UPPCS GS-VIUP forest officials have proposed sterilising leopards in Bijnor, where a survey last year counted 444 leopards in affected areas. Leopard attacks in Bijnor and Moradabad have killed 11 people and injured 30 this year, and 92 leopards have been captured, the Indian Express reported on 18 October 2026. The State has sought the Centre’s view.
UPPCS angle: UPPCS GS-VI: human-leopard conflict in Bijnor and Moradabad, WPA 1972, conservation policy.
19 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VISauj Jheel in Mainpuri district was declared a Wetland of International Importance on 15 October 2026, making it Uttar Pradesh’s 14th Ramsar site. Mainpuri already has the Saman Bird Sanctuary, so it is now, in the words of PCCF (Wildlife) Anuradha Vemuri, “the only district in the country with two Ramsar sites”. UP’s Ramsar sites now cover 43,147.15 hectares.
UPPCS angle: UPPCS GS-VI: UP environment; Prelims: Ramsar sites and districts, State bird.
15 Oct 2026GS3 · Air pollutionEnforcement against polluting units starts before winter smog sets in.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP environment): Ghaziabad is a UP NCR district under CAQM jurisdiction.
26 Aug 2026GS3 · Air pollutionOn 25 August 2026 the Commission for Air Quality Management ran a special inspection drive in Loni, Ghaziabad under Operation Clean Air. All 28 industrial premises checked were non-compliant. Sixteen units were sealed by the UP Pollution Control Board with the district administration, and notices were served on others.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP environment): Ghaziabad is a UP NCR district under CAQM jurisdiction.
26 Aug 2026UPPCS GS-VOn 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet agreed to give 6 hectares of vacant usar (barren) gram sabha land near Saman Bird Sanctuary, Kishni tehsil, Mainpuri, free of cost to the Tourism Department for visitor facilities. Saman is a wetland and Ramsar site, home to the Sarus crane and many migratory birds.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: eco-tourism.
25 Aug 2026GS3 · Air pollutionAt its 29th meeting on 18 August 2026, the Commission for Air Quality Management approved Direction No. 102, phasing in curbs on new registration of diesel, petrol and CNG light goods vehicles in Delhi-NCR from 1 January 2027. LGVs are about 1.2 per cent of vehicles but 3.3 per cent of PM emissions. Direction No. 103 targets stone crusher dust.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP environment): Applies to UP NCR districts (Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Meerut etc.).
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