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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Kasaniya Vs State of Haryana dated 27/04/2023. Grievance in the application was against failure of Nagar Parishad Sirsa, Haryana to manage solid waste in village Bakriyanwali, Sirsa. It was stated that earlier an integrated waste management plant was set …
The order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Kumar Bansal Vs State of Haryana dated 28/07/2020. The issue for consideration was the remedial action against unscientific handling of solid waste at Dabwali, district Sirsa, Haryana. A report was filed on July 15, 2020 by the state …
One more death has occurred due to suspected dengue in Sirsa even as 32 confirmed and 149 suspected cases of dengue have come to the fore in the past two days in the district. With the death of Pawan Kumar Godara (42) in a private hospital yesterday, the death toll …
Cotton crop in the state is under serious threat as the attack of whitefly that hit the crop after the onset of rain has assumed alarming proportions. Unable to control the pests even after the use of insecticides, more than 10 farmers from Gorakhpur and surrounding villages of Fatehabad had …
The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for the delay in the payment of compensation to farmers in Bathinda and Sirsa after acquiring their land for the defence forces. A Bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu disposed of a batch petitions filed by the Defence Secretary in 2010, challenging …
The district authorities in Sirsa have announced that village panchayats that work towards conservation of drinking water will be awarded. Sirsa Deputy Commissioner Nikhil Gajraj, who presided over a meeting of officials today for improving supply of drinking water to people in the district, also issued a toll free number …
Politicians may have flashed the `development' card while campaigning, but a recent study reports that 80% farmers in the state are reeling under debt.The study shows how nearly 80% farmers in Haryana are actually living below poverty line if one goes by the World Bank's definition of “moderate poverty“ that …
Green Tribunal had directed Forest Department to maintain status quo The Haryana Forest Department seems to have finally admitted what an inquiry conducted by an IAS officer in Sirsa had indicated and what an NGO that moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the department’s move of felling trees through …
An inquiry report into the allegations of irregularities and misappropriation of funds in the auction of trees by Sirsa Forest Division in Kalanwali range of the Haryana Forest Department points towards a massive cover-up of illicit felling of green trees. The report of the inquiry conducted by the then Ellenabad …
SULTANPURIA (Sirsa): Not a single vote was cast in two polling booths in Sultanpuria village as 1,900 voters boycotted elections over non-fulfillment of their long-pending demand. For the past 12 years, villagers have been demanding a water canal for irrigation purpose but no political leader has taken any initiative in …
The authorities in Sirsa will construct 14,193 toilets in private houses, schools and anganwadi centres at a cost of Rs 14.49 crore under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. The district authorities have already released funds for this scheme. Shiv Prashad Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, addressed heads of schools, anganwadi centres …
The Haryana government has approved Rs 1.09 crore for increasing the capacity of the solid waste management plant at Bakrianwali in Sirsa. The plant presently has a capacity of 50 tons per day (TPD) and it will be increased to 75 TPD, said J Ganesan, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa. He said …
Bacteriological tests on samples of drinking water, taken from diarrhea-affected locality of Ellenabad town, have revealed that the water being supplied by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department was unfit for human consumption. Dr Pramod Sharma, in charge in the Community Health Centre, Ellenabad, said out of the eight samples …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haryali Welfare Society Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/11/2013 regarding allegation that the Respondent State (Haryana) was allowing felling and sale of trees by auction inviting tenders from the private contractors which was contrary to the Order of …
Haryana government's move to dispose of fallen, dry and standing trees through private contractors has come under National Green Tribunal's scanner as the panel in its interim order has asked to avoid felling of standing trees in forest areas of Sirsa and Palwal districts. In its order on Thursday, the …
An application has been filed before the National Green Tribunal against Haryana Government’s invitation to private contractors for felling and removal of trees in forest areas, which is in violation of Supreme Court orders and provisions of the National Forest Policy. Admitting the application, the tribunal issued notices to the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought responses of the Centre and Haryana government on a plea against felling of dead or dry standing trees through auction by inviting tenders from private contractors. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and …
The cotton crop in Haryana is under the worst attack of whiteflies and Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCuV) this year. Earlier, Ferozepore and Abohar in Punjab and Ganganagar in Rajasthan used to be the centre of attack. According to Dr Dalip Monga, principal scientist and head of the Sirsa regional …
With an aim to cultivate crops with less use of water in Haryana, a sum of Rs 90 crore has been approved during the current financial year under National Mission for Micro Irrigation. The Micro Irrigation Systems have received overwhelming response and are becoming very popular among farmers, an official …
The Supreme Court has scoffed at Haryana's land acquisition policy under which authorities had acquired a fully operational industrial unit and its land for setting up an industrial estate. A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjana P Desai quashed acquisition of the land on which the industrial …
