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 …
Impact: The prices of sand and gravel will come down. Chandigarh:The Punjab Government has finally got approval from the Environment Impact Assessment Committee allowing mining in 25 quarries with an area of over 5 hectares.The state can now allow mining operations on over 10,800 acres of land. It is learnt …
Ludhiana: Members of the Ludhiana Builders’ Association have complained to the government that the state’s building industry is in the grips of a very active mining mafia. Construction material like sand, bricks and crusher have suddenly experienced an artificial hike in prices since March 31, when the state failed to …
Jalandhar: A handful of agricultural scientists in Punjab may have found a solution to the problem of the state’s rapidly lowering groundwater level. Groundwater in Punjab, over-exploited during the paddy sowing season, has reached dangerous lows. The answer to this may be in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), a …
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. …
More than 300 taken ill; cases also reported from Hoshiarpur dist. More than 300 persons in Nawanshahr town are reportedly suffering from jaundice with most cases coming from areas along the Banga road and Garhshankar road. State Nodal Officer for the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project Deepak Bhatia said: "The outbreak …
Under the Professional Institutional Networking (PIN) of Ministry of Rural Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sanctioned the Impact Assessment study in three districts namely Sirsa in Haryana, Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh and Hoshiarpur in Punjab. NREGS was started in the first phase in these selected districts.
Facing criticism for preferring pvt sector, the govt to set up project in public sector Patiala: In what may be termed as a desperate attempt to silence the critics on the contentious issue of new thermal power projects being awarded to private companies, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given …
As many as 1,159 patients have been tested positive for dengue so far throughout the state. Of these, 447 persons have been tested positive in Ludhiana district, 358 in Bathinda district and 239 in Muktsar district. However, as per official records, only three dengue deaths have been reported so far. …
Dharamsala: The state government would consider action against mining officials of Kangra district for failing to check illegal mining in the Beas and the Chaki rivers. Chief Minister PK Dhumal said this while talking to mediapersons here today. He said preliminary reports had indicated that the Beas changed its course …
A Day after residents of the Doaba region and Rajasthan blocked the discharge of industrial waste into the Kala Sanghia drain, the district administration made it clear to industrialists that polluting units would not be tolerated. However, industrialists criticised the deputy commissioner
If presence of effluents found in groundwater, governments and pollution control boards of two states will be asked to take action against erring units While alcohol has damaged the health of north Indians, the units manufacturing it have been defiling the groundwater in Punjab and Haryana. The Central Ground Water …
Ambika Soni, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab, has released a total of Rs 3.20 crore during the year 2010 under the MPLADS (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) fund for various projects in different districts of Punjab. The funds have been released …
Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Industrial units in Himachal Pradesh continue to discharge toxic industrial waste into the tributaries of Beas and Sutlej rivers. Samples recently collected by a team of Punjab Pradesh Pollution Control Board (PPCB) from Hoshiarpur prove that contamination of the river waters continues due to discharge of effluents. The …
To conserve energy in Punjab, which has a shortfall of power, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has decided to launch Bachat Lamp Yojana from May 2011. Under the scheme, every power consumer in the state will get four CFLs at a subsidised rate of Rs 15 each in …
Hoshiarpur: Contrary to the claims of the state government for preventing discharge of municipal and industrial wastes into the two main rivers of the Doaba belt, the situation has not shown any improvement. Though the government has taken up a scheme under the National River Conservation Project (NRCP), phase II, …
Late blight, a fungal disease, has attacked the potato crop in Punjab, which is a major producer of tuber crop in the country, raising fear of damage to the crop. According to a survey conducted by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), late blight, causes huge loss to crop yield, which appears …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday declared that the entire work relating to the sewage, water supply and roads would be completed in all towns and cities of the state positively by November 2011. Presiding over a series of meeting with the senior officers of the state government …
Chandigarh: In a bid to ensure adequate irrigation facility at Kandi in Punjab, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has given in-principle approval to install 280 tubewells at a cost of Rs 130 crore. A decision to this effect was taken by Badal in a meeting of senior officers of the …
Hoshiarpur: To prevent human-animal conflict, the state Forest and Wildlife Department will soon fence wildlife sanctuavries across the state. It will spend Rs 58 crore on various projects to be taken under this scheme of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry. Talking to TNS, state forest minister Tikhsan Sud said …
BASMATI rice company LT Foods Ltd plans to invest 100 crore to diversify into the renewable energy sector with a biomass project, a top company executive said. The company has identified a plot in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab for the project and expects the plant to be operational by June …
