Plan in place for waste treatment plant for Gurgaon
Providing a ray of hope to the residents of Gurgaon, Haryana Government has promised to build a modern solid waste-treatment plant at Bandhwari village, along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road.
Providing a ray of hope to the residents of Gurgaon, Haryana Government has promised to build a modern solid waste-treatment plant at Bandhwari village, along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road.
Ambala: Ammonia gas leaked from a pipeline here on Friday causing panic among employees of a milk plant. Around six employees of the Vita milk plant were affected by the ammonia gas and were admitted to local hospital, official sources said here. A number of people of the adjoining colonies complained of the effect of the gas on their eyes.
Remote sensing satellites will be used by the state Government for monitoring drought in the state.
The purpose of the small-scale A/R CDM project activity are: to earn carbon credits from growing of trees to be planted, under the CDM provisions of Kyoto Protocol; to help in mitigation of global warming by planting trees for sequestration of atmospheric
Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd has increased the maximum credit limit of good pay masters from Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 lakh. A spokesman of the bank said this credit limit has been enhanced in case of crop loans. The spokesman added that a target has been fixed to advance crop loans amounting to Rs 2,760 crore. it would include Rs 2,550 crore as cash and remaining in kind.
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today sealed eight gravel screening cum washing plants it had been unable to close down despite repeated notices since five years.
The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) of the Central Government has approved power development schemes of Rs 93 crore for seven districts
Kiran Choudhry CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Minister of State for Tourism, Kiran Choudhry, was divested of the Environment portfolio on Tuesday. According to an official spokesman, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will look after Environment now.
Chandigarh, November 20 : After receiving a wake-up call from the Punjab and Haryana High Court for not keeping a check on meat industries in Dera Bassi, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today submitted a draft policy introducing significant changes in its functioning.
The otherwise-illuminated Central Plaza Mall in Gurgaon
Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB) regional officer (Gurgaon region) Dr C V Singh said the Board had issued four notices to the mall owner, one Vijay Dixit.
Haryana Women and Child Development Department will implement a new scheme to curb anaemia among children, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers. The state Government has allocated Rs 10 crore as one time Central assistance for the current financial year.
With the aim to bring 20 per cent of the total land under forests by 2020, the Haryana State Forest department has proposed a Resource Management and Livelihood Project to the World Bank for funding. The project has been approved by the Government of India and approval from the World Bank is expected soon.
New Delhi: An animal rights activist has moved Supreme Court alleging that he has been implicated in criminal and wildlife violation cases by the Haryana Government, which should instead be taking action against former cricket Test captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi in the
Komal Amit Gera / Chandigarh November 10, 2008, 0:16 IST Unaffected by the global meltdown, but still in a shambles. This is the plight of the small industries engaged in manufacturing polythene carry bags in Chandigarh.
In a move fraught with serious repercussions for the already critical ground water levels in the south and southwest districts in Delhi, Faridabad and Gurgaon, the Central Ground Water Authority has decided to permit boring of new tubewells for domestic purposes in these regions on the condition that the area deputy commissioner be intimated 10 days before work is to start.
This report is the outcome of a study undertaken to understand the principles of what has worked and what has not worked in Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) which is the national programme on reforms in rural sanitation launched by the Government of India in 1999.
Studies done by scholars like Narayanan (2008), Vijayanand (2008) and Sharif (2008) show that in spite of many limitations the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has become a women's programme. Narayanan and Vijayanand have restricted their study to one state each only, but Sharif has studied seven states.
Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers Neha Sinha Posted: Oct 27, 2008 at 2334 hrs IST NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26 : In a first-of-its-kind move, Project Elephant has released funds for setting up rescue and rehabilitation centres across the country to accommodate ill or ageing working elephants.
Haryana has the potential to save 25 to 30 per cent of the energy used in the agriculture sector by making the existing tubewell system energy efficient. This was said on Sunday by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam MD Vijayendra Kumar, who added that 170 lakh units of electricity can be saved on daily basis by making the tubewells energy efficient by upto 20 per cent.