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 …
Diesel-run autos continue to operate despite ban I Vehicular pollution up manifold The air quality of the city is deteriorating causing a threat to the residents. Vehicles with the Pollution Under Certificate (PUC) continue to emit smoke, thus, the purpose of making the PUC mandatory to curb pollution seems to …
Aimed at ensuring clean air, water and unadulterated food Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday called upon the state industry to take appropriate steps to check pollution, while stressing the need for curtailing paddy cultivation to save fast depleting water resources. He was addressing a gathering during the launch …
Punjab Energy Development Agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa on Tuesday called upon to adopt clean and green energy and at the same time, energy saving through energy efficient materials or appliances. Randhawa categorised that 30 to 40 per cent energy saving can be achieved by implementing …
There needs to be a strict check on industrial units for any illegal borewells, and prevent these from being used for releasing waste water or industrial effluents directly in to the groundwater, in the absence of treatment plants. Though, the Punjab Pollution Control Board has announced a cash award for …
While the world is all set to observe World Environment Day on June 5, the city has been facing serious issues of air quality and depleting groundwater table. The tall claims often made by administration have fallen flat as no concrete step has been taken to address the environmental issues. …
Ludhiana: In order to finalize plans for rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah, officials have started their exercise around the drain after a special plan was announced by the state government. On 6 June, the chief executive officer of Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Corporation (PMIDC), Ajoy Sharma, is likely to visit the …
Cabinet also okays making financial frauds non-bailable The Punjab government on Thursday decided to grant mining contracts through progressive bidding, in a move that is expected to boost government revenue and curb illegal mining. The decision on re-auction of mines through progressive bidding was taken at a meeting of the …
With India staring at a looming water crisis, a new study on ‘water productivity mapping of major crops’ has called for putting a price on water used for irrigation to at least recover operating and maintenance costs of structures like canals. It has also called for an end to free …
Flays AAP for ‘cheap’ politics Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ordered a crackdown on polluting industrial units in the state, with stringent enforcement of laws and regulations governing the discharge of effluents into the rivers. His government will not allow pollution to affect the health of people at …
Going a step ahead of the Central Government’s ‘Fit India’ movement, the Punjab Government on Wednesday announced the launch of a ‘Tandarust Punjab’ mission to make it the healthiest state in the country with healthy people. In sharp contrast to ‘Fit India’, which is limited to Yoga as a means …
AMRITSAR: US-based NGO EcoSikh is planning to engage the Sikh community to plant a million trees around the planet to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. In a release issued on Tuesday, EcoSikh president Rajwant Singh said their goal was to reach out to Sikhs across the …
Growing of apple trees in plains is a high-risk venture, say researchers at Punjab Agricultural University Amid instances of successful growing of apple trees in the plains of Punjab, experts at Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University have a word of caution for farmers who are keen to take up this “high-risk …
The Cooperative Department has asked the banks to go slow on the recovery of crop loans from farmers, but speed up the recovery of non-farm loans availed by them as well as other borrowers. The decision comes in wake of hue and cry being raised by farmers and farm unions …
Farmers have decided to hand over keys of their tractors to the local authorities at Samrala in a symbolic protest over the rising diesel prices on Tuesday. BKU chief BS Rajewal said: “Diesel is one of the major inputs in farm operations and despite tall claims by the government, no …
Satellite images showing the highest number of stubble-burning cases in the holy city post wheat harvesting has set alarm bells ringing. As per a report of the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), between April 10 and May 22, a total of 11,005 cases of stubble burning were detected in the …
PATIALA: Despite the tough stance adopted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), various courts and persistent efforts being put in by state agencies to curtail crop residue burning, the Punjab farmers are still continuing with the practice. Last year, a total of 13,441 instances of stubble burning during the wheat …
Days after Kiri Afghana’s Chadha Sugar Mills entered troubled waters, the situation turned bitter for it with the Punjab Government slapping an unprecedented fine of Rs 5crores as “environmental compensation”, besides directing the company’s prosecution. This is the first-time ever that a fine of such a magnitude has been imposed …
CHANDIGARH: Patients coming to PGI’s emergency from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh had been prescribed antibiotics despite having no infection that required such treatment, according to a study conducted by PGI that was published recently in an international journal. “A study of antibiotic prescription pattern in patients referred to tertiary …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board to test samples of waters of the Beas and Sutlej rivers and the Budda Nullah and submit report on each of them to it within six weeks. AAP MLAs, including Leader of …
The complaint stated that there are very serious reports of grave and dangerous levels of poisonous pollution in the rivers, canals and drains has rocked the state of Punjab. Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira Wednesday said that that Justice Jawad Rahim, Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has …
