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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 …

Mizoram hydel project set to secure VGF from Centre

A hydroelectric power generation project in Mizoram is set to secure viability gap funding (VGF) from the Centre. This would be the first such instance in the country. The funding for the power plant is likely to be approved at a meeting of the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) …

Flood-hit farmers to get Rs 12,000 per acre

The Haryana Government has decided to give financial assistance of `12,000 per acre to those flood-hit farmers, who have suffered substantial loss of land due to landslides and change of course of rivers during floods in 2010. Announcing this here today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said out of this …

Rain, hailstorm damage crops

Sonepat: A number of villages in Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai and Gannaur blocks of the district were lashed by hailstorm for around 10 minutes, causing damage to standing crops and hampering the work of harvesting and thrashing of wheat crop. The wheat stock brought by farmers to mandis also got wet. …

Haryana plans R300-cr spend on healthcare

Chandigarh: Haryana health minister, Rao Narender Singh has said that government plans to spend R300 crore to provide better healthcare facilities in government hospitals during the next financial year as against R107 crore being spent during the current financial year. The minister was interacting with media persons at Hansi on …

Jairam intervenes, water plants back in action

Chandrawal and Wazirabad WTPs resume operations after pollution levels in Yamuna receded on Tuesday night; CPCB to submit report. Operations at the Capital

Haryana plants dump sewage in Yamuna

With the state governments of Delhi and Haryana passing the buck about high pollution levels of Yamuna, a team of activists associated with the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), a civil society group fighting to conserve the Yamuna river system found that most of Haryana's sewage treatment plants (STP) are not …

Rs 15.30 cr okayed for flood-affected areas

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved Rs 15.30 crore under the special package for the flood-affected areas for civic bodies of Bhiwani, Kaithal and Sonepat districts. An official spokesman said here today that under the special package for the flood-affected area scheme, Rs 40 crore had been earmarked …

Water, sewerage facilities for 14 towns

Chandigarh: The state government has approved detailed project reports, totalling Rs 959.20 crore, for providing water and sewerage facilities to 14 towns in the first phase. Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Public Health Engineering Department said the towns to be covered under the project were Ambala city, …

Decks cleared for Delhi-Panipat high-speed train

The Haryana Government has given its nod for the India’s first high-speed train project, after a high-level meeting held at Chandigarh under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda recently. The Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat Corridor is going to benefit the people of Panipat, Gannaur, Sonipat and Delhi in a big way, …

Animal husbandry govts priority: CM

Sonepat: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the government was committed to promoting animal husbandry to make it one of the major sources of employment and income for the people of the state. He was addressing the 22nd biannual sammelan of the Diploma Veterinry Association organised at Rishikul Vidyapeeth …

Govt to set up food tech & management institute

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said on Tuesday that the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) is being set up on 100 acres of land at Kundli in Sonepat, Haryana. The institute will cater to the needs of all stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, industry, …

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 …

PPP mode to get central aid

Power transmission in the state has entered a new phase with everything ready for the first-ever transmission project in the country with viability gap funding (VGF) by the central government. The project will be the first in Haryana with VGF in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The Bid Evaluation Committee …

Common metro network for NCR cities proposed

Feasibility Study For System, DPRs For 2 Lines Ordered New Delhi: Much on the lines of the high-speed rail links between European cities, the National Capital Region (NCR) may soon get a common metro system covering Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and UP. The government has ordered a feasibility study for the …

The Card Reads You

After three years of soul-snuffing treatment at the local ESI hospital for acute breathlessness and body pain, Jagdish, a factory worker from the Rai block in Sonepat district, Haryana, finally had enough. Egged on by a neighbour, the 52-year-old mustered up the courage to visit a private cardiac care hospital …

78 towns in Haryana to have sewerage treatment plants

Abhijit Prashar | Chandigarh The residents of as many as 78 towns of Haryana have reasons to cheer, as the State Government is planning to put in place proper sewerage treatment plants for them in a phased manner. Irrigation Minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav said the move is aimed at …

H1N1 toll up in Sonepat

The number of swine flu cases in the district has gone up to 16 as results of 26 samples from Delhi labs are awaited. Civil Surgeon Dr JS Punia said out of the 100 samples sent to Delhi, 26 had tested positive. Timely detection and proper treatment of positive cases …

Akshay Urja Park opened

Gurgaon: The state government has fixed tariffs for purchasing electricity generated from renewable energy sources and signed an MOU with private investors for generation of 215 MW electricity with an investment of about Rs 1,000 crore. This was revealed by PWD and Irrigation Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav in the …

Pollution checking centres raided

Sonepat: A special checking team led by district transport officer Shiv Prasad raided several pollution checking centres (PCC) here today. According to Prasad, SK pollution checking centre on the Gohana road had the permit to check only petrol-run vehicles, but the centre owner was found issuing certificates to diesel-run vehicles …

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