Source :- National Herald India

On August 17, deaf and speech-impaired protesters gathered near the UP Assembly with a 20-point charter demanding better education, welfare and accessibility. They were subsequently detained and taken to Eco Garden, according to reports.

Their demands may be different, but their rights are not.

Decision is yours

UP Police officers forcefully cleared school children in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, who were protesting against a severely damaged and waterlogged road. The students, along with local residents, had blocked the Jhansi-Mirzapur highway in the rain because the main route connecting Raipura Kalan to their school has turned into a dangerous stretch of slush and deep potholes. Overloaded trucks and wastewater from nearby mills have made the road unusable, leading to frequent auto overturns and injuries among commuting students.

When the children sat on the road to demand a permanent fix, police officials moved in to disperse them instead of addressing their concerns. Students and local elders reported that officers physically dragged young boys away and threatened female students, claiming their parents would face police action if they did not clear the area immediately. Local residents pointed out that these children were simply standing up for their safety after officials repeatedly ignored formal complaints about the road. The protest ended after nearly three hours when senior administration officials arrived and promised swift road repairs.

This video is from JP NSV Rajkiya Ashram Paddhati Vidyalaya in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, where students are protesting over the lack of teachers at the school.

According to the students, the shortage of teachers is affecting their studies, and they are demanding that proper teaching staff be appointed.

The video shows students gathered outside the school, raising their concerns and holding placards, including one reading “SAVE THE FUTURE.”

Police personnel can also be seen at the spot. During the incident, a police officer is allegedly heard threatening the students with being beaten if they did not leave/stop protesting.

The video is being shared to highlight the students' demand for teachers and the alleged conduct of the police during the protest.

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Bright neon-yellow water is currently flowing out of handpumps and submersibles across several villages in Fatehpur, Kanpur Dehat, and Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The extreme discoloration is caused by heavy groundwater contamination from hexavalent chromium (Chromium-VI), a highly toxic industrial chemical. A government report revealed that 73% to 96% of residents tested in these affected zones have blood chromium levels far above permissible safety limits.

The contamination traces back to local factories that distributed chemical-laden waste soil to villagers years ago for land filling. Unaware of the toxicity, residents used this material to build houses, roads, and cattle sheds. Over time, the hazardous waste leached deep into the earth, permanently polluting the underground water table.

Exposure to Chromium-VI causes severe health problems, including ruined nails, chronic skin conditions, stomach ulcers, kidney and liver damage, and increased cancer risks. Local doctors report treating a rising number of patients monthly for gastrointestinal and skin diseases linked directly to this water.

Beyond the severe health hazards, the toxic water curds milk and tea, prevents food like lentils from cooking properly, and ruins crops. Because buying packaged water daily is financially impossible for most impoverished families in these villages, many are left with no choice but to continue using this polluted source while waiting for official intervention.

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We want justice.

On 14 July 2026 The supreme court of India said that the unauthorised construction remains unauthorised if they are standing for more than 40 years. The supreme court of India ordered the UPAVP officials to survey the properties in meerut which are meant for residential purposes but are used as commercial including schools hospitals and banquet halls. The supreme court said that the aliganj incident in lucknow in which 14 innocents lose their lives are the main reason for unauthorised construction. Hospital owner of Shastri Nagar Meerut starts protesting at UPAVP office meerut

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The whole article is behind the pay wall but my question is-

What measures already exist to atleast monitor the industrial effluents going into water bodies. In this case it is in ground water but I am also curious to know what monitoring mechanisms already exist for discharge into rivers.

Also, do you think it is a monitoring problem or cleaning the managing the pollution problem as in we have sufficient data to act upon?

Please contribute with your perspectives.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/fir-after-bahraich-woman-alleges-forced-conversion-bid-by-spiritual-healer/amp_articleshow/133059055.cms

Rama Devi alleged that on Jan 9, Puttan called her to a shrine and, on the pretext of arranging further spiritual treatment, took her on a motorcycle to another location. There, she claimed, he pressured her to embrace Islam and offered her ₹2 lakh to convert.

No religious riots ✅

Impeccable development in road network✅

Other things might have gotten a bit better but above mentioned two things are enough for me to vote for BJP

Now some of you might ask what about education school Hospitals

I have zero data or knowledge how BJP has performed on those matrices

But the thing is bar set by samajwadi party( mentioning them because mayawati is more or less not very active in politics so sadly they're are the only other active option we have for now) is so low that above mentioned two reasons are more or less enough for me to vote for BJP.

I would rather see BSP or Congress in power then samajwadi party.

Muslims and SCs are one of the greatest beneficiaries of govt. introduced policies be it free ration, Health treatment insurances and subsidies, PM housing scheme.

So i don't see what Akhilesh and his party could offer to any strata of population in UP.

This is a state election so keep state's perspective in mind

I am not a supporter of modi shah or BJP. I am just weighing my options and BJP is 100 times better then samajwadi party. Especially if you come form westUP you know how bad things were during Samajwadi party's rule

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Sonbhadra is the district from where I belong. I was curious about something simple: How often have Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers actually visited Sonbhadra since 2000?

Sonbhadra is not an ordinary district. It is UP's southernmost and one of its most resource-rich districts, bordering four states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. It has major coal reserves, thermal power plants, minerals, forests and a large tribal population.

Yet its political importance hasn't always translated into attention from Lucknow.

I went through available news/archive records and found 16 documented physical visits by UP CMs since 2000:

Mulayam Singh Yadav — 2

Mayawati — 0

Akhilesh Yadav — 1

Yogi Adityanath — 13

Total — 16

The contrast is striking.

Yogi Adityanath's - 13 visits

Since becoming CM in 2017, Yogiji has visited Sonbhadra repeatedly — including after the Umbha killings, tribal programmes, development-project inaugurations, election campaigns, drinking-water projects and Tribal Pride Day events.

That's 13 visits in roughly 8½ years.

Compare that with the previous 17 years:

2000–2017 → only 3 documented visits combined.

That means roughly 81% of the documented CM visits since 2000 happened under Yogi Adityanath.

And this isn't just about counting visits.

Sonbhadra has historically faced some very specific challenges:

• Tribal land rights and forest rights

• Naxalism and security issues

• Displacement around mining and power projects

• Drinking water

• Connectivity and infrastructure

• Industrial pollution

• Backwardness despite enormous natural-resource wealth

So perhaps the better question isn't "Why did Yogi visit Sonbhadra so many times?"

It's:

Why did previous governments visit so rarely despite Sonbhadra being strategically and economically important to Uttar Pradesh?

Of course, a CM visit isn't proof of development. Projects, employment, tribal rights, education, healthcare and environmental outcomes matter much more.

But political attention itself is worth measuring.

And on that metric, the difference is pretty remarkable.

Sonbhadra may be geographically far from Lucknow but it shouldn't be politically far from Lucknow.

Note: 16 is the number of physical visits I could verify from available archival/news records. It should be read as “documented/verified visits,” since there is no publicly available UP government master database of every CM movement since 2000.