Order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of Bhisham Kinger Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to deteriorating medical infrastructure in Punjab, especially Malerkotla district. An affidavit filed before the court showed that certain vacancies of doctors at Malerkotla have …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding News item published in “Indian Express” Authored by Mallica Joshi Titled “All fiddle as crop stubble burns, farmers say solutions out of reach” dated 30/10/2018 regarding stubble burning in States of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs the Chief …
India, the world's largest groundwater user, withdraws about 230 billion m3 groundwater annually for irrigation. Excessive groundwater pumping in India leads to rapid groundwater depletion and CO2emissions. Here, using multiple data sources (observation wells and GRACE) to estimate groundwater depletion in India, as well as the associated chemistry and the …
As per the data available with nodal officer Dinesh Singla, who is Executive Engineer, PPCB, a total of 2589 fire incidents have been reported in Punjab this paddy season till October 21 in which Amritsar tops with 535 cases, followed by Tarn Taran with 494 cases. WITH JUST one-fourth of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Punjab Brick Kiln Owners Association Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 24/10/2018 regarding illegal brick kilns operating in Punjab. This appeal has been preferred against the order of the Appellate Authority under the provisions of the Air (Prevention and …
Have been deputed only to spread awareness, maintains Gurdaspur DC Alarmed at the orders of the Gurdaspur ADC (Development) to fan out into villages after school hours and ensure that farmers do not burn husk, about 300 school lecturers have approached their union. The teachers, who are to report to …
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is a major cause of air pollution not only in the two states but also in the national capital. Scores of paddy growers in Punjab and Haryana continue to defy the ban on stubble burning, claiming they are "compelled" to do so in the …
Sharp jump in crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana in last 10 days. New Delhi: Recent satellite images from the US space agency Nasa have revealed that farmers in Punjab and Haryana started burning crop residue earlier this month, thus raising the spectre of another smoggy winter for the national …
The Centre Thursday appealed to neighbouring states like Haryana and Punjab to work with full sincerity and responsibility in persuading farmers not to burn paddy stubble in order to check pollution. Union Environment and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre is monitoring the matter at all …
As many as 3,942 dengue cases were reported in the state from January 1 to October 10 this year. Of this around 159 dengue cases were reported in Phagwara. This was confirmed by Special Secretary, Health, Punjab, Puneet Goyal, and Sumit Sharma, an epidemiologist, after a meeting with Municipal Corporation …
Chandigarh: Brick kilns across Punjab would now not stop their operations as ordered by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) earlier. The board has asked all kilns to shut down starting month till January end next year. Their functioning will the prices of bricks and hoarding under check. These orders …
PATIALA: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) said on Saturday that vehicular and industrial emissions were the main cause of pollution in the national capital region (NCR) of Delhi, and not farmers in Punjab who burnt paddy stuble. PPCB member secretary Karunesh Garg, while releasing data on pollution in the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and the Punjab Plastic Waste Management Society (PPWMS) on Tuesday launched a five-year programme for effectively managing post-consumer multi-layered packaging (MLP) in the state. It was inaugurated by Environment Minister OP Soni and PPCB chairman Prof Satwinder Singh Marwaha, marking the fourth anniversary of …
Most farmer outfits have announced that crop residue would be set on fire to clear the fields. Experts said the problem would be compounded as the harvesting would be delayed, adding that advent of cold weather by then would make the situation worse. Manjit Singh, a 50-year-old farmer of Reona …
With around 2,500 confirmed dengue cases reported already, the state is in the severe grip of the vector-borne disease. Patiala, the home district of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Health Minister Brahm Mohindra and Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, tops the chart with 595 cases. It is followed by …
PATIALA: Incessant rains across the region have raised water levels in the Pong and the Ranjit Sagar reservoirs, improving the average generation capacity at these two hydropower stations. As on September 20, which under normal circumstances is considered to be the end of filling season for all reservoirs in the …
As paddy harvesting is nearing, Punjab has started looking for solution to crop residue burning problem and this time the state is hoping to tackle the menace through farm mechanisation, coupled with an aggressive awareness drive among farmers. Finding mechanised route as the most suitable answer to the problem of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Department of Mines & Geology Vs State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab dated 24/09/2018. The Department of Mines & Geology, State of Punjab has presented this Review Application under to review the Judgment passed by NGT dated 3rd August, …
PATIALA: The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has decided to revise the renewable purchase obligations for Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) till 2022 by inviting suggestions from stakeholders while formulating the new norms. As per Section 86(1) (e) of the Electricity Act, 2003, the PSERC is to promote …
With 28 fresh cases having been reported this season, dengue has spread its tentacles in the Corporation Town Phagwara. When contacted, Senior Medical Officer Phagwara Davinder Singh has confirmed that a total of 12 dengue cases have been detected positive. He said though it was a total failure of the …
India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic respiratory diseases and their trends over time is not readily available for all of the states of India. Our aim was to report the trends in …
