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 …
Jangveer Singh The Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act has led to rise in water table in north Punjab but also saved on electricity and resulted in reduction in power subsidy figures. The Act, which prohibits sowing of paddy nursery before May 10 and its transplantation before June 10, …
In more than 100 villages, the Chandigarh-Phagwara express highway, which will pass through Mohali, Chamkaur Sahib, Machhiwara, Nawanshahr and Phagwara areas, has become an election issue. Most of the farmers, who have been issued notices for the acquisition of their land for the project, are opposed to the highway project. …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said the SAD-BJP government would stop river waters going to neighbouring states and for that Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of River Waters Agreements Act would be scrapped. He was here to address rallies in support of party candidate Hans Raj Hans from …
Jalandhar: The state government has ordered the registration of a case against the company that allegedly supplied spurious mother seed to potato farmers of the Doaba belt. Acting swiftly on protests by farmers against Technico Agri Services Ltd in Shahkot and Malsian a couple of days ago, the Financial Commissioner …
Jalandhar: Doaba farmers today demonstrated at Jaffarpur village, near Shahkot, 40 km from here, to protest against a potato seed company-Technico limited. Farmers accused the company of providing defective seed to them. Sukhjit Singh Bhatti, president of the Confederation of Potato Seed Farmers, said he had suffered loss of Rs …
Light to moderate rain accompanied by hailstorm at some places in Punjab has devastated wheat and other crops in about 50-60 villages. Hailstorm has almost wiped out wheat and other crops in about 23 villages, 17 villages of Fatehgarh Sahib and six of Patiala district. Wheat crop has been devastated …
The Election Commission (EC) has allowed continuation of subsidy to the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) for supply of free power to farm sector and poor sections of society. The Punjab government had sought the permission of the EC in this respect. The commission has also allowed the charging of …
Jalandhar: Silence of the political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections over degradation of environment in Punjab has disappointed environmentalists in the state. No political party has made an issue of threat to ecology. It is said politicians seeking votes do not want to annoy industrialists manufacturing of pesticides, fertiliser and …
Things seem to have come a full circle for a majority of Americans agriculturists who are going organic in a big way giving the go-by to conventional farming. Interestingly, this development has taken place at the global level when the Punjab Farmers Commission report has ruled out such farming on …
Seechewal(Jalandhar): Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal announced to take out a Chetna March from Jalandhar to Bikaner along the polluted natural water resources to educate people about the importance of salubrious surrounding. A panel of doctors and lawyers would accompany the march that would begin on April 1. The residents …
Nawanshahr: In theory, the nationwide ban on smoking at public places came into effect on October 2, 2008, but its implementation remains dismal at best. Even as smoking at public places goes on rampantly, authorities here have been merely passing the buck. When a Nawanshahr-based NGO, Help, recently filed an …
Jalandhar: 83 bus stops already set up in Jalandhar, 23 more on cards. Ludhiana too to have similar stops. Each stop to consume average 3,000 units monthly; electricity used by these stops could power a large village for a month In power-starved Punjab, where citizens and industry face 10 to …
Jalandhar: The leather complex in Jalandhar will get the second module of the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in November this year. Ajay Sharma, secretary and director of Punjab Effluent Treatment Societies (PETS), said the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) awarded the project to M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd, Hyderabad. This …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has introduced energy conservation awards to encourage energy efficiency in large and small-scale industry, Government and commercial buildings, educational institutions, agriculture sector, poultry farms and domestic sector. Bikram Singh Majithia, Science and Technology and Non-Conventional Energy Minister, today said these awards have been instituted …
Gidderpindi (Jalandhar), September 18 Fed up of official apathy, residents of about six villages in Gidderpindi area, where floods played havoc recently, today started work on cleaning of the Sutlej river bed. They were led by environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal. Due to hundreds of sand mounds on the river …
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Thursday approved a grant-in-aid assistance of 50 per cent of the project cost in general areas and 75 per cent in the north-eastern region and
Jalandhar, Septemnber 05 First case of dengue was reported in Jalandhar on Thursday. Kulwinder Singh of Bhargo Camp was admitted to Civil Hospital after his tests reported positive for dengue. However, he was kept under observation in isolation. Civil Surgeon Dr SS Walia, confirming it to be a case of …
