Anupam Srivastava is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times, Lucknow. Has produced exclusive stories in medical, civil aviation, civic, political and other issues for over 20 years.
Articles by Anupam Srivastava
SSP?s plan to protect senior citizens
IT WILL be quite a relief for senior citizens of Kanpur if the city police finally implement the directives issued by new SSP Alok Kumar Singh religiously. The SSP has decided to provide protection to senior citizens under a novel plan that envisages ?adoption? of a childless senior citizen couple by each police station. Singh,on his first working day, was shocked by the murders of two senior citizens in Raniganj Kakadeo.
Published on Dec 07, 2006 12:06 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
Yoga: A new fad among youths
YOGA?S BECOME a new fad among the youths of the city. Every young boy and girl, wanting to look slim and smart, goes to various centres where yoga is taught.
Published on Dec 06, 2006 12:19 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava and Anshul Jaiswal, Kanpur
Is KDA preparing for a sealing drive?
CITY TRADERS are a worried lot with reports that the Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) is planning a sealing drive in residential areas against commercial establishments on the patterns of the drive conducted in New Delhi recently.
Published on Dec 05, 2006 12:14 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
City whizkid invents ?space sweeping machine?
AKASH TEWARI, student of class X, Kendriya Vidyalaya OEF is the new whizkid of Kanpur. High pollution levels, dirty lanes, filthy surroundings never broken his heart but inspired him to invent something, which the mighty Americans never thought about. He has invented a ?space sweeping machine? which he has displayed in his space sweeper model, through which he claims, it would be possible for the scientists to clean the trash out of space.
Published on Nov 29, 2006 12:09 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava/Anshul Jaiswal, Kanpur
City?s civic infrastructure in a shambles
GARBAGE AT every corner, damaged roads, non-functional streetlights, and encroachment on footpaths and roads. This is Kanpur for you.
Published on Nov 28, 2006 12:38 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
Yoga helps in diabetes cure
GOOD NEWS for the diabetes patients, a Kanpur-based doctor has found role of yoga beneficial in the treatment of diabetes. Professor Vipin Mishra of GSVM Medical College, Kanpur has prescribed yoga therapy for more than 1000 patients and those who have followed his regimen have been benefited.
Published on Nov 25, 2006 12:19 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
Master plan emphasises on infrastructure development
KANPUR CITY is all set for a major overhaul provided the development authorities, implement the approved master plan religiously. Special emphasis had been laid on developing the infrastructure in the city as the new Master Plan has increased percentage of land from 8 per cent to 15.3 per cent, for the use of transport (roads, dividers, footpaths and fly overs etc).
Published on Nov 21, 2006 12:02 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
A city of inactive police and overactive criminals
WANT TO see Bihar in UP? Visit Kanpur, which is fast earning the dubious distinction of becoming one of the most unsafe cities in the State. It?s a city where people are murdered and raped near a police chowki but the cops do nothing. Here criminals virtually call the shots and police are just busy providing security to some VVIP?s. SSP PC Meena has done precious little to improve the law and order situation in the city. The incident of three murders at Yashodanagar is a testimony to the fact that criminals have no fear of police.
Published on Nov 19, 2006 12:09 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
City lacks blood transfusion panel despite HC order
KANPUR CITY has no Blood Transfusion Committee to monitor the blood transfusion system in the city. The fact came to the fore when a girl was administered wrong blood group in a private nursing home on Thursday. Luckily, the doctors saved her life after it was detected that she had been administered wrong blood group.
Published on Nov 18, 2006 12:36 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
KDA bosses draw residents? ire
KANPUR DEVELOPMENT Authority has invited the wrath of public by allowing the construction of a power substation in a well-developed park in the locality of Maharishi Dayanad Vihar Phase II Kalayanpur.
Published on Nov 16, 2006 12:04 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Kanpur
...And, he puts Gandhi topi on
GANDHIGIRI TOOK a universal dimension of sorts when Muslim Personal Law Board vice chairperson Kalbe Sadiq joined Rana Pratap Marg?s anti-liquor brigade on Wednesday.
Published on Nov 09, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Many counting on mannat bazaar
UNABLE TO predict the voter?s mind, many civic poll contestants are making promises to God??If I win, I will offer You?.Will God listen to all? Definitely, He is going to choose the lesser evil. But, a lot depends on how the Devil plays across the counting table!
Published on Nov 07, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
?Girls say, oh God!?
TEENAGE GIRLS came out in large numbers to vote in the civic elections, but they were shocked to see police high-handedness and SP workers? bid to capture polling booths.
Published on Nov 01, 2006 12:11 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Let there be light for defaulters!
MIRACLE! AS MANY as 60 defaulter schools out of 498 centres get temporary power connections for the polling day! But, would that be an additional load on the defaulters or the power mandarins have some other plans?
Published on Oct 31, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Don?s terror ways: Kin speak out
MAFIA DON-TURNED-POLITICIAN Aruna Shanker Shukla ?Anna? is not only a terror in Daliganj but also at home. Shiv Kumari Shukla, bhabhi of Anna, is contesting civic elections from Ward No 56 (Daliganj) against SP candidate Jyoti Shukla, who happens to be the don?s daughter-in-law.
Published on Oct 30, 2006 01:13 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Poll trash worries LMC bosses
OFFICIALS OF the Lucknow Municipal Corporation are sweating over the idea of cleaning up the city from the ?election garbage? spread by contestants, once the elections are over.
Published on Oct 29, 2006 12:54 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
City studios reaping a poll harvest
ELECTIONS SONGS of contestants have given a boost to the recording studios in a big way. Everybody is happy? announcers, writers, singers, musicians, music directors and sound technicians and studio directors.
Published on Oct 27, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Sweetly, simply Chinese
Chinese restaurants, Chinese cuisine and Chinese beauty tips? what would Lucknow be without them? Chung Fa Restaurant, Jone Hingh Beauty Parlour, Rajuma Dentist? are almost landmarks in Lucknow and that?s not just for the Chinese who have made the city their home since the last sixty years. Dr Rajuma and Jude Yep are household names.
Published on Oct 27, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Prosperous in charity
SINDHIS ARE synonymous to business in the city. According to vice president of Hari Om Mandir and Sindhi Welfare Organisation Kishen Chand Bhambwani, there are nearly 30,000 Sindhi?s in Lucknow and Most of them are into business.
Published on Oct 20, 2006 01:10 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Female figures, male muscles!
THERE ARE over 100 women candidates contesting civic elections. But, do they really have a say? Hardly, opine many and claim they are mere puppets in the hands of their husbands, brothers or other relatives.
Published on Oct 17, 2006 12:04 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Family tree rooted in LMC
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Local Bodies Directorate has recommended the suspension of section officer in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation Shri Prakash for promoting nepotism and favouritism in the appointment of the employees in the various departments of LMC. Additional director Kedarnath, after a probe against the said officer, found the charges levelled to be true.
Published on Oct 13, 2006 12:15 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Punjab rhymes with nawab
Established by a Punjabi, Ved Ratna Mohan, Mohan Meakins was once synonymous to business in Lucknow. Mohan, who went on to be elected the mayor of Lucknow, was a renowned Hindi writer. Another great writer of the mid-60s, Yashpal, was one of the trinity comprising Amrit Lal Nagar and Bhagwati Charan Verma. These are some great Punjabis who left a mark on the history of Lucknow.
Published on Oct 13, 2006 12:15 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
No litter in name of canvassing
EQUIPPED WITH the new DM order, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has planned to impose heavy penalty and initiate legal action against the contestants in civic polls found guilty of defacing walls for their election campaign. The order applies to all government buildings, historical monuments, crossings and roads. In case of private buildings, permission of the owner is mandatory for any sort of wall writing. Besides penalising the guilty, the LMC will also put off the plastic buntings on busy crossings of the city.
Published on Oct 12, 2006 12:13 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Nullah overflows, but taps run dry
This ward gets six out of ten. Acharya Narendra Dev ward covers old city areas like Chaupatiyan road, Chaupatiya, Khet gali, Hata Jialal, Shri Ram Baradari, Niwazganj. Residents are facing severe water crisis, poor sanitary conditions and water logging problem due to non-cleaning of nullah in the area . The ward is important because the corporator was leader of the ruling party in the LMC house.
Published on Oct 10, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Everyday journey through the filth
Yahiyaganj ward comprises the busy foodgrains mandi of Pandeyganj , the biggest wholesale market. Besides, it also has areas of Taatpatti, Nadan Mahal, Bhim nagar, Murtaza Hasan Road,Kundari and Bhawan Singh Jwala Road in its belly.
Published on Oct 09, 2006 01:16 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Crime check not corporator?s job
This ward has mixed population, narrow lanes, encroachments on roads, bad roads, poor sanitary conditions. The residents give only 5 marks to the ward.
Published on Oct 08, 2006 12:57 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Civic elections: Blessing in disguise for LMC
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS have come as a blessing in disguise for the Lucknow Municipal Corporation. The LMC has become richer by Rs 7.00 lakh in just four days.
Published on Oct 07, 2006 12:34 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Our corporator is a mafia man
IT IS one of the biggest wards in the city, comprising areas like Alok Nagar, Yogi Nagar, Vigayn Vihar, Adarsh puram, Shivpuram, Gayatri Puram, Hardoi Nagar, Ekta puram, Keshav Vihar, part of Ahibaranpur, Chanakyapuri and Tulsipuram.
Published on Oct 06, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Woman corporators not yet out of kitchen
ARE WOMAN corporators puppets in the hands of their relatives? Do they have an individual identity? Who takes major decisions for these women corporators? The answer to all these questions comes from the residents of the ward these corporators once headed and the LMC officials who have been closely monitoring their working style. ?They have yet to come out of the kitchen,? says a resident R.S Yadav.
Published on Oct 06, 2006 12:07 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Where/who is our corporator?
RESIDENTS GIVE only 5 marks to the ward because of encroachment, lack of security, poor water supply, bad roads and ?arrogant? behaviour of the corporator, Nagendra Singh Chauhan, who show up only during elections.
Published on Oct 05, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava