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CITY SANITATION PLAN BAREILLY
Media: A lot of Hindi Newspapers including Dainik Jagran, Hindustan, Amar Ujala, Aaj are printed in the
city. Various English Newspapers including the Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The
Economic Times can be found on the stalls at around 7 a.m. as they are published in the Delhi NCR and
sent to the city.
HT Media Ltd has recently come out with a printing facilities in Bareilly, printing of its Hindi newspaper
"Hindustan" starting October 10, 2009 and catering to the Rohilkhand area of western Uttar Pradesh
comprising of Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur and Badaun districts. They also plan to start
printing the local edition of their English Daily "The Hindustan Times" very soon.
The city also has its dedicated News Channel called the Alliance News Channel which broadcasts local
news at different slots throughout the day.
Agriculture: Corporate giant Hindustan Unilever has undertaken contract farming of rice in Bareilly and
Punjab and its success has ensured low-cost, better-quality produce for its products. The company now
plans to extend the experiment but feels an enabling environment in terms of agri-laws and
infrastructure facilities is required for the purpose.
Passport Office: The Passport Office, Bareilly was created in 1983 as a subordinate office of Ministry of
External Affairs under the supervision of Central Passport Organization. The issue of passport is a central
subject under the Indian Constitution and allotted to the Ministry of External Affairs, Initially Passport
Office, Bareilly was catering to the needs of residents of the State of Uttrakhand and 24 Districts of
Western Uttar Pradesh. Separate passport Office for the residents of Meerut, Aligarh and Agra Division
was opened in the year 1997 at Ghaziabad on bifurcation of this office. Again the office bifurcated and
another passport office at Dehradun was opened in June 2008 for the residents of the State of
Uttrakhand.
Today, this office deals with the issue of passport/travel documents to the citizens of 12 districts of
Uttar Pradesh i.e. Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Badaun, Moradabad, Rampur, Bijnor, Jyotiba Phule
Nagar, Firozabad, Kashi Ram Nagar, Etah & Mainpuri.
Electricity: In 2009, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) moved a step ahead in
implementing the franchisee system in the power sector of the state. Under the new system, private
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