There should also be a provision for live video streaming from buses, in case of an emergency. Efforts should be made to strengthen and improve public transport in the state, he said

The latest spell of rain, which continued for more than a week across Uttar Pradesh, is said to have widely damaged standing crops. Before that, about 50 districts of the state received scanty rainfall, increasing the difficulties of farmers.

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ADM Rajesh Kumar Singh said 112 villages were affected by the flood and 125 boats had been sent to shift people to higher areas. District magistrate Krishna Karunesh carried out inspection on Wednesday and asked officials to be watchful as danger was still not over, though the rise in water level was slow.

There are 1.36 lakh government primary and upper primary schools in the state where nearly 1.92 crore students are enrolled. The state basic education department wants to develop a healthy book reading habit among the students for their betterment.

Emphasising the need to expedite relief and rehabilitation work in all the districts affected by heavy rain, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said the district control-rooms must be functional 24×7 under the supervision of ADM/joint magistrate level officers.

The department carries out an exercise to weed out beneficiaries who are no longer eligible under the provisions of the National Food Security Act, 2013, says Anil additional food and civil supplies commissioner

Similarly, property worth ₹13 crore of Ansari’s another aide, Haji Mukhtar, was attached under the provisions of the Gangsters Act in Mau on August 24, said police

The woman alleged that Sajjad Ali Ansari , who also stays in the minister’s house in the same society, and 12 others attacked her brothers and trained a pistol with the intention to kill them