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Lucknow to soon get its first Bio-gas plant

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Lucknow: The city is a step closer to getting the compressed biogas plant which will convert cow dung into energy, fuel and fertilisers.

A 150-tonne capacity plant will be set up at Kanha Upvan – cattle shelter home. For this purpose, an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed among Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), Bharat Biogas Energy Ltd and JBM Renewable Pvt Ltd at Raj Bhawan on Tuesday.

As per the agreement, the civic body will give 7.5 acre land on to the private companies to set up a fully automated plant with production capacity of 15,000 cubic metres of biogas every year. As a by-product, 20,000- 30,000 tonnes of organic fertilizers and 1-1.5 lakh litre of liquid fertiliser will also be produced here annually. Kanha Upvan has about 10,000 cattle whose dung will be used for production of biogas and fertilisers.

The process to set up the plant has started with the MoU and the deal will be finalised after getting a green signal from the state government. The initiative will reduce dependence on petrols and diesel and protect the environment, besides helping in increasing production of crops. LMC will use the products itself and also sell in the market for revenue. The income will be shared with the private partners, said city mayor Sanyukta Bhatia, who was present on the occasion.

The idea of such a plant was first mooted by the LMC in 2014. However, it got wings after the governor, Anandiben Patel, motivated the civic body to go for it following a presentation on biogas made by the Bharat Biogas Energy Limited in Raj Bhawan recently. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was also present during that presentation. Acting on the advice LMC prepared a report.

Experts say cow dung is a major source of biogas, which is an environment-friendly biofuel that is naturally produced from the decomposition of organic waste. The digester in a biogas plant converts chemical compounds in dung into biogas which can be used as a source of energy like heat, electricity and fuel.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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