Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Moderate to heavy rain during the past 24 hours in almost all parts of this region has brought smiles back on the faces of the disappointed farmers of Punjab and Haryana. They were saddened by the absence of a good widespread spell of rain in the region since the beginning …
Ambala: The thermal power projects in the state are likely to be hit by coal constrains, making it difficult for Haryana Power generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) to run the newly installed thermal units to their full capacity. A special report prepared by the working group on power under the Ministry …
Yamunanagar/Ambala: Haryana has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab. Haryana has been making daily short-term power purchases of about 330 lakh units. This despite the fact that at the onset of this financial year, the state government had announced that there would be no power …
Heat-related death toll reaches 48; rain in North India brings temperature down Showers in most parts of North India brought the mercury down on Wednesday providing relief to the people bearing the brunt of the heat wave even as the toll due to scorching weather in West Bengal peaked to …
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has decided to install web cameras in highly polluting industrial units to control pollution. The project, which is being coordinated by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), will be implemented in distilleries on a pilot basis and extended to other industries later, official sources said. …
Ambala police have arrested eight people and confiscated their vehicles under a special drive against illegal mining in the rivers flowing in Ambala. It is alleged that those arrested hail from Saharanpur (UP) and had come to Ghaggar river with trucks and tractors and started filling their vehicles with sand …
Supreme Court has ruled that States and Union Territories can now grant leases for mining minor minerals in less than 5 hectares or renew them only after prior approval from the MoEF. Supreme Court order dated 27-02-2012 (SLP (C) No. 19628-19629 of 2009 on illegal mining. See Also Report: Impact …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Deepak Kumar Vs State of Haryana & Ors dated 27/02/2012 regarding quarrying in the river beds of Yamuna, Tangri, Markanda, Ghaggar, Krishnavati River basin, Dohan River basin etc and extraction of minor minerals.
While the Union Government gets ready to prepare and implement the national River Regulation Zone (RRZ) notification to prevent encroachments along the rivers and floodplains, it should issue an ordinance under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, making any such act illegal and punishable, the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, a non-government …
Agitated farmers from Naggal, Ambala, held a demonstration against the laying of gas pipeline through their fertile land on Monday. The landowners held a rally the New Grain Market in Ambala City, where protesters alleged that the farmers of Haryana were being discriminated as they were not being given rates …
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the implementation four-laning of Yamunanaga-Panchkula section on National Highway-73 in Haryana, on Thursday. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has already floated an e-tender for the four-laning of the 104 kilometer NH from Yamunanaga to Panchkula. With the approval of the Cabinet Committee, …
in conservation of environment as well as leads to sturdier roads, is catching up in the northern region after a successful initiative by the Himachal Pradesh government. Waste plastic material, including carry bags, are sorted, cleaned and shredded and then mixed with bitumen to be used in road construction. Experiments …
The Haryana government has decided to auction minor mineral quarries in the state and grant short term permit for the same for a period up to December 31. Auction for minor mineral boulder, gravel and sand quarries in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts will be conducted in the office …
District Magistrate S P Srow stated that Flood Relief Centres had been set up to meet any eventuality occurring due to a flood-like situation here today. Last year, there was a flood-like situation in the catchment areas of rivulets passing through Ambala district during the rainy season. The administration, under …
The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has taken a major step in automation of metering and billing (AMR) of 3,200 high tension industrial consumers in the command area of the Nigam. The area comprises the following districts: Panchkula, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Jind. …
The recent auction of mining rights in Haryana witnessed a unique phenomenon. According to sources in the trade, politicians, cutting across party lines and individual differences, joined hands to successfully bid for the mining rights. The auctions, from which the the government earned more than Rs 250 crore, were held …
The Haryana Government has earned over Rs 230 crore from auction of mining rights in seven districts. The figure is likely to touch Rs 250 crore when mining sites in Mahendragarh district will be put up for auction tomorrow. The auctions in Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Faridabad and Bhiwani …
