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 …
a severe heat wave swept across the southern, central and northern parts of India in May. More than 1,100 people are said to have succumbed to the scorcher. In Andhra Pradesh, the unusually intense and prolonged heat claimed more than 1,000 lives. This prompted state chief minister Chandrababu Naidu to …
At last, after years of resistance, the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas has relented. On March 20 this year, Union minister Ram Naik announced in Parliament that toxic oxygenates
WHEN the Union ministry of urban affairs and poverty alleviation issued a notification on July 28, 2001, making rainwater harvesting mandatory in Delhi, it had inserted another clause that went largely unnoticed: a stipulation that all structures discharging 10,000 litres and above should incorporate wastewater recycling for horticultural purposes. Though …
in view of the economic hardship faced by the fishing community in Ropar district and the fresh inflow of water, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed an interim order lifting the ban on fishing in Sutlej river. Fishing activity along the 90-kilometre stretch of …
In a landmark decision, the SC directed the Punjab government to expeditiously construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to give effect to the Eradi Commission Award on sharing of river water between states. The SC ordered the Union government to take steps to construct the canal if the Punjab government …
considering the negative fallout from the decision to make shooting of wild boars and blue bulls legal, the Punjab Wildlife Preservation Department has cancelled all permits issued earlier to hunt these animals. Since the policy to issue permits to kill boars was implemented, wildlife conservationists have termed it as nothing …
with an aim to save vultures from extinction, a novel programme to breed these birds has been jointly launched by the State Wildlife Preservation Department, Haryana and Bombay Natural History Society (bnhs) at Bir hunting ground near Pinjore. Haryana Chief Wildlife Warden R D Jakati said quite a number of …
The entire transgenic cotton episode has exposed the weak underbelly of the government. Dragging its feet on a crucial issue has now landed the authorities in an inextricable mess. And has brought the world crashing around the poor farmers. It simply shows that not only can the powers that be …
there is no doubt that state pollution control boards ( spcb s) in India have failed to enforce environmental regulations, monitor and control pollution. A recent review of the spcb s conducted by the Programme Evaluation Organisation ( peo ) at the instance of Planning Commission corroborates this fact. peo …
the Punjab government has introduced reed-bed system ( rbs ), an ecofriendly way of treating sewage with the help of reed plants in Roorki village of Fatehgarh Sahib district. T he system is a specially engineered simulation of a natural wetland ecosystem for the treatment of sewage, sullage and industrial …
G lobal trade in coarse grains in 1995 was to the magnitude of about 132 metric tonnes (mt) and is projected to rise to 175 mt by 2005. About 80-85 per cent of this export originates from industria lised countries, where coarse grains are cultivated for animal feed. In Japan, …
That they are called coarse grains summarises their present status in Indian society. Go anywhere in the country, and you will see a marked inferiority accorded to
Paddy wasn't a familiar crop in Punjab. The state began rice cultivation just to feed the government's public distribution system (PDS), taking advantage of irrigation and price support system. This became the pride of the Green Revolution: rice in Punjab! The bubble had to burst, sooner or later. The paddy …
a proposal of the Punjab government to build a nuclear power plant in Darauli village of Patiala district has led to large-scale resistance from the residents of 25 villages of the district. The villagers have expressed concern about the environmental and health impacts that are likely to follow once the …
punjab farmers are protesting against a World Trade Organisation (wto) agreement that will come into force from April 1, 2001. According to the agreement, as many as 1,429 items from other countries would be allowed to enter the Indian market. These include nearly 300 items related to agriculture and allied …
rajasthan farmers will not get water for irrigation purposes after March 15, 2001. The state irrigation ministry has recently issued a circular to this effect. The decision will affect people living in six districts. The state government alleges that the Punjab government has reduced Rajasthan's share of water from the …
The Ramsar Convention of IUCN held in 1971 in Iran raised global awareness of the conservation and management of wetlands. Wetlands, the transitional zones that occupy an intermediate position between dryland and open water, regulate the flow of water and nutrients, thereby facilitating optimum functioning of the physical and biological …
