Affidavit by Chief Secretary to government of Haryana in compliance of directions of the National Green Tribunal, October 10, 2022. The matter is related to illegal mining in Aravalli hills of Gurugram, Mewat and Faridabad districts. The NGT, October 10, 2022 noted that there is lack of proper communication and …
Affidavit by Chief Secretary to government of Haryana in compliance of directions of the National Green Tribunal, October 10, 2022. The matter is related to illegal mining in Aravalli hills of Gurugram, Mewat and Faridabad districts. The NGT, October 10, 2022 noted that there is lack of proper communication and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Sorout Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 08/03/2021. Grievance in this application was against the operation of M/s. Mewat Bricks Co. and M/s. Bhai Bricks Co. in violation of environmental norms. The court directed a joint Committee …
GURUGRAM: Only eight brick kilns in Gurgaon and neighbouring Mewat district have put in place eco-friendly zig-zag technology so far, after the authorities banned polluting traditional kilns in September. Officials at the regional office of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said they had received applications from the owners of …
MEWAT: At a time when the state government is working towards making Haryana malaria free, Mewat district has reported 1,138 confirmed cases till July 31. What's worse, the district health department does not have enough personnel to deal with the situation, and has been forced to ask health department staffers …
GURGAON: In a first-of-its-kind survey on the population of wildlife in and around Gurgaon, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has found healthy numbers of 15 species — including leopard, hyena, jackal, wolf, civet, porcupine, nilgai and chinkara — in the Aravalis. Interestingly, sources said, the survey that started in …
As many as 6,581 cases of malaria have been reported from the state till now. Over two third of these cases have been detected in Mewat alone followed by Yamunanagar, Palwal and Bhiwani. A total of 4,388 patients suffering from malaria belong to Mewat district which recorded 6,600 cases last …
The number of malaria patients in the state has gone up to 2,400 in the last three months. Of these, 50 per cent cases have been detected since the start of the monsoon. As many as 10 confirmed cases of dengue have also been detected in various districts. Like last …
GURGAON: Before finalising the definition of 'forest', which is likely to end the ambiguity whether large tracts of Aravalis are forest or not, union minister of environment and forest (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar will conduct an aerial survey of Aravali in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mewat districts of Haryana on Monday. The …
Gurgaon: Around 51,000 hectares of land in Haryana have been classified as natural conservation zones (NCZ) by the state's five NCR districts, more than double the 22,000 hectares marked in the first draft that drew criticism and was rejected. The fresh draft has also put another 11,000 hectares of land …
The infant and mother death rates continue to shame Haryana with 8,862 newborn deaths registered since July 31. The data is based on the Maternal Infant Death Reporting System (MIDRS) tabled before Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently at Chandigarh to chalk out strategies to extend the reach of medical …
Efforts being made by the local health authorities notwithstanding, Mewat district remains infested with malaria-causing mosquitoes. In all, 1,448 cases of the vector-borne disease have been reported in the district this season so far. The number is around four times more than the last year’s figure. Malaria outbreak has claimed …
Malaria scare has gripped Mewat as more than 35 deaths have been reported in the district in one-and-a-half months. Punhana block is the worst hit. As per the district Health Department, 449 cases of malaria have been reported so far. Of them, 262 are from Punhana. In villages, Hathan Gaon …
Showing zero tolerance to public servants who allowed illegal mining in the Aravalli Hills despite a ban in place since 2002, the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to penalise such officers posted in the three districts of Mewat, Gurgaon and Faridabad during the past five years. The Forest Bench of …
MEWAT: City police came under attack from the stone mining mafia on Monday after a gang engaged a police party in Lohinga Kalan village of Punahana. This is not the first time the cops have been brazenly assaulted by illegal stone miners. A deeper look into the issue of stone …
Blames skewed sex ratio for rampant trafficking of women into state for forced marriages A report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has blamed Haryana’s skewed sex ratio for large-scale trafficking of girls from other states for forced marriages and ‘bonded’ labour into the state. The …
Most districts of South Haryana have fared poorly on the sex ratio, final population figures of Census 2011 for the State released on Wednesday have revealed. The sex ratio has gone up from 861 in 2001 to 879 in 2011, but it is still less than the all-India sex ratio …
The 2011 Census has brought both good and bad news for Gurgaon. The fast developing city, according to census figures, has the highest literacy rate and the worst sex ratio in the state. The data shows that Gurgaon has a literacy rate of 84.7 per cent, followed by Panchkula at …
Disinterest of Haryana in the girl child is very pronounced and the Census data, released today, vouches for its ‘notoriety’. The child sex ratio in the age group of 0-6 years has been pegged at 834 girls for 1,000 boys in the state, the lowest in the country despite an …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that the state government has decided to implement a new scheme for development of water bodies in the state. Under this scheme, Kotla lake in Mewat would also be developed and the stored water would be utilized to irrigate fields by the …
The Haryana Government has forwarded a Rs 666.6 crore Mewat canal project to the Central Water Commission for appraisal to supply water for irrigation and drinking purposes in Mewat. An official spokesman here today said while there was a plan to construct four dams on the Ghaggar river and its …
