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 …
Chandigarh ConcretiSation in the city is having an adverse affect on trees. With a large number of trees increasingly being surrounded by concrete, the average life of a tree is reducing. On the basis of a report, the Administration has identified around 650 different sites in the city which have …
Reeling under a financial crunch and slump in demand for commercial space, at least two special economic zone (SEZ) developers have now approached the SEZ Board of Approval for withdrawal of their SEZs proposed in Punjab. These developers
Chandigarh: Water woes in Haryana have further deepened. As if deficient rainfall was not enough, the water table has registered a substantial fall of half a metre since last year while it has dipped by nearly three metres in certain pockets of the state. Though the water table has shown …
After the pink auto rickshaws called 'Tuk-Tuk', the city administration is now looking for a new avatar of cycle rickshaws. It has asked a university here to modernise the good old pollution-free vehicle and present it as an attractive option for tourists in the coming months. "Chandigarh administration has assigned …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Haryana Mining Commissioner and the Director, Department of Mines and Geology, to look into the allegations of illegal sand removal from Yamuna riverbed. The directions by the Division Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia follow …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the state government had decided to cover maize, bajra, cotton and arhar under the National Insurance Agriculture Scheme in the state during kharif-2009. He said the decision had been taken keeping in view the drought-like situation in the state. Hooda said under …
Shortage of Bajri, Sand All major road and other construction projects, including the four-laning of the Zirakpur-Kalka highway, have come to a halt. Not for the shortage of funds, but for the unavailability of materials like stones and bajri. The full impact of the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgement …
Anticipating 30 per cent rise in the number of H1N1 flu (swine flu) patients due to change of season, the Punjab government has started steps to check the spread of the virus in the state. Following the death of a student in Pune due to the virus, Punjab has issued …
Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory. The international climate change negotiations can be seen as an opportunity to create an …
Very soon the building of Punjab Mini Secretariat, Chandigarh, will be developed into the first energy-efficient building of Punjab. Disclosing the details, Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary, Science and Technology, said this building would be projected as an example of energy conservation which might motivate others. Elaborating on it, he said bids …
Differences between the Finance and Transport departments of the UT Administration have held up three major projects of public transport. The three projects
Chandigarh: The Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Department has launched a programme to train the village personnel and members of the Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) for conducting surveillance of quality of potable water being supplied to the villages. According to an official spokesman, the department has conducted over 922 workshops …
Chandigarh: Over 170.25 acres of declared forestland around Chandigarh is under unlawful construction by bigwigs, says a report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In the report placed before the Division Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, Punjab Additional Director-General of Police Chander Shekhar …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has announced Rs 100 crore for construction of toilets in villages of Punjab under the Rajiv Gandhi Pendu Jan Sehat Kalyan Yojna. Making this announcement on the floor of the House during question hour, Badal said
The pro-poor and pro-rural Budget has got a thumbs- up from farm economists, farmer leaders and agriculturists in the region. Hailing the Budget for its approach towards the
The Punjab State Forest Development Corporation will no more get the felling of trees done by engaging labour. Instead, the trees transferred to the corporation for felling will be sold by inviting tenders so as to generate more revenue and create employment opportunities for the youth. Increasing market price of …
The Chandigarh Urban Complex is poised for a higher growth in coming decades. The above problems are bound to grow in magnitude unless advance actions are undertaken now. There is an urgent need for significant improvements in the transport system including mass transport system keeping in view the long term …
Has Punjab been pushing itself deep in debt to keep its farmers afloat? Or is it paddy cultivation alone that has been pushing the state into a socio-economic crisis? An appeal by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to residents to bear with the tough measures taken by the government to …
