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 …
Cancer patients and those identified with cancer symptoms will undergo a check-up in the next four months so that treatment, where desired, can be started immediately. The Health Department has identified 23,874 self-reported cases of cancer in the state even as 84,453 others have been identified as "suspect cases" following …
Jhajjal and Giana villages in the Talwandi Sabo block of the district are now free of the cancer stigma with the spotlight shifting to other places following the ongoing statewide cancer survey. Owing to the stigma, it had become an uphill task for residents of the two villages to find …
In what seems to be a "low-cost high-impact" project of the Punjab Government, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department has allocated Rs 6.56 crore to over 12,885 villages in the state to improve drinking water and sanitation facilities. Despite this little budget allocation of about Rs 5,100 per village, …
Cancer cases are on the rise in the state. This has come to light following a door-to-door survey conducted in Faridkot district by the Health Department. "However, the situation is not that alarming as being projected by certain quarters," said Dr Piyara Lal, incharge of the cancer survey project. A …
It is a known fact that the State of Punjab, especially the Malwa region is experiencing a rising burden of Cancer amongst the Non-Communicable Diseases. Cancer is emerging as one of the major health concerns for the Public in general and the State in particular. The Economic and Social cost …
Bathinda: In an effort to gather data on those afflicted by cancer in the state, the Health Department has been asked to start a house-to-house survey on October 2 in this regard. Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal said the survey would be started from Faridkot as the district had reported …
Chandigarh: Oil and Natural Gas Commission’s former engineer I.S. Kalsi was today asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to submit his report on uranium content in Malwa waters. The directions came after Kalsi claimed before the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar …
It has never happened before in the erstwhile princely state of Faridkot. Its thousand-odd jamun trees that would be laden with the fruit every summer have borne none this year. The traditional fruit of Punjab has been severely hit this due to the vagaries of the weather — long winter …
After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now — almost two lakh hectares less than last year. With a delayed monsoon staring at them, coupled with the fact that the …
New Delhi: Exasperated at the way they have been treated, two more judges on the National Green Tribunal (NGT) have tendered their resignation, leaving the court in disarray as altogether six judges have quit the body since its inception in 2010. The resignation of judicial members Amit Talukdar and C …
With both the state government not releasing funds in time, the staff managing the mid-day meal scheme in various schools of Punjab has been finding it hard to keep the initiative going, find The Tribune team. Chandigarh: Fifty schools in Patiala have stopped serving food to students as teachers refused …
The present study was carried out on stored rice variety PAU 201 in Punjab that was not permitted for milling and public distribution due to the presence of damaged grains at levels exceeding the regulatory limits of 4.75 per cent. The aim of the study was to determine fungal and …
Moga: Paddy worth crores of rupees stored by state procurement agencies is reportedly missing from Punjab’s rice mills, thanks to lack of an effective policy, lacklustre attitude of officials and political patronage enjoyed by the rice millers. The orders of Justice Paramjeet Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High court …
The Green Revolution was India’s first industrial agricultural revolution that replaced the traditional farming system completely. But the adverse consequences of Green Revolution in the form of stagnation in production aggravated the problems of the farmers in the era of post-Green Revolution in 1980s and 1990s. The late 1990s witnessed …
Faridkot: Wheat stubble on 200 acres at Raja Harinder Singh Seed Farm, owned by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), in Faridkot was set ablaze last evening. The fire also damaged a large number of trees in adjoining areas of the farm, spread over 1,200 acres of land. The farm was …
Faridkot: The state government had acquired large chunks of land for some specific projects many years ago. With the government failing to implement the projects, the land at many places has become a cause of protracted litigation. The original owners of the land, mainly farmers, want it back as its …
Still not included under a national programme for prevention of the disease. The alarming rise in cancer-related deaths in Malwa saw Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, during his recent visit to the state, including Bathinda, Hoshiarpur and Mansa districts under a national programme for prevention and control of the disease. …
Move comes after NHRC intervention Following directions of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Punjab Government has banned the manufacture, import and use of carcinogenic pesticides, which according to reports, caused cancer among the small farmers in the Malwa region that consists of Southern districts — Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga, …
NEW DELHI: Less than 72 hours after the Supreme Court threatened to scrap the National Green Tribunal as it was starved of office space and residential accommodation for its chairman and members, the Union government on Monday said it would make amends within three weeks. On Friday, a bench of …
The fact that ground water in Malwa, a southern area of Punjab, has traces of uranium in its ground water was established even in the past. A recent report presented by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) to the Punjab and Haryana high court has re-established this fact. The high …
