Patiala’s river of sorrow yet to be tamed
Lakhs of villagers living alongside Ghaggar accuse politicians of failing to curtail floods, pollution Each time any election approaches, lakhs of villagers living alongside the Ghaggar in Patiala are
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State’s power generation up by 700 MW
Chief Minister inaugurates Rajpura plant unit; availability now exceeds last year’s peak demand Inaugurating the first unit (700 MW) of the 1,400 MW Super Critical Rajpura Thermal Power Station, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today declared Punjab "the only power surplus state in the country".
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Patiala farmers up in arms against acquisition
Govt says will pay compensation as per new policy, but Sidhuwal residents refuse to buy it Farmers and the district administration have locked horns after the state government’s decision to hasten land acquisition in Patiala villages ahead of the new Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013, which comes into force from January 1, 2014. Hundreds of farmers in the four villages of Patiala are up in arms against the Punjab Government’s recent decision to acquire their agricultural land to raise another urban estate in Patiala.
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Finally, Patiala MC gets land for waste disposal plant
Chandigarh, November 24: Ending the controversy over allotment of land for disposal of waste in Patiala, the gram panchayat of Dudhar village has handed over 20 acres of land to the Patiala Municipal Corporation.
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Cracker pollution was down in Punjab this Diwali
Thanks to little campaigns by kids in schools, dissuading public from bursting crackers during Diwali, Punjabis kept their promise not to paint the green Diwali black this year. The upper limits of
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CCEA nod to Rs 3,000-cr road-widening projects in Maharashtra, Punjab
The government on Wednesday approved the widening of highways in Maharashtra and Punjab, which entails investments of over R3,000 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the four-
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Once a lifeline, Ghaggar now a perennial pollution source
Once a lifeline for villages situated along its course, the Ghaggar has in recent years turned into a perennial source of pollution in the district. As untreated waste continues to be discharged unabated
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954 patients in Punjab; Ludhiana, Patiala worst-hit
Dengue is spreading its tentacles in Punjab. More than 500 cases of dengue have been confirmed by the state health department after the monsoon receded in mid-September. On an average, about 16 confirmed
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Punjab to hold second round of farmers' suicide survey
To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up to March
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Land forcibly acquired for sewage plant: Farmer
The Punjab Government seems to be in a rush to lay the stone for a Rs 40-crore sewage treatment plant (STP) in Neelpur village tomorrow, though the district administration is yet to complete formalities