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 …
Alleging improper distribution of canal water among the consumers, farmers from Gumjal in Abohar tehsil have created an artificial barrier at the tail-end of the Malukpura minor canal near the village. The farmers are sitting on dharna since January 1 and have declared that until the government gives them "proper" …
Chhat (Banur), January 3 Thousands of migratory birds have flocked the lake at Chhabtir zoo this winter much to the pleasure of bird watchers and nature lovers. Field director Tushar Kanti Behera at the Chhatbir zoo said the lake had become the winter home for migratory birds that had taken …
With no word on successor of General S F Rodrigues (Retd), officials put major policies, decisions on backburner With uncertainty at the top in the UT Administration
The first rain of the winter season brought big relief to farmers in the region. Crops were being damaged due to frost and lack of irrigation for the past few weeks. Farmers of Kandi area in Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Gurdaspur and Ropar districts were the happiest, as this region has hardly …
Five persons, including a Chandigarh resident, died of swine flu in city hospitals in the last 24 hours. Rajan Kumar (52), who lived in Sector 30, became the eighth city resident to die of the virus. Kumar died in GMCH, Sector 32, late on Tuesday night. Doctors said the patient …
Putting an end to a three-month-long wait, 14 low-floor buses reached Chandigarh late on Monday evening. These buses are expected to hit the roads within ten days. By February, the remaining 86 buses will be delivered by Tata Motors.
Fifty-five cases of swine flu (H1N1) have been reported at the Western Command Hospital, Chandimandir, since the spread of the disease in this part of the region. According to the hospital authorities, majority of those infected were serving soldiers, with 11 patients being family members of armed forces personnel. However, …
Former head of the landscape wing of Chandigarh and Punjab, H S Johl, has written to Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh asking him to depute a team to investigate and resolve certain environment issues pertaining to Chandigarh. In his representation, Johl has also highlighted threat to Sukhna …
The objectives of this industrial policy are: To sensitize the administration to the needs of the industries; To create congenial environment for the development of tiny, micro, small & medium enterprises; To evolve an appropriate mechanism so as to promote industrial growth in the right perspective paving way for sustainable …
Punjab farmers are facing an acute shortage of seeds for newer varieties of wheat. Barely 40 per cent of the total expected area under wheat cultivation has been sown but now farmers in the state don
This past fortnight has witnessed as many as 42 fresh cases of H1N1 in various city hospitals affecting several children and docs After the last surge in Pune, H1N1 is beginning to gain what some experts believe could be a precursor to epidemic proportions in the Union territory of Chandigarh. …
Chandigarh The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over the maintenance of seven green belts in different sectors to private contractors. Tenders for green belts in sectors 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 7 and 17 have already been invited. At present, the civic body maintains 49 green belts and …
Water is becoming a scarce natural resource and there is an urgent need to conserve it, says minister for water resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal. In conversation with Yeshi Seli, he points out that the objective of his ministry is to act as a catalyst in sensitising people on the need …
Computer based programming models are useful analysis tools to understand the watershed planning cum management problem and to find solutions through the best management practices (BMPs) and bio-engineering measures.
Chandigarh BY 2025, India will be in deep water crisis, said experts at a seminar on water scarcity organised by Universal Rationale Genre of Exponents (URGE) on Thursday. URGE president S K Gulati said:
