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 …
The Union ministry of non-conventional & renewable energy has in-principle agreed to set up an ultra mega solar power park With the inauguration of a four-megawatt (Mw) solar power plant at Boha on Wednesday, Punjab took a giant leap towards realising its dream of becoming a solar state. Inaugurated by …
Collapse of canal system much to blame, applications for tube wells mount With the century-old canal system collapsing, farmers are being forced to draw more and more groundwater for irrigation. Owing to sheer apathy of the authorities, a number of canal distributaries in Amritsar and Tarn Taran have not received …
Former Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh who was recently elected as MP from Amritsar, on Wednesday warned the State government and district administration against indiscriminate cutting of trees in the “holy city” under the pretext of widening the roads for putting in place a bus rapid transport system. “I am …
The urban development ministry on Monday approved three new projects worth Rs 28,000 crore for Punjab under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission. The move is expected to give political mileage for the Congress party, which is trying to make a comeback in the state currently ruled by …
The Union Government has approved a sewerage treatment plant and water supply scheme in Amritsar and integrated municipal solid waste management facilities in Ludhiana under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The total approved cost of the sewerage project in Amritsar is Rs 8,927 crore. The Centre will bear 50 …
Border fence has divided the land mass between India and Pakistan but not the environment. Not only the toxic fumes and pollutants dots the skies of both Amritsar and Lahore but the fast depleting underground water has posed a grave danger of coming water crisis in both the cities. "Both …
Thanks to little campaigns by kids in schools, dissuading public from bursting crackers during Diwali, Punjabis kept their promise not to paint the green Diwali black this year. The upper limits of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), the major pollutant during Diwali, remained significantly lower as compared to last Diwali. …
It has been a year since Varanasi associated itself with the Green Pilgrimage Network but it is yet to start working on the project. The India chapter of the Green Pilgrimage Network (GPN) was launched on October 15, 2013 in Hyderabad, which was organized by the International Council for Local …
Even as the state government is planning to make Amritsar a world-class city, it has miserably failed in the primary task of providing safe drinking water to its residents. With no sewage treatment plant, the residents are forced to consume unsafe water and endure the foul smell emanating from the …
The storm that lashed the region last evening has taken a toll on the paddy crop in Amritsar and neighbouring districts with reports of lodging of crop received from several places. Gurnam Singh, a farmer from Umarpura village, is shattered. Talking to The Tribune, he said his entire paddy cropm …
Punjab government is taking all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling system as 173 hospitals working under Punjab Health Systems Corporation have implemented it in the state, a government spokesman said on Sunday. These hospitals have entered into a contract with the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility …
3 killed, 37 hurt in Chandigarh area Power outage in region At least three persons were killed and scores injured after high-velocity winds slammed parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh this evening. Power supply was severely affected in the region. An old building in Ludhiana that collapsed following Sunday’s squall. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court On Its Own Motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 11/09/2013 regarding groundwater pollution caused by textile and the electroplating industries in the State of Punjab.
After a second review of the functioning of the Punjab Cancer Rahat Kosh Scheme, at least two more hospitals are to be removed from the list of approved hospitals because of deficient services. At least 19 of the 36 hospitals approved earlier were de-listed in April this year. At the …
Amritsar, July 29: Despite directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to check the menace, illegal sand mining continues unabated in Ajnala sub-division of the district. The activity is not only causing environmental degradation but also affecting the movement of the BSF along the India-Pakistan border. Concerned over the …
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed e-auction of minor mineral quarries in 19 districts of Punjab. Division bench comprising Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice G S Sandhawalia passed the orders on a petition filed by Chandigarh resident Brinder Singh Dhillon. The petitioner had alleged that the state …
60 cities found to generate staggering 3,501 tonnes a day The Supreme Court today directed all major municipal corporations across the country to file status reports on their management of hazardous plastic waste estimated at a staggering 3,501 tonnes a day in just 60 cities. A Bench comprising Justices GS …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was tabled in the Vidhan Sabha today, points out lacunae in the execution of works under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna. It says that notification for acquiring land for roads had been delayed. This had had serious fiscal implications …
Industrial units in Punjab continue to discharge untreated effluents in open drains and water channels even though the state government has been campaigning for a greener Punjab. The lackadaisical approach of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in taking stern action against the industrial units flouting the norms is one …
In 2009, a government survey had counted 7,738 people living with cancer across Punjab. Now that a fresh survey has counted 23,874, over three times as high, the government has acknowledged the need to identify the causes and tackle what is clearly a menace. "Fresh studies will have to be …
