Chandigarh is among 25 states/UTs that failed to submit the action plan and may have to pay environmental compensation of Rs 1 crore. In a bid to make Chandigarh completely plastic-free, the Department
Mohali is facing a crisis Going by the amount of water being supplied in S.A.S Nagar, Punjab half of the town is parched. Worse still, the problem is likely to continue unless a separate pipeline,
The water we drink is not all that pure and we'll be better advised to think before guzzling down the cool liquid. Heavy metal particles in drinking water and in water used for irrigation are slowly
Deposits of heavy metals dumped by Ludhiana industry reach the human system through the Harike food chain, claims Surjit Singh Dhillon, the environmental scientist who has done research on this
First when it comes to per capita cars, first on the list of top ten cities of India as far as quality of life goes (Outlook) and now, all set to become tghe first city from Asia to feature on the
The continuing water shortage in Shimla has drawn sharp criticism from political organisation. Protesting the shortage of water, the left-oriented bodies here today staged dharna outside the
The Himachal Pradesh state government will soon put together a master plan to develop the Pong wetland of Kangra district declared as an international wetland recently economically. More than 1.15
The Queen of Hills has started to feel the heat of scorching summer. Water crisis has once again hit the capital town, and the Municipal Corporation, in order to regulate the supply, has started
Punjab Finance Minister Lal Singh stated that work on the Rs 12 crore project for digging and widening Tangri river had started in the district as a flood contol measure. He was addressing a public
Children who reside in neo-toxicant free area have better physical development compared to those who live in neotoxicant polluted area. This has been revealed by Sonika Chaudhary, a doctorate of
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced that a Rs 66 crore information technology and biotechnology park would be developed at Baran on the outskirts of Patiala town, Punjab to boost
