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
LMC bashing by jobseekers yields laddoos!
SAFAI RECRUITS literally went home flashing a V-sign! And why not? Their bashing of LMC officials on Tuesday yielded laddoos on Wednesday! But, not before they were asked to test run 400 metres! But, this has left a bitter taste in some LMC officials? mouth?beaten by jobseekers and hurt by the boss!
Published on Jun 22, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Dole-seekers go berserk
ANNOYED WITH the ?rude behaviour? of the employment exchange staff and their inability to distribute the remaining cheques to the unemployed youths, a group of allowance seekers went on the rampage inside the exchange office on Monday.
Published on Jun 20, 2006 01:04 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
Biz shelters for cobblers!
GOOD NEWS for cobblers, washermen and bicycle mechanics! For the first time, the LMC has decided to provide them business shelters at nominal charges. A big relief for those who slog it out under the open sky to earn their daily bread.
Published on Jun 20, 2006 12:02 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
GO sends LMC into a tailspin
JUST LAST year, president of Saptahik Bazar Dukandar Kalyan Samiti ?Rafique? committed self-immolation to protest against tehbazari extortion. On February 28 this year, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav announced abolition of tehbazari system and introduction of the National Policy for Street Vendors in the state. But, the LMC floated tenders despite the announcement claiming that the corporation has yet to receive the GO.
Published on Jun 17, 2006 12:14 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Guru Arjan Dev is GenNext?s hero
THEY ARE businesslike. They are young. They are Sikh and they draw inspiration from the Gurus. This makes them GenNext with a difference. And when it comes to the ninth Sikh Guru Arjan Dev, they are just filled to their heart.
Published on Jun 16, 2006 12:20 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
And, LMC Safai test scares 12 away
ABOUT 12 out of 20 candidates for safai karamchari?s post ran away when they were asked to clean a nullah. ?It seems hesitancy in performing cleaning work is still hurting the general and backward class candidates. They were asked to clean the New Hyderabad Nullah by Nagar Swasthya Adhikari, zonal officers and health supervisors. But they ran away,? said zonal health officer PK Sharma.
Published on Jun 15, 2006 12:01 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Waterman?s words of wisdom
?WITH SO much water in UP, you are pampered children of god,? said waterman Rajender Singh to Lucknowites. ?In Rajasthan, we do not have as much water and thus feel that god is always angry with us,? he added. Citing Rahul Mahajan?s example, he went on to say, ?But just be careful, that you do not meet his fate. He was a pampered child. Once a pampered child goes berserk, it becomes very difficult to discipline him.
Published on Jun 12, 2006 01:31 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava / Gaurav Saigal
Do yoga! But, don?t make TV your guru
BEWARE! WRONG yogic postures may land you into a trouble or slow down your health benefits, warns city?s yoga experts. ?Yoga is a practical science. Like you can?t take medicines without a doctor?s prescription, you cannot perform yogic postures without a qualified yogi,? say experts.
Published on Jun 12, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
The ball ditched her...
SOCCER TURNS some into millionaire. But, there are many who have the other side of the story to share. Farzana Khan was known as lightning-fast forward on the football field. She had represented Uttar Pradesh in National Games not only in football but also in hockey, kho kho, basketball and athletics. But, soccer didn?t make her a millionaire. In fact, she doesn?t know how her three children will get proper education. This leaves her more injured than the stroke that left her paralysed on the field.
Published on Jun 10, 2006 12:02 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Few find CM?s lollipop sweet!
ONLY 2.5 PER cent of the total registered unemployed youths have evinced interest in the Chief Minister?s unemployment allowance scheme. He is going to inaugurate the unemployment allowance scheme by distributing the same to the unemployed youths of the city on June 16.
Published on Jun 07, 2006 12:00 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
CMO gives LMC two days to clear water-logging
THE CHIEF Minister?s Office (CMO) has shot off a letter to Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) mandarins directing them to take immediate action to clear the water-logging in the city within two days and report back. Taken aback by the water-choked city with only pre-monsoon showers, the CMO directive states that the LMC must take initiative to clear water-logging in the Government Colony in front of Bhootnath Market, Indira Nagar B-block and report back. Reacting to the CMO letter, LMC officials blamed ?unplanned development? for water-logging.
Published on Jun 06, 2006 12:00 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Sweeper wannabes to face interview
YES, FOR the first time Safai workers would be appointed after an interview. The LMC has formed a committee for the appointment of safai workers. Can you sweep well? How long can you sweep? Many such question may be asked by the selectors to pick the right sweeper.
Published on Jun 03, 2006 12:08 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
No compensation, for he died a day too late
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED Ram Dulari has been running from pillar to post to claim compensation for the death of her brother Sarvan Kumar in an accident on Bakshi Ka Talab Road along with six other persons on January 20. Sarvan was the sole bread earner of his family and was the driver of the taxi hit by a speeding roadways bus (UP 42 D-1941) on Sitapur Road.
Published on Jun 02, 2006 01:24 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
Zero tenancy makes LMC biggies sit up
THE OFFICIALS of Lucknow Municipal Corporation are baffled with zero tenancy in the self-assessed houses and are planning to launch a verification drive soon. The LMC may slap a fine from Rs 1000 to Rs 30,000 on the guilty owners. It may be recalled that the Lucknow Municipal Corporation provided the facility of self-assessment to the residents three years ago.
Published on Jun 01, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Who?s responsible for child prostitution?
They have been forced to opt for the world?s oldest profession ? prostitution ? in their spring. Most of them are not aware of the danger of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Discarded by their family members, lovers and even husbands, they have nothing to fall back upon.
Published on May 31, 2006 01:25 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
Please, don?t demolish Love Lan
PANICKED BY the LMC move to demolish unsafe Love Lane buildings, the traders have shot off a letter to the corporation chief to put off the move and help them get the buildings repaired under an expert eye instead.
Published on May 31, 2006 12:13 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
LMC faces question of ?life and death?
THE BIRTH and death registration wing of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is not maintaining proper records. The issue came to light during a surprise inspection of the municipal commissioner here on Thursday.
Published on May 26, 2006 12:26 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
LMC to take ice-cream bulls by horn
THE LUCKNOW MUNICIPAL Corporation is planning a joint crackdown against ice-cream mafiosi hawking substandard candies around the city without proper licences, quality ingredients and standard norms.
Published on May 22, 2006 01:00 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
LMC fires structural consultant
THE LUCKNOW Municipal Corporation (LMC) bosses spent Saturday in damage control, firing structural consultant Colonel SR Prasad for having issued a safety certificate for a giant hoarding that collapsed from atop a house rooftop in the Friday thunderstorm while, an explanation has been called from the Inspector-Publicity (Gomtinagar area).
Published on May 21, 2006 12:17 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Tree guards fetch LMC good green!
THE CITY has 3,050 tree guards?officially. Sources in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) say that the number could be as high as about 15,000. For the LMC, these tree guards make good business sense. Through the business of making the city environment-friendly, the LMC earns about Rs 8 lakh?officially. Unofficially, the figure could be much higher.
Published on May 20, 2006 12:09 AM IST
None | Manish Chandra Pandey & Anupam Srivastava
Ganj is safe, claims LMC engg wing!
THE LIST of unsafe buildings released by Lucknow Municipal Corporation?s engineering department has put bosses into a tricky situation.
Published on May 19, 2006 12:12 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Monsters come alive!
ROOFTOP MONSTERS haunt Ganj shopkeepers once again after the Love Lane incident, with LMC bosses getting down to a damage control exercise. A majority of shopkeepers demand the LMC to remove all rooftop hoardings to ward off any such incidents in future.
Published on May 18, 2006 12:15 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
A nightmare
THE RESIDENTS of South City feel ditched, dumped and duped by the private builder. But, they can?t do anything about it, except living with all odds?-nullah for sewer system, potholes for roads, fluctuations for power supply and dirty drops for water.
Published on May 15, 2006 12:39 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Their li?l stars
Here?s what the proud mothers say about three young achievers of the city:
Published on May 14, 2006 12:18 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
LMC plans to shift site of slaughterhouse
THE LUCKNOW Municipal Corporation has decided to shift the site of its slaughterhouse and carcass plant to Salempur Patwara village on Hardoi Road. Earlier, it was decided that the slaughterhouse would be set up at Shahpur Bhamrauli near Para village.
Published on May 13, 2006 01:03 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
MNCs to take up the broom for LMC
VERY SOON city will see MNCs jostling with local contractors to bag clean-up work from the LMC. The corporation has already dispatched letters to the MNCs from Columbia, Australia and the USA to participate in the tenders scheduled between May 18 and 28. These companies have evinced interest in segregating waste, cleaning and brooming of roads, clean the drains lesser than 65 cm in diameter, lift the silt from drain, cut grasses and bushes, dispose of animal carcasses.
Updated on May 13, 2006 03:45 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
LMC officials working as contractors!
KEEPING UP his battle against LMC-contractor nexus, municipal commissioner VP Singh warned his officials against floating fake tenders to claim money. In fact, the LMC boss was surprised to find that even corporation officials were floating tenders as contractors for already completed works. This was causing additional revenue loss to the LMC. He has ordered an office probe to identify such officials.
Published on May 12, 2006 12:02 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Traders give LMC nightmares!
ABOUT 60 per cent city traders don?t have PFA (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act) licences and are yet selling cold drinks, thanks to the trader-mafia nexus weighing heavy on them. Four attacks on Lucknow Municipal Corporation squads by traders in 20 days are enough to tell what?s scared the LMC sleuths nowadays.
Published on May 11, 2006 12:09 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
They wake up to collect water at 1 am
There ARE some areas in the city where Lucknowites stay awake or set the alarm for 1 am just to collect a bucket of water! Residents of Shakti Nagar, Indira Nagar and Brahmpuri areas near Jugauli have no option because the Jal Sansthan supplies water to localities after midnight. Similar is the case in some Old City mohallas of Moulviganj, and Rakabganj.
Published on May 10, 2006 12:01 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava
Dirty water in posh localities
FIVE POSH city colonies will take a glass of water with a pinch of salt, as 14 out of 15 samples taken from these localities were found unfit for consumption by a joint team of LMC, Jal Sansthan and CMO?s office.
Published on May 06, 2006 12:49 AM IST
None | Anupam Srivastava