The flood situation continued to be grim in the state with 29 districts and more than 25 lakh people badly affected by it.
With 10 more deaths reported in the past two days, the toll in flood and rain-related incidents rose to 123.
All major rivers were flowing above the danger mark at several places.

According to reports, the National Disaster Response Force was deployed at Gonda and Shahjahanpur districts for rescue and relief works while the flood divison of PAC was deployed at the 27 other flood-affected districts.

LUCKNOW: The quality of forest areas in Uttar Pradesh is on the wane. A survey taken up by forest officials on a 10,000 hectare area of reserve forest land in the state has acted as an eye-opener on how fast the deterioration is setting in.

environment cess: The Delhi government has decided to levy an environment cess on diesel fuel at the rate of 25 paisa per litre. The revenue from the cess will be used to create a fund to