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 …
The recommendation of NEERI and the P Ram Committee to attain zero liquid discharge by local dyeing units to save the Buddha Nullah has brought the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) back in action. Even as industrialists held protests yesterday demanding the resignation of PPCB chairman Yogesh Goel, the pollution …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would undertake an inspection of all 17 large-scale dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana by September 15 to ascertain the extent of compliance of pollution norms prescribed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). A decision to this effect was taken by the Chairman, CPCB, …
Legal agreement seems to be of no importance for the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation as it blatantly violates the terms and conditions. The latest target in the civic body's hitlist is the agreement between the MC and the Park Management Committees, (PMCs) signed on March 8, 2008, where the former has …
Jagraon: In what smacks of a scam, CFLs being distributed in Himachal Pradesh free of cost have surfaced in Punjab with a price tag. Some traders have procured the lamps and are selling these in the rural areas of Punjab and that too with the so-called subsidy of the PSEB. …
Shivani Bhakoo The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is tight-lipped over test reports of samples taken by its teams from 38 industrial units in Ludhiana on July 16 and 17. Chairman of the board Yogesh Goel said since the case (Pollution in Buddha Nullah) was pending with the Punjab and …
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has established a technology marketing and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cell for creating awareness about IPR and Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (PPV&FRA;) among farmers. Dr Sandeep Kapur the IPR cell said farmers were being apprised of the significance of the Act through …
There was an exceptional thrill in store for Surinder Kingra, a retired doctor to drive the world's cheapest car from Ludhiana to Ferozepur. Not that he had not driven a car or he could not afford a costlier car. But only because he wanted to be among the first to …
Falling water table in the state has been forcing farmers to go for deeper submersible tube wells with cemented structures at the base. Though found in select areas of Bathinda and Mansa districts, where water table has gone below 300 feet, experts feel other areas will also have to have …
The failure of the government to form a clear-cut policy to control/treat tuberculosis (TB) in animals has led to spread of the disease in humans. Non-pasteurised milk is the most common carrier of this infection as mycobacterium is the main cause of tuberculosis in bovine animals, which is transmitted to …
Ludhiana: In a major tree plantation drive, at least 5,000 trees will be planted tomorrow in Sarabha village led by Manpreet Singh Ayali, chairman of the Zila Parishad. The drive will cover the rural areas in the entire district before the financial year ends. Ayali said at least 35,000 trees …
The warning "Sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products to a person below 18 is strictly prohibited" has failed to deter minors from using these due to their ubiquitous availability. Also, vendors are guilty of "indirectly" encouraging the adolescents as they have failed to put up the warning notice as …
Trees being axed in the name of development Does Vana Mahotsav celebrations hold any good when lakhs of trees are being ruthlessly axed at alter of the strategic developmental planning being undertaken by the rulers of the day?
In a slow but definite transformation in farming patterns in the state, farmers are increasingly opting for direct seed plantation that is conducive to growing rice in fields without water puddles or with a minimum level of water. Scores of farmers in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur and Patiala districts have reportedly …
The assessment of carbon storage potential has been difficult due to the lack of information on biomass compartmentation and carbon allocation in different species. For most of the species used for afforestation/reforestation, only the above ground biomass potentials are known but to have a picture of carbon storage potential species, …
Ludhiana: With the possibility of monsoon failure looming large, Punjab farmers are demanding another round of farm-loan waiver in the union Budget for 2009-10 besides credit at 4 per cent interest rate. The Budget is to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha on July 6.
Punjab is set to generate 275 MW power on canal falls and tail races of hydel channels from the mini-hydel projects and was planning to generate 100 MW more in three years spending Rs 1,000 crore. An official spokesman said mini-hydel projects with total 5.3 MW capacity costing Rs 57 …
Six-laning Jalandhar-Karnal highway For the six-laning of national highway-1 from Jalandhar to Karnal, chopping of trees has started. Thousands of trees have been cut down from Khanna to Sahnewal as widening of the GT Road is on. Many more trees are waiting to be chopped. As many as 43,900 trees …
The department of microbiology at Punjab Agricultural University has developed a method to test the purity of water at home. According to Dr Parampal Kaur Sahota, a new kit has been developed for testing the purity of water. To test the purity, the water sample is filled into the bottle …
