Affidavit by Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), Chandigarh in OA No 911 of 2022 (Prof. Sanjeev Bagai Vs Department of Environment GNCTD). The NGT, December 5, 2023 had directed the authorities to file their replies regarding the aspect of protection of trees against illegal felling, pruning of trees, framing of …
Experts say UT should encourage e-rickshaws, cycles; boost public transport With Chandigarh to go car-free on February 28 for seven hours, environmental experts, while welcoming the initiative, say that much more is required to curb pollution in the city. In a meeting held Friday, the UT Administration had decided to …
Will start taking action after Feb 15; without consent, unit liable to be sealed The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has decided to seal industrial units, hotel and restaurants running without consent. They will be doing so without issuing any notice. DanishAshraf, Member Secretary, said the action would start from …
Nawanshahr: To highlight the issue of noise pollution during late night hours, two activists have submitted an application to the Nawanshahr deputy commissioner seeking permission to play loudspeaker outside his residence during night time. Activists Parvinder Singh Kitna and Jai Gopal Dhiman, who submitted the application to the DC, said …
More than 2,000 students from 26 states, seven UTs and three countries - UAE, Kuwait and Qatar joined Tricity residents in the Young India Walkathon. The walkathon was organized at Sukhna Lake by the department of science and technology, Government of India, in collaboration with Chandigarh University to create awareness …
The Environment Department, Chandigarh, has issued a list of officials empowered to impose Rs 5,000 fine on people violating polythene ban. The officials, authorised to issue challans are DC, SDMs of respective jurisdictions, director, environment, MC Joint Commissioner, inspectors of Medical Officer Health (MOH), Food and Supply Department and officials …
New replacements are non-woven bags, net bags, bags made out of newspapers AFTER THE UT Administration began implementing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning plastic bags in the city, traders seeking alternatives to polythene have settled on three replacements — non-woven bags, net bags, and bags made out of …
To promote non-conventional energy sources, especially in the local rural area, the Punjab Energy Development Authority (PEDA), has installed 1,400 subsidised solar lights installed in various villages of the district, here. Apart from that, 16 home-based biogas plants on subsidy rates have also been installed for the purpose. Giving details, …
According to the MC officials, they receive maximum complaints about polythene use from Apni Mandis. DESPITE THE ban on the use of polythene bags in the city by the Municipal Corporation, violations continue in Apni Mandis and many other places. The MC officials, however, say that they are implementing the …
Polythene bags were yet to vanish from the markets as the UT administration implemented the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to fine those found using or dealing with plastic material (bags, cups and plates) Rs 5,000 on the first day on Saturday. A reality check carried out by …
A large number of traders have plastic bags in their stock that they want to exhaust before the administration enforces the NGT order. Even as the Chandigarh administration has decided to enforce the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 on anyone found using …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R. D. Anand Vs. Chandigarh Union Territory Administration & Others dated 04/11/2015 regarding municipal solid waste management in the city of Chandigarh. The city of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula being excluded, generates 370 metric tons of municipal solid waste. There …
CHANDIGARH: Putting its weight behind the Smart City Project, city-based non-government organization Yuvsatta has written to the UT adviser in which it has sought proper cycle stands and tracks for proomoting a culture of cycling in the city. Giving the example of foreign countries, the NGO has said that all …
The official said letters had been also sent to sarpanches in the peripheral villages asking them to raise awareness among the people. With the first case of swine flu this year having been reported in the city, the UT Health Department will focus on creating awareness about the disease. UT …
While traders, schools, business houses and various NGOs had been promoting eco-friendly Diwali by holding anti-cracker campaigns in the run-up to the festival, levels of air and noise pollution exceeded the permissible limit on the Diwali night during the last four years. Though the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) is …
Pollution levels during Diwali remain an area of concern in Chandigarh. RESIDENTS OF City Beautiful have a reason to worry as the quality of air in the city has deteriorated, with the quantity of particulate matter being beyond permissible limits. However, they can take solace in the fact that the …
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has been working on the solid waste management quite hard ever since the city slipped in its ranking from top to 21in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The UT’s solid waste management and urban mobility is likely to get the touch of Copenhagen. Bhawna Garg, commissioner, municipal …
CHANDIGARH: The rising pollution level has prompted the UT administration to begin an exercise to study the pattern of Environmental Compensation Charge imposed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) on commercial diesel vehicles entering New Delhi, the first step towards the likely imposition of a similar green tax in the city. …
CHANDIGARH: Fortytwo companies across the country have applied with the Chandigarh Administration to provide equipment and machinery to install solar panels in the residential areas of the city, for which 80 residents of the city have come forward. The Chandigarh Administration - which has already kicked off the process to …
The number of dengue cases in the city rose to 357 on Monday. This is more than the number of cases reported in the last four years. Officials said on Wednesday, 23 fresh dengue cases were reported in the city, taking the total number to 357. The highest number of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R.D. Anand Vs. Chandigarh Union Territory Administration & Others dated 06/10/2015 regarding municipal solid waste management in the city of Chandigarh. NGT directs the Advisor to the Administrator, Chandigarh to file sector wise complete status report with regard to collection, …
