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 High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in the matter of Adani Wilmar Limited Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 18/06/2021. An application was filed by Adani Wilmar in the court for the issuance of a writ in the nature of a mandamus for a …
Hundreds of farmers across the state under the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee today held protests outside the offices of the canal/drainage divisions demanding water to irrigate their crops, which they claimed was insufficient. The farmers held dharnas in Jalandhar, Ferozepur, Amritsar and Gurdaspur submitting demand letters that adequate water be …
In a special drive initiated by the city traffic police, over 150 challans were issued by the police for using pressure horns. Special nakas were installed near Jalandhar bypass and near Ferozepur Octroi. ADCP Traffic Sukhpal Singh Brar accompanied the traffic team at the naka. ACP Traffic Gurdev Singh said …
Following the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding solid waste management, the Chief Secretary has called a meeting of the local bodies officials and commissioners of municipal corporations on July 21. Ajoy Sharma, Secretary, Local Bodies, said a preliminary meeting was held today, but issues would be debated …
The surveyors have also found that there is a practice of operation theatre attendants and other staff of the hospital demanding 'badhai/shagun' from patients after the delivery of a child. A survey of district hospitals in Punjab by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) has found …
Ferozepur: With the death of one more person on Tuesday night at Bholuwala village, the swine flu toll in Ferozepur distrcit in the past fornight has gone up to five. The increasing number of swine flu deaths has caused panic in the villages. All the five patients were referred to …
With 11 deaths in just three weeks, H1N1 influenza (swine flu) is spreading its tentacles in the state. The more worrying factor is that there is almost a 50 per cent mortality rate when it comes to H1N1 in the state. According to the state’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), …
As the Punjab and Haryana Governments struggle to control the large-scale burning of paddy straw by farmers, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climatic Change has set up a system to generate real-time information on fire incidents using satellite data. Sources said data and images from two US space systems …
Contrary to claims of the Punjab Government, the illegal mining in the Sutlej belt— Moga and Ferozepur districts— still continues reportedly under the ‘patronage’ of Akali leaders. Recently, the Kot-ise-Khan police have arrested Balwinder Singh, a resident of Dharamkot town and Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Rampura, for allegedly indulging …
The tanneries in Kasur in Pakistan, where the world-famous handmade “Kasuri jutti” is made, is spreading pollution across the border in Punjab. The tanneries are dumping tonnes of hazardous chemicals into a Sutlej tributary that flows into India. This is causing serious health problems for the residents of villages in …
Can cause dementia and other neurological problems The toxic metal, aluminium, has been found more than the permissible limit in the drinking water samples tested by the government water quality testing labs and other approved institutions. The problem related to aluminium is more pronounced in case of Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib, …
The mining mafia continues to dig into the Sutlej riverbed here as the authorities concerned have failed to tighten the noose around the culprits. The Tribune team today visited the site at Ramsinghwala and found more than 10 tractor-trailers, not bearing any registration number and being filled by a JCB …
The state government has launched its much-touted crop diversification plan by reviving maize cultivation on a massive scale. This year, the government is pushing for an increase in the area under this crop by about 75,000 hectares. With the Centre announcing a minimum support price (MSP) on maize and the …
FEROZEPUR: Perturbed over supply of contaminated canal water to Rajasthan and alleged callous attitude of Punjab government to check its quality, Hanumangarh-based progressive farmers Shobha Singh Doodi and Shabnam Godara have filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The petitioners have sought a check on supply of "highly …
The state of Punjab, earlier regarded as an agriculturally developed region of India, has been passing through a severe economic crisis. The capital-intensive mode of production, propagated by the green revolution in the mid-1960s, is turning out to be non-viable for the small peasantry and hence, they are being involuntarily …
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 107.32 crore as grant-in-aid to the Punjab Government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for this financial year, but the state has not arranged jobs for card holders so far. KK Tripathy, MGNREGS director, has directed the state government to transfer …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje today sent a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the unchecked flow of polluted water through the canal system originating from Ferozepur. Well-placed sources said Vasundhra has said that industrial units in Punjab discharge hazardous waste into the Sutlej and and its …
Central report asks state government to initiate measures Out of 12,925 gram panchayats in the state, 9,558 have shown nil expenditure under various programmes, including MGNREGA, sponsored by the Union Government during the current financial year till October 7. The number of such panchayats during the same period last year …
Fake sand weighing slips seized The police crackdown on the sand mafia operating in Moga and Ferozepur has failed to achieve its goal as the illegal activity continues unabated in these districts. Over the last few weeks, more than 50 criminal cases have been registered against those indulging in illegal …
The Moga police has arrested 22 persons involved in illegal transportation of sand and seized 22 tractor-trailers and seven trucks during the past 24 hours. Another 11 accused managed to escape from the police net. The police has also seized one JCB machine from Kamalke village in Dharamkot sub-division, which …
