri – It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Power Resource
National Chambal Sanctuary – The National Chambal Sanctuary is famous for the rare Gangetic dolphin. The Sanctuary was founded in 1979 and is a part of a large area co-administered by Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. Apart from the Gangetic dolphin, the other inhabitants of the sanctury include magar (crocodile) and ghariyal … Read more Uttar Pradesh: National Parks / Tiger Reserves /Wildlife Sanctuaries
Hydropower and Irrigation projects Rihand Dam – This is the largest multi-purpose project of Uttar Pradesh, straight gravity concrete dam across the river Rihand (a Tributary of the Son river) near village Pipri in Sonbhadra district. The water so impounded is collected in Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar reservoir. Dam is used for irrigation and … Read more Hydropower and Irrigation projects
Ganga- Ganga is formed by 6 headstreams and 5 of their confluences. Bhagirathi is considered as source of river ganga which rises at the foot of gangotri glacier at gamukh at an elevation of 3892 mts, though there are many small streams that feed bhagirathi . The six headstreams are the Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, Nandakini, … Read more Rivers of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh UP ‘kangaroo dads’ India’s role models Kangaroo dads’ from Uttar Pradesh have become a role model for the rest of the country at the health ministry’s meet on best practices, underway in Indore. Titled ‘Best Practices and Innovations Summit’, the event, the fourth in a series, provides a platform for health officials from across … Read more 08.07.17 Uttar Pradesh current affairs
Uttar Pradesh Soon, travel paperless in premium trains. ð From October, it will be possible to get reservation in prominent trains going via Lucknow using a mobile ticket application.Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to introduce the service in premium trains like Shatabdi Express, Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express to reduce the use of paper. ð The … Read more 07-07-2017 Uttar Pradesh Current affairs
Uttar Pradesh Sugam Sanyojan Yojna to make power connection easier. ð The energy department has launched ‘Sugam Sanyojan Yojna’ to expand its customer base and make electricity connection available easier. The scheme will let consumers take a connection of upto 5kW in 18 easy instalments and pay only connection charges. ð The scheme also … Read more 06/07/2017 Uttar Pradesh current affairs
Uttar Pradesh UP govt Nod to new policy; more sops for industries giving more jobs Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved on Tuesday the new industrial policy that links employment generation with capital investment for getting sops. This means the number of people an industry will employ coupled with the investment will decide sops for … Read more 05/07/2017: uppcs daily current affairs