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 …
Delhi is proving to provide growing investment opportunities, as the per capita income in the metropolis has almost doubled to over Rs 1.16 lakh during six years till 2009-10, reveals a study by an industry chamber. Only Goa and Chandigarh show better statistics in this respect. Income inequalities continue to …
A unique cost-effective water purification plant run on solar energy and installed by a Canadian company would be formally commissioned at Saila Khurd in the Doaba region of Punjab tomorrow. Though the technology used in the plant has been developed by a Swiss scientist, it has been brought to India …
Mild tremors were felt in Kashmir valley and many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh this evening. The tremors, lasting a few seconds, were experienced at 5.30 pm, officials said. The epicentre of the quake was somewhere in Hindukush mountains in Afghanistan, they said.
‘They love their drinks, mobile phones' On an average, a Delhiite earns Rs.1.16 lakh a year, owns 2.5 mobile phones, watches nearly two movies annually, gets a supply of 50 gallons of water each day and consumes over a case and quarter of liquor in a year. These are some …
New Delhi: The world might have been busy discussing depressing economic news these last couple of years, but for Delhi the consumption splurge just didn’t stop. Delhi added 1 crore more mobile connections during 2010-11 and the city consumed over 1.63 crore cases of liquor and beer in 2010 alone. …
Chandigarh: “Environment should be an agenda for Punjab’s upcoming assembly elections and both the parties should make a commitment to save natural resources and environment of Punjab”, said Umendra Dutt, Executive Director, Kheti Virasat Mission, during a two-day multilogue on socio-political response to environmental toxicity, health, agriculture and ecological crisis …
With the city witnessing a slew of protests over garbage disposal, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday urged the Municipal Corporation to start the process of segregating waste from a Sector as a pilot project to meet the growing garbage problem. He was …
Mayor Ravinder Pal Singh Pali on Sunday warned that if the functioning of the Garbage Processing Plant at Dadumajra does not improve it would be shut down. He said new equipment—a dryer that would burn the garbage at 1000 degrees— is being installed at the plant and it is expected …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government today enhanced the subsidy on drip and sprinkling irrigation from 75 per cent to 85 per cent for small and marginalised farmers. The state government has also decided to provide over 1,000 priority tube well connections to farmers engaged in this kind of irrigation. According to …
The Municipal Corporation will be holding meetings with hotel owners and grain market members for segregation of garbage at source in order to tackle the problems being faced in solid waste management in the city. The waste from the hotels and grain market is in large quantity and comprises of …
A local court, on Friday, served a notice to Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s commissioner, mayor, deputy commissioner and to JP group in connection to the poor-functioning at the garbage plant in Dadumajra and emission of toxic chemicals from the plant. The notice has been served by Judicial Magistrate Gurpartap Singh. The …
As many as twelve deers at Chhatbir Zoo have died over the past five months, with the latest death being reported on October 10. However, no inquiry has been marked in this regard as the officials claim that each of the deaths has been due to natural causes. The average …
The residents of Dadu Majra got glamorous support on Tuesday in their ongoing agitation against the stench emanating from the garbage processing plant, when they were joined, albeit for a few minutes, by actress Kirron Kher, who belongs to the city. Like her screen performances, this one was equally power …
During the past 18 days, Chandigarh has witnessed an upsurge in the number of dengue cases reported from different hospitals, both within the city as well as the region. While the total number of cases of dengue from the city has risen to 16, the number of cases from neighbouring …
Garbage plant: Chain hunger strike at Dadumajra Chandigarh: The members of the Resident Welfare Association of Dadumajra on Thursday started a chain hunger strike against the functioning of the Garbage Processing Plant and dumping ground. An effigy was also burnt by the residents. The residents demanded that a solution should …
While the New Lake in Sector 42 is filled up using water from tubewells, the rainwater is being allowed to go down the drain. The UT Administration has made no provision for using rain water to fill the lake. The New Lake, inaugurated in 2008 by the then UT Administrator …
For once, the people of Chandigarh would regret earning more. As a latest study by doctors from prestigious institutes in the country including PGIMER has revealed a high prevalence of diabetes among the rich in the city. The study, published in a prestigious medical journal called Diabetologia, reveals that the …
Chandigarh's reputation is taking a smelly beating. A lot of stink is being raised – environmentally and politically – over the city's experiment with a solid waste processing plant set up by a leading private company to deal with the city's garbage. The stink from the garbage processing plant, being …
New figures for diabetes prevalence in India indicate that the epidemic is progressing rapidly across the nation, reaching a total of 62.4 million persons with diabetes in 2011. Phase one results of the Indian Council of Medical Research – India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) Study have provided data from three States and …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has blamed the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh for having failed to “plug the discharge” of polluted water in N choe, a rained rivulet. A status report was filed today by the PPCB during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning the issue, …
