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 …
In the last one week, Pong Reservoir level has gone up by 23 feet A late surge in rains has raised the Pong Dam level dramatically. However, in what could be grim news for partner states of Punjab - Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, Bhakra, the dam that matters the most, …
Ludhiana continues to be the city with highest urban population, Mohali at second spot Chandigarh: Dubbed as the most backward area in the state at one point of time, Malwa has emerged at the most urbanised belt in Punjab, as shown in the updated figures of the Census 2011 that …
Successive governments in Punjab have been assuring the people of providing them clean drinking water. But, an analysis of water samples collected from various cities of the state narrate an entirely different story, finds The Tribune Patiala: Safety claims go down the drain Patiala: The recent outbreak of gastroenteritis and …
Chandigarh: The largest industrial solar plant of the country today became operational in Ludhiana. It will perform twin functions of generating solar power and disposing of large quantity of waste water by evaporating it. Revenue and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said one lakh litres of effluent water would …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet today gave the nod to the prestigious Rs 100 crore Anandpur Sahib to Naina Devi ropeway project, approving the memorandum of Understanding to be signed with Himachal Pradesh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said a joint venture “Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Sri Naina Devi …
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 …
Seize 24 tractor-trailers near Mehatpur Hand over their drivers to police Sand was being ferried from Sutlej bed Jalandhar/Nakodar : After the authorities concerned allegedly failed them, residents of Parjian-Kalan and Narangpur villages near Mehatpur, 40 km from Jalandhar, have showed the way in how sand mafia should be dealt …
Long cuts, frequent breakdowns and technical snags expose PSPCL’s ill-preparedness for summer season Patiala: With the demand for power shooting up drastically, the state is reeling under severe power crisis. The soaring mercury, heat wave and unscheduled power cuts in almost all parts of Punjab has left the people high …
Though Punjab has witnessed numerous floods in the past few years, the state government has failed to release 20 percent of the required amount for the drainage department so that it can carry out ‘flood protection’ and ‘cleanliness of the drains’ work before monsoon season. Sources in the drainage department …
Jalandhar : The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has slapped a notice on the Rayat and Bahra Group of Educational Institutions for violations at its Hoshiarpur campus. Sources said the management had constructed a sprawling campus in Bohan village along the Chandigarh-Hoshiapur road without seeking the mandatory no-objection …
Jalandhar: Though paddy cannot be sown in fields before June 10 as per the conditions of the Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act 2009, but ‘direct seeding methodology’ began in the state (10 days in advance to paddy cultivation through its nursery) on Thursday. Like traditional sowing of paddy, …
ISLAMABAD, 30 MAY: After two days of talks concluded here yesterday here on the potential for trade in petroleum products between India and Pakistan, reports on the results differed, perhaps reflecting continuing tensions between the two countries. India has offered to build a pipeline from Jalandhar to the Wagah land …
Jalandhar: Despite Punjab being asked by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) to decrease at least 10 lakh hectare under water-guzzling paddy in state and use the same for maize cultivation, the government has been unable to do so in the past three years. This year’s target area under maize …
Three years after over a lakh trees were axed and nearly two lakh plants uprooted for widening of the National Highway-I, Punjab is finding it hard to meet its afforestation target due to paucity of forestland. So much so that the state Forest Department was now planting saplings on common …
Jalandhar: The border areas of Punjab are all set to go solar as the Punjab Energy Development Authority is planning to install a large number of solar-powered streetlights and water heating systems in public buildings in border areas of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts. Ninety per cent of …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday shot off a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar asking him to allot more mega food parks in the state to provide impetus to agro-processing sector and benefit the farmers. The mega food parks, a flagship programme of the Ministry of Food …
The next time you plug your mobile charger into a socket on a train, it might be powered by solar energy. With two solar-powered coaches on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge line set to complete a successful trial run of a year this July, a proposal has been mooted for the …
In a bid to check the theft of canal water, the Punjab Cabinet today approved amendments to Section 70 of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, to make it far more stringent and punitive. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Council of …
A cross section of people concerned about the power tariff hike being considered by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, met its chairperson Romila Dubey in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Dubey has been attending meetings such as this one with different sections of society to learn the people’s view before taking …
Fund shortage and lack of concern, or at times will, on the part of the government were among the hurdles in the setting up of sewage treatment plants. Certain environmentally critical steps seen as ‘farmer unfriendly’ were also avoided. The Planning Commission, which is keen to include environmental performance as …
