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 …
The UT health department has recorded 82 positive cases of dengue so far, more than a six-fold increase from the number recorded by the department last year. “So far this year, 82 cases have been tested positive in Chandigarh,” said Dr Anil Garg, nodal officer for national vector-borne diseases control …
Dengue has started tightening its grip around Punjab with as many as 296 confirmed and 1,108 suspected cases surfacing in different parts of the state. The first suspected ‘dengue-related’ death of one Amritsar-based patient three days back has sent alarm bells ringing across the state health department. The department authorities …
The Chandigarh administration has received the approval of installation of 10MW solar plants in the city from the central government for two years. In its climate change action plan, UT officials revealed that of the total consumption, 39% electricity is consumed by the domestic sector followed by commercial, which is …
Punjab government has bagged the top position in the country for achieving highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power generation during the 2014-15 financial year. Chandigarh took the second spot in the same category. Chandigarh also got second position in the country for constructing a green building for …
As many as 100 schools across the district will be getting lessons in environment conservation under the Microsoft Create to Inspire School in the district. Launched by PAHAL, NGO, in association with Microsoft India, the programme will see the students of 40 government and 60 private schools in the district …
Survey commissioned by Ministry of Urban Development The slip in the city’s ranking from the top to 21 in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has raised question on the solid waste management system of the City Beautiful. The performance was judged 10 months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the …
CHANDIGARH: More than 100 fish were found dead, floating on the surface of a man-made lake at Dhanas on Sunday morning, putting aquatic life under severe risk. Local residents said they had observed dead fish in the water for the past one week. Even as the dead fish have not …
With the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy revising the solar power generation target of the UT from 30 to 100 MW by the end of 2022, the UT Administration has decided to install solar plants alongside Patiala Ki Rao, a seasonal rivulet. The Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology …
Aimed at boosting employment and motivate medium and small industries in the city, Industrial Policy 2015 was released today. Governor of Punjab, Haryana and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Kaptan Singh Solanki today released the industrial policy for the Chandigarh city here. The policy was formulated by the Department of Industries after …
Generators not installed despite recommendations from F&CC; “Lack of vision and planning” by officials of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is resulting in a water crisis in the city. This can be gauged from the fact that there are no generators for power back-up at 238 tubewells in the city even …
With the mercury and humidity levels rising, which are conducive for the growth of bacteria, more and more city residents are falling prey to diarrhoea and gastrointestinal infections. Going by the daily registrations at the general medicine OPDs in city government hospitals, at least 25 new cases of such infections …
Diesel-operated vehicles, mainly auto-rickshaws (5,471 registered with city), are the main source of higher level of RSPM (Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter) in the city. This was revealed in the ‘State of Environment Chandigarh-2014’, a report prepared by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee. UT Adviser Vijay Kumar Dev released it today. …
CHANDIGARH: With both Punjab and Haryana given their consent to bring 40 million gallon daily (MGD) additional water from Kajauli to Chandigarh, the MC has finally prepared a detailed agenda item to submit Rs 98 crore to Punjab government as it will bring pipeline from Kajauli to Jandpur village near …
Only 20 persons applied for NOC needed for connectivity to sell power Though Chandigarh has been declared a model solar city, its residents are not showing much interest in offering rooftop of their houses for installation of solar energy panels. According to sources, certain private players have launched some ‘lucrative’ …
Contaminants found in samples ranging from milk to spices to packaged water Not only commonly sold food items like milk products, desi ghee, tea, spices like turmeric, chillies and black pepper, but packaged water also have high adulteration levels in the state. The adulteration percentage in these food products has …
CHANDIGARH: As currently, the scarcity of potable water remains one of the major problems in the city, mainly during the summer season, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) reveals a shocking fact, the groundwater level of the City Beautiful has drastically gone down in the past one decade. This has …
Chandigarh has 9.75 lakh registered vehicles for a population of 10.55 lakh. Apart from this, the floating population of vehicles is around 1 lakh. On World Environment Day, there is mixed news for Chandigarh. Although the air quality of Chandigarh is better than that of adjoining cities, the level of …
The only project proposed and approved by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation following the controversial study tour of councillors and officials to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands last year has failed to take off. In September last year, the MC house had passed a proposal to implement a pilot project for …
Road, accident, accident-prone, road to railway station, pedestrians, chandigarh news, city news, locla news, chandigarh newslineThe main road leading to the railway station is the most accident-prone area for apedestrian where nine peopledied from 2010 to 2014, according to the UT Traffic Police’s road accident analysis wing. This is followed …
CHANDIGARH: Decentralized solar energy and power-efficient appliances are the answers to India's power woes, said Ashok Jhunjhunwala, an Padma Shri award-winner and IIT-Madras professor who gave a lecture on the campus of PEC University of Technology, here on Thursday. The lecture - titled 'Towards Next-Gen Powering of Indian Homes: Capitalizing …
