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 total number of cases of malaria reported in the city this season has reached 50 and the Health Department has indicated a further rise in the number in the next few weeks in view of expected showers. Till now, the number of cases has been quite under control in …
Advisor to Administration (UT), K K Sharma, inaugurated a 50 KW solar photovoltaic power plant on the rooftop of the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, on Tuesday - the school's Eco-club day. With this, GMSSD, Sector-46, has become the first government school in Chandigarh to posses a solar …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gurbinder Kaur Brar and another Vs Union of India and others dated 22/07/2013 regarding acquisition of land for Phase-III of Chandigarh Technology Park.
Administrator gives approval, UT Administration invites objections from residents The Chandigarh Administration has finally prepared the draft master plan for Chandigarh, 2031. After the approval of UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil, the Administration has now invited objections from the public. City residents can file objections within 30 days. The draft …
Five years after it was first conceived and a year since its approval, Chandigarh officially became a Model Solar City on Wednesday after Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah launched the project with the inauguration of two rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants: one at Paryavaran Bhawan …
Urban Development Ministry had asked UT to introduce tax in congested areas to ease traffic In a relief for city residents, the municipal corporation (MC) has decided not to impose congestion tax in the city. In March, the Ministry of Urban Development, in a letter to the Chandigarh Administration, had …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today accorded sanction to 280 tube wells at a cost of Rs 108 crore for the kandi region to overcome paucity of irrigation water. Presiding over a meeting of the Irrigation Department, the Deputy CM said the SAD-BJP Government was committed to develop agriculture and …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today approved a multi-level robotic car parking system in congested commercial areas of all corporation towns. Accompanied by Chuni Lal Bhagat, Local Bodies Minister, the Deputy CM today reviewed the infrastructure requirements of various local bodies, especially cities with corporations. He said the parking …
The rising number of vehicles in the city and deterioration of air quality is fast becoming a cause of concern. These have been highlighted in the State of Environment Report of Chandigarh, 2012, prepared by the ENVIS Centre under Department of Environment, UT Administration. The land use pattern of the …
The pilot project of the Municipal Corporation for providing 24x7 water supply will get underway, with the Administration giving approval for construction of an overhead tank. The project will be started at Mauli Jagran. The discussion on the project and several other issues took place at the co-ordination committee meeting …
Cities are creaking under their own weight. And heat. In Surat, for instance, parts of the city with dense concrete jungles swelter at temperatures 5 degrees higher than the city’s greener parts. This phenomenon, of parts of a city having higher temperature than the remaining areas, is called an ‘urban …
To develop Mullanpur, now New Chandigarh, as a city of excellence, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has begun an exercise to modify its master plan. The developing town has been renamed as New Chandigarh by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in a meeting of the Punjab Regional and …
About 62% of metropolitans in the high-income-group bracket buy organic, an increase of 95% in the last five years. There has been a major shift towards organic products, especially fruit and vegetables in the metropolitan cities as about 62 per cent of metropolitans in the high-income-group bracket buy organic, an …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of People for Transparency through Kamal Anand Vs State of Punjab & Ors regarding hazards of municipal waste collection and disposal dated 24/05/2013.
With the only government-run production unit for yellow fever vaccine in Kasauli out of order for nearly two years, most authorised vaccine centres in the country are fast running out of stock. This has prompted the Ministry of Health to issue advisories allowing prospective travellers to purchase the vaccine from …
One person dies of Tuberculosis every minute in India. The problem is equally severe in Chandigarh and adjoining areas where the prevalence of Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDRTB) is as high as 9%, as per the research conducted by the doctors of PGIMER. The study was conducted by Dr Sunil …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday directed the two states to provide 40 labourers and a JCB machine each for paving way, so that there is no impediment in water reaching Sukhna Lake. Also, Chandigarh Administration will give 15 labourers for this purpose. The High Court had, on the …
In a significant development, the UT Administration today agreed to reduce the stretch of the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary to less than 2.5 km. The UT has to declare and submit the report on the ESZ to the Ministry of Environment and Forests before May 15. …
An earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, struck the city on Wednesday afternoon. The epicentre was Jammu-Himachal Pradesh border and tremors were felt across north India and in parts of Pakistan. Tricity residents rushed out of their homes and offices as it was felt for a few seconds around …
Absolute Number Of Cultivators Has Fallen First Time In Four Decades, Stands At 119m New Delhi: There are now nearly 9 million fewer farmers than there were in 2001, the first time in four decades that the absolute number of cultivators has fallen. Census data released on Tuesday shows that …
