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 …
The Bhai Mani Singh Civil Hospital authorities claim that are fully prepared to deal with the dreaded swine flu virus, but the current state of affairs at the hospital tells a different story. Though the possibility of swine flu outbreak reduces in winter, it has been observed that such cases …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Baldev Singh & Others Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 06/08/2015 regarding groundwater pollution in the state of Punjab. The Tribunal also directed that ground water samples be collected from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhatinda, Mohali …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of People for Transparency Through Kamal Anand & Others Vs. State of Punjab &Ors.; dated 25/11/2014 regarding Environmental Clearance for establishment of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management facility in an area of 20 acre at Mansa road, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Ors. Vs. Punjab PCB & Ors dated 20/01/2014 regarding the Municipal Solid Waste Management Plant of Bathinda. Also the model MSW Management Plan 2014 has been filed on behalf of the State of Punjab, Original Source: …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Others Vs. Punjab PCB & Others dated 19/08/2013 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste in Bhatinda.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs State of Punjab regarding industrial pollution in the towns of Amritsar and Bhatinda dated 24/07/2013.
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is set to issue showcause notice to Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Talwandi Sabo for emitting poisonous gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphar dioxide and hydrogen sulphide. Residents of Kanakwal village in Talwandi Sabo have started scouting for new place to shift as …
Caught in the throes of cancer, Punjab seems to have finally heard the wake-up call. The state, with an average 90 cancer patients per one lakh population - higher than the national average of 80 per lakh - has declared the groundwater in Bathinda unsafe for drinking and decided to …
Last month the Bhatinda Municipal Corporation put stickers on all 540 handpumps in the town, warning people that the water from them is unfit for drinking. At the same time, the municipality is proud to report that it has installed 48 Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment plants in different localities …
Bathinda: Anganwari children in the Malwa belt are being supplied drinking water containing carcinogenic and heavy metals as the government has not allocated funds for water treatment plants. Neither is there any provision for supplying water to these centres from reverse osmosis (RO) plants installed by the government. Though this …
In the lush fields of Punjab germinates a scary tale. Farmers there live in a disturbing cesspool of toxicity, as a result of excessive and unregulated use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers At 9.20pm every day, a passenger train leaves Bhatinda town for Bikaner in Rajasthan. Wrapped in blankets, a …
Traces of uranium and other radioactive, heavy metals have been found in the groundwater in Punjab, the Government has said. The Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jairam Ramesh, said a study conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, has found traces of uranium …
An eight-member central team comprising members from the Planning Commission, Central Water Board and drainage experts on Monday visited the water-logged villages in Muktsar, where a large swath of land has turned barren. The team led, by Dr Mihir Shah, member, Planning Commission of India, visited the three worst-affected villages …
Out of 10 families in a street, 8 hit by the disease. The high concentration of cancer cases was earlier reported in villages of Talwandi Sabo block of Bathinda district. Now, city's Nai Basti area has also reported a high number of cancer cases. In its street No. 2, out …
Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) and three public sector oil companies — Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) — have entered into joint venture agreements for setting up three cross-country natural gas transmission pipelines. According to a statement filed with …
The 20-day closure of the Sirhind canal has endangered power generation at Guru Hargobind Thermal Power Plant, Lehra Mohabbat. Sending an SOS to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the thermal plant authorities have said that they were not informed about the closure by the Irrigation Department.“ After the flow …
New Delhi After fuel, India is offering to export natural gas to Pakistan to help it tide over a gas crisis. State-owned GAIL’s just-commissioned natural gas pipeline from the West coast to Bhatinda in Punjab is barely 25 km away from the Pakistan border and the gas utility is proposing …
Bathinda: A nuclear physicist, Hardev Singh Vir, would be conducting an independent study on the source of uranium and to ascertain whether it is to blame for the high incidence of cancer cases in the area. For the study, Dr Virk has collected drinking water samples from several villages, including …
The Centre has awarded the Rs 855-crore Bhatinda-Jammu-Srinagar gas pipeline project to Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL). This was revealed at a high-level meeting of officers chaired by the Chief Secretary, Mr Madhav Lal, who reviewed the 750-km long gas pipeline project here. The project stretches from Bhatinda in Punjab …
Plan To Transfer 500MW From Amritsar, Surplus Diesel From Bathinda Refinery New Delhi:India and Pakistan are strengthening business links in 2012, with the stage set to start trading in electricity and petroleum products. Officials from the two countries have decided to trade in electricity through a specially-built high voltage direct …
