Prayagraj

The Supreme Court on April 20 stayed the Allahabad High Court's order of locking down 5 cities of Uttar Pradesh. The apex court announced the decision against a plea file by the state government challenging the high court's order. Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had ordered a closure of five cities - Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur - due to sudden spike in COVID-19 cases.

Kishor Fogla, a Mumbai-based entrepreneur, has developed 'Bhagwaanji' app to help devotees witness the ongoing Magh Mela via technology amid the pandemic. The app promises vast information about Hindu religion and various holy sites as well as online booking of puja, bhoj, VIP passes, prasad and priests. Kishor explained that devotees can also attend spiritual activities online besides learning about dharma-karma, puja, vrat katha, bhoj and… read-more

Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district plans to cover the state-run cow shelters with polythene sheets and provide cows with jute-bag jackets during winters. While the district supply department will provide jute bags from ration shops, the coat and other arrangements will be made by gram panchayats. The 113 cow shelters lying in rural areas, which will shelter around 13,000 cows, are supervised by panchayats. The veterinary department will… read-more

Under the Smart City Project, two city parks in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district will get a hi-tech solar tree that will generate about 0.5 KW of electricity. Reportedly, the state's first solar tree will be 8 metre tall and will exceed Canada's solar tree at Ontario by 1 metre, to become the "tallest" in the world. Currently, world’s largest solar tree with 11.5 KW capacity is installed in Durgapur, West Bengal.