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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

No industrial township on fertile land, says Hooda

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Thursday that fertile land in six villages close to Ambala City will not be acquired for setting up a model industrial township. Hooda announced this while addressing a deputation of the state Youth Congress in his Chandigarh residence. The delegation was led …

Soon, four-lane corridor from Kotputli to Rohtak

It will connect NH-8 at Kotputli in Rajasthan to NH-10 in Rohtak, shortening the distance by 75 km, while providing an alternative route to skip Delhi Haryana has decided to provide the

Selja seeks CMs intervention on waste management project

Ambala: Union Tourism Minister and Ambala MP Kumari Selja has taken up the matter of the solid waste management project near Ambala City, that has not been working properly, with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The project was set up at Patwi in 2008 with a cost of Rs 12.5 …

Dow AgroSciences blacklisted for bribing

Govt Says Dow Chemicals Arm Bribed Govt Officials To Push Three Pesticides Into Indian Market THE Centre has blacklisted Dow AgroSciences India for five years for bribing government officials to expedite registration of three pesticides in the country. The order to ban Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of US-based Dow Chemicals, …

Flood situation in Haryana worsens

Yamunanagar, Ambala districts worst affected National Highways 73 and 73A still closed Faridabad faces flood threat CHANDIGARH: The flood situation in Haryana turned grim on Thursday with Yamunanagar and Ambala districts worst affected due to heavy rain in the region for the past two days. Official sources said nearly 100 …

Ambala faces flood threat again

CHANDIGARH: Flood alert was sounded on Thursday in Ambala and Yamunanagar districts of Haryana as the Tangri river was flowing over the danger mark. Some villages were inundated with nearly four feet water and residents were evacuated to safe places, official sources said here. They, however, added that the situation …

Ration shops to go hi-tech

AGRICULTURE minister Sharad Pawar has launched smart cards in Haryana and Chandigarh as a pilot project aimed at streamlining the public distribution system (PDS). Smart cards will replace paper cards and the subsidised ration bought at fair price shops (FPS) will be recorded online. The smart card will have biometric …

Rivers in spate, many Ambala villages still under water

Following rains in Himachal Pradesh, the Markanda river and other seasonal rivulets which were flowing below the danger point, are now in spate. Seven persons, including three women, were swept away by the raging waters in the recent flash floods, but were all rescued alive. Crops in the catchment areas …

Sulabh International chosen for cleanliness drive in twin towns

The Ambala Municipal Corporation (MC) will secure the services of Sulabh International for carrying out sanitation work in the flood ravaged twin towns of Ambala. The work of cleanliness would be handed over to the agency specialised in sanitation for two months on experimental basis which might extend on pretext …

Rs 87 crore released for relief: Central teams visit on July 19

Chandigarh: The Haryana government today released Rs 87 crore to various departments for repair of infrastructure damaged during the recent floods and for other relief measures in the state even as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced the conversion of short-term cooperative loans worth Rs 201.21 crore into medium-term loans …

Manali, Ambala cut off as roads go underwater

Chandigarh: Within two days of the first monsoon showers, northern India was reeling under the impact of sharp downpours, with parts of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh flooded and arterial highways connecting Delhi to northern towns either blocked by swirling waters or threatened with inundation. Haryana

Army out in flood-hit Ambala, Kurukshetra

Rajesh Ahuja CHANDIGARH: The Army and a 100-member team of the National Disaster Management Authority along with the State Government have launched relief and rescue operations in the flood-ravaged Ambala and Kurukshetra districts of Haryana where over 100 villages and urban areas have been affected. Many train passengers were stranded …

Bottled water firms are not worried

Leading packaged drinking water brands such as Bisleri, Bailey and Man- ickchand Oxyrich don't expect Ms Mamata Baner- jee's plans to sell cheap bot- tled drinking water to rail- way travellers to eat into their sales. However, indus- try experts feel that if the plans to set up six clean …

Ambala gets Rs 100 crore for development

Ambala: Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja yesterday said the government had sanctioned Rs 100 crore for the Ambala parliamentary constituency under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Modernisation Mission. Laying the foundation stones of various development projects in Ambala City and Ambala Cantt costing around 1.25 crore yesterday, she said Rs 37 …

Industrial waste polluting handpumps, say villagers

Waste liquid material from chemical and pesticide factories in Mandhor village, close to the city, has started polluting the village handpumps. A few villagers met officials of the Haryana pollution Control Board at Panchayat Bhawan today. The chairman of the board addressed a meeting of panches and sarpanches on the …

3 months on, NREGA workers yet to get wages

A large number of poor families in Ambala are yet to get the payment for their work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act even though three months have passed. As per the guidelines under the scheme, it is mandatory that the payment to the labour be made every fortnight. …

Irrigation project for Ambala

The Haryana government has proposed a project to provide irrigation facilities in Ambala district and the adjoining areas. The proposal has been sent to the Central Water Commission for approval. This was disclosed today by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while addressing a public meeting after inaugurating Rajiv Gandhi Government …

Dadupur-Nalvi canal first phase inaugurated

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday hit out at political parties which had been making the Dadupur-Nalvi canal project their poll plank and even included it in their election manifestos but on coming to power forgot all about it. This was the reason why the project was …

Nigam acts to rectify power problem

Ambala: Taking note of The Tribune story

Gas leak causes panic in Ambala

Ambala: Ammonia gas leaked from a pipeline here on Friday causing panic among employees of a milk plant. Around six employees of the Vita milk plant were affected by the ammonia gas and were admitted to local hospital, official sources said here. A number of people of the adjoining colonies …

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