Fatehgarh Sahib (D)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

110 blocks show steep fall in water table

More than 110 of the 138 water blocks in Punjab have shown a steep fall in the water table, ringing the alarm bells. Thirty-eight of these blocks in Sangrur, Ludhiana, Barnala, Moga and Fatehgarh Sahib districts have been issued notices under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The Central Ground Water …

9 villages in Fatehgarh Sahib have nitrate in water: Report

Chandigarh: A report on the community needs of nine villages in Fatehgarh Sahib was released here on Sunday. The report on the Bassi Pathana Community Collaborative Development Project highlights the work undertaken by the Mehar Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT), the University of Utah and the School of Public Health, PGIMER. …

Nitrate found in water of 9 Fatehgarh Sahib villages

Water samples in some of the nine villages of Fatehgarh Sahib have traces of nitrate. This was revealed during field exercises that are being conducted jointly by the University of Utah, USA in partnership with the the Mehar Baba Charitable Trust, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, …

In Punjab, it’ll pinch harder

With today’s price hike of Rs 3.14 per litre and Punjab’s unwillingness to reduce state taxes, petrol prices in the state are amongst the highest in the country at Rs 74.5 per litre. Karnataka is the only place in India, where petrol is costlier than Punjab (at Rs 74.81 per …

Now, straw to be used to generate electricity

Chandigarh: Punjab is expected to ride on a technology breakthrough by the Chinese, whereby straw can be used as cent per cent raw material for running boilers. An experiment to produce power from straw was made at Jalkheri in Fatehgarh Sahib district in 1992, but without any success. An attempt …

Planned growth on cards for 8 towns

The Punjab government today approved the Master Plans for the planned development of eight towns, including Sultanpur Lodhi, Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Bhaga Purana, Rama Mandi, Kotkapura and Fatehgarh Sahib. A decision to this effect has been taken in the 22nd meeting of Punjab Regional Town Planning and Development Board …

Punjab launches rural development project to better living standards

Chandigarh: Nine villages of Fatehgarh Saheb in Punjab are looking forward to integrated self-help community development projects with the help of the University of Utah and the School for Public Health of PGI. The University of Utah, USA, chief of public health Steve Alder said after an exploratory visit last …

Rotting wheat raises a stink

Fatehgarh Sahib: Lakhs of rotten wheat bags in open godowns of different villages of Fatehgarh Sahib are emanating unbearable stench after recent rains. Villagers of Ranwan, near Khamano, and Kotla Bhaika in Sirhind are suffering due to the lakhs of rotten paddy and wheat bags lying in open godowns for …

Farmers in a bind

a ban on growing trees, installing borewells and digging ponds on farms is giving sleepless nights to residents of 204 villages of Punjab. The ban is in view of a 610 km gas pipeline that would pass through the farms in three districts—Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar. Digging work has …

Improvement in sex ratio: 30 panchayats to be honoured

Health minister releases roadmap for 2010; de-addiction centres, upgrade of hospitals planned Health and Family Welfare Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla on Friday released the health department

Declining yield causes worry

Punjab may be the breadbasket of the country, but not only are its traditional wheat-growing areas producing less, overall productivity in the state has stagnated and is even on the decline. A recent survey by the state Agriculture Department has revealed that areas such as Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala, …

Rain fails to bring respite from smog

Thunder, lightning and intermittent showers early this morning followed by the varying spells of sunshine throughout the day were perhaps not enough to provide respite from a thick veil of polluted smog that has been enveloping parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh for the past more than a week. Unprecedented …

Govt mulls funds for Dasmesh canal project

Dera Bassi: An election promise of constructing the Dasmesh Irrigation Canal project was again revived, with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announcing that the state government was considering to earmark funds for the project. Both the Congress and the Akalis raise the sensitive issue during each election but have …

PEDA holds seminar on energy saving

Amloh: Fatehgarh Sahib district unit of the Panjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) organised a block-level seminar to celebrate Rajiv Gandhi Save Energy Day at the BDPO office here today. Speaking on the importance of the day, district chief of the PEDA Suresh Kumar Goel said,

Bhakra canal has 800 defects

Patiala: The Bhakra Mail Line is falling apart. Deprived of repairs since 1992, its banks have begun eroding and in some stretches, have been washed away. A breach is imminent if embankments are not mended urgently. A major disaster was averted early this May in Bheora village of Ropar district, …

Punjab scorched by heat wave

Bathinda and adjoining areas continued to sizzle on Tuesday even as a smart shower in several places in Punjab, Chandigarh and adjoining areas provided temporary relief from the prevailing heat-wave. It did not rain in Bathinda, which recorded a new high of 46.2 degrees Celsius today, nearly five degrees higher …

Punjab procures 12 lakh metric tonnes of wheat after early crop

Punjab has lifted as much as 12.45 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat from all over the state, after a record 15.17 lakh MT arrival of wheat due to early crop this year. This was stated by D S Guru, principal secretary to chief minister, while inspecting the various mandis …

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