Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Amidst opposition from the area residents against the location of the solid waste management plants in the state, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Punjab government to operationalize the four plants at the earliest. The waste management plants have been marked for Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Bathinda. While, …
To ensure the segregation of waste at the point of generation itself, the company engaged by the Municipal Corporation (MC) has distributed dustbins of two different colours in residential areas but no such effort seems to have been made in market places. A visit through the city roads reveals that …
In a new set of instructions for private diagnostic labs and hospitals, the Health Department has asked them to inform its officials about the arrival of any new dengue and malaria patient at their centres. Health officials said information about dengue and malaria patients from private medical establishments would help …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 29/06/2017 regarding delay in Amritsar STP project. NGT expresses its displeasure on the working of Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Project Proponent who have failed to discharge …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of of Court on its own motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 20/06/2017 regarding functioning of the STP at Amritsar. NGT notes that the bacterial culture and the chlorination processing plant which is said to be now at the slab stage, …
“When we were deciding upon the design for Punjab Natshala in 1998, I wanted to make it stand out as an eco-friendly and energy-efficient structure,” says Jatinder Brar, patron, Punjab Natshala and playwright. Today, it is setting an example by becoming an eco-friendly building in the city and using green …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 29/05/2017 regarding delay in Amritsar STP project. The affidavit filed by the Project Proponent as well as the State of Punjab states that that there are certain deficiencies which are …
The observational mobile station for air quality monitoring reached Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) here today where it was received by Director, Research, Prof Tarlok Singh Banipal. The mobile unit will assess the pollution levels in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The monitoring of seven cities had started from Chandigarh after …
Following the trend in metropolitan cities, the Municipal Corporation Amritsar has installed solar panels on traffic lights in the city. The solar panel-equipped lights on various locations have started functioning. Initially, the authorities have installed the solar panels only on single light poles. The traffic lights are equipped with a …
Contrary to previous studies indicating poor air quality around the Golden Temple, the air pollution monitoring system has found that air quality is good in and around the shrine. The state-of-the-art Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station, set up by the central and state pollution control boards, has released the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sampuram Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 18/10/2016 regarding municipal solid waste management of the city of Amritsar, Punjab. NGT notes that STP which was expected to be operational much earlier (31-05-2016) has taken no effective shape to …
A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today failed to take any samples from the record room located underground in the district court complex to check the air quality. An advocate and RTI activist, Prabodh Chander Bali, had written to the PPCB to check quality of air as …
The Municipal Corporation (MC) is planning to install solar panels on unipoles for providing eco-friendly advertisement infrastructure in the city. Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora has instructed advertisement cell of the MC to prepare a proposal to get approval from the government. Officials of the MC are expecting that the government …
Six months after the Municipal Corporation held a special training-cum-workshop with C Srinivasan, director, Indian Green Services, for its staff and officials, the promise of replicating the successful Vellore model devised by Srinivasan in solving the city’s waste disposal woes seems bleak. Just as the civic body claims that the …
After initial enthusiasm in enforcing the ban on the use of plastic bags, the Municipal Corporation seems to have forgotten its orders issued in April this year. While a few shopkeepers were issued challans for using polythene during the first few days of the ban, almost every shopkeeper can be …
Majithia inaugurates nine projects in state with total capacity of 10 MW The state today achieved a solar milestone with the inauguration of the country’s second largest single rooftop 2 MW project here besides the inauguration of eight other projects with a total capacity of 10 MW by New and …
Operating without licence, many illegal centres thrive on city’s roadsides in worn-out vans The recent arrest of three youths have brought the focus back to the illegal air pollution check centres thriving in the city. While the District Transport Department seemed to be incapable of keeping a close watch on …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already banned the plying of diesel auto-rickshaws because they create excessive air pollution with poisonous smoke emitting from them. However, the Punjab Government has failed to do their bit in encouraging auto-rickshaws to operate by using compressed natural gas (CNG). In the absence …
The Minister made this announcement on Sunday when he laid the foundation stone of one Megawatt solar power plant at the Amritsar Railway Station. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that in the near future, solar panels would be installed in all railway buildings across the nation. The Minister …
Despite efforts by the traffic police, a large number of auto-rickshaws plying on city roads has led to traffic snarls across the city. It was in December last year, following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, banning the registration of diesel auto-rickshaws in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar, …
