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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Vs State of Punjab dated 01/11/2019 regarding use of inferior coal by M/s Talwandi Sabo Power Plant Limited resulting in pollution affecting the agricultural lands at Mansa, District Batinda, Punjab. The NGT directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board …
District Health Department providing Tamiflu tablets for free at civil hospital A sizeable number of suspected as well as confirmed cases of swine flu have surfaced in the district in the past one month. As per the records of the District Health Department, more than one hundreds suspected and four …
161 confirmed cases reported in district in the past 18 days The number of confirmed as well as suspected dengue cases in the district is increasing day by day. As per the records of the District Health Department, as many as 547 confirmed and over 1,400 suspected dengue cases have …
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 …
There remain misconceptions regarding farmer suicides. There is a need to set right these erroneous ideas based on scientific studies that have been conducted seeking to devise solutions to address the prevailing crisis of the peasantry in Punjab.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ruled out reversal of the government's decision to close down the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP), Bathinda, pointing to the non-feasibility of continuing operations. In a statement issued here, the chief minister explained the circumstances that led to the closure of the …
Lal Chand (85) from Burj Hanuman Garh village, Fazilka, was admitted to the tuberculosis unit of the Civil Hospital on December 26, 2017, and had been undergoing treatment there since then. The octogenarian’s condition is deteriorating with each passing day. His treatment or sternly put his life now hinges on …
Bathinda: Openly defying the orders of the Punjab government banning stubble burning, farmer organization Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) called upon its members to lay siege to the officials try to impose fines for burning paddy straw. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has asked the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to give farmers …
Despite tall claims of the District Health Department on preparedness to deal with dengue, malaria and swine flu, these diseases have started showing their presence. According to the Civil Hospital record, six cases of dengue, two of swine flu and 37 of malaria have been registered at the hospital till …
Summers are here and so are ailments related to the hot weather conditions. Suspected dengue patients have started arriving at hospitals in the city. One such patient from Bathinda, who was admitted to a private hospital, was confirmed by doctors to be suffering from dengue. The Health Department is yet …
Despite tall claims of Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) officials regarding the heavy scheduled fogging to tackle the issue of mosquito breeding across the city, things continue to remain on paper as the fogging activity is running behind schedule. Uncovered garbage containers, scattered filth, choked drains and stagnant water across the …
Though Congress is ready for mass resignations following the Supreme Court’s verdict on the SYL, farmers, the affected party, are muted in their reaction. Some of the farmer unions called it a political stunt, saying the state should rather focus on water recharge instead of fighting over water. Another union …
As many as 80 cases of dengue and around 30 cases of chikungunya were reported in the last few weeks in Bathinda. The Health Department, Bathinda, claims to have launched a continuous drive to prevent the diseases from spreading. Besides, the department has claimed that it had been spreading awareness …
Groundwater samples from alluvial aquifers of Bathinda district, southwest Punjab were measured for physicochemical parameters as well as major ion chemistry to evaluate the groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes and to present the current hydrochemical status of groundwater of this district. Original Source
Efforts have been made by the Health Department in Bathinda this year to counter and prevent dengue with its door-to-door awareness campaign and by multiplying the ‘gambusia’ fish that eats up the larva of dengue and other vector-borne mosquitoes. However, staff shortage has affected the work of the department. More …
The solid waste management plant has not yet become operational as after the completion of its building, it still awaits clearance from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). Recently, a PPCB team visited the site of the plant and found many irregularities. They asked the officials of the company to …
With one more death, the swine flu death toll reached five today in the district. A 64-year-old patient from Nyi (New) Basti died this morning. The patient was being treated at Fortis Hospital, Mohali. The cremation was supervised by teams from the Health Department.. A week ago, a 35-year-old woman …
The death toll of swine flu patients has reached four as two more deaths have been reported till today. A 35-year-old woman from Mehraj village in the district was cremated under the supervision of health teams from the district as well as from Ludhiana, where she was undergoing treatment for …
Bathinda: The practice of farmers burning paddy stubble affects the health of nearly 85% people living in Bathinda and Muktsar districts in one form or another, a joint study conducted by a private medical institute in Punjab and an association of doctors has concluded. The study, conducted by the Adesh …
Bathinda shivered as cold wave conditions continued unabated in the city and its adjoining areas. Two more people died today, taking the death toll due to the extreme cold, to eight. One unidentified homeless person was found dead at the railway station road, while another was found at the grain …
