KRIBHCO and HURL want new plants at Gorakhpur and Indo Rama one at Jagdishpur, with a third at Shahjahanpur; the Centre is expected to decide within a month as India imports a quarter of its urea.
FisheriesUttar Pradesh says fish production rose from 6.29 lakh to 15.90 lakh tonnes in eight years after it leased more than 80,000 hectares of Gram Sabha ponds and 2,205 km of rivers for fisheries.
EnvironmentHeavy rain on 25 and 26 September flooded parts of Uttar Pradesh, killing 56 people, damaging 1,021 houses and cropland, and killing 107 livestock by the government's count.
