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 …
Aimed at optimally utilising recycled agriculture waste in the state as alternative fuel, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today constituted a committee under the Secretary, Agriculture, KS Pannu, to explore the feasibility of implementing this project successfully in the state in collaboration with a private firm. A decision to this …
Though several projects have been started to clean the Budha Nullah, the polluted drain continues to be a health hazard. Flowing 44 km through Ludhiana, the water body belies the claims of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that the toxicity of the ‘nullah’ (stream) has decreased. The problem assumes …
As many as 23 new cases of dengue have been confirmed from the DMCH during the past three days. The patients belong to various parts of the district. Of them, 15 are from the city, while the rest are from the peripheral areas. Besides, 19 more cases have been reported …
Dengue is spreading its tentacles in Punjab. More than 500 cases of dengue have been confirmed by the state health department after the monsoon receded in mid-September. On an average, about 16 confirmed cases of dengue are being reported from the various parts of the state daily. Overall, 954 confirmed …
Several farmers of the area today sat on a dharna and blocked the traffic on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road. They were protesting against the laying of power line by the Power Grid Corporation of India without paying compensation to the affected farmers whose land falls under this line. The farmers led …
To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up to March 2013. However, giving a cold shoulder to the demand for a fresh survey from …
Three more patients from the district, who were under treatment at the ESI Hospital, Ludhiana, tested positive for dengue today. The patients, all male, belonged to Jugiana, Sherpur and Gobindgarh (Sahnewal). With this, the number of dengue cases reported form the district so far this season has reached 44, while …
New Delhi : The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has banned industrial expansion in eight industrial clusters after a latest survey showed alarmingly high pollution levels. The ministry, in a notification on Tuesday, imposed the moratorium on environmental clearance for new industrial projects in Ghaziabad (UP), Panipat (Haryana), …
Punjab government is taking all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling system as 173 hospitals working under Punjab Health Systems Corporation have implemented it in the state, a government spokesman said on Sunday. These hospitals have entered into a contract with the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility …
Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board have raided 27 dyeing industries of Ludhiana in the past 3 days to check if these were complying with the pollution norms. Even though the 236 small scale industrial units had been given ample time to comply with the norms and run their …
Authorities fail to provide pulses to beneficiaries Tall claims of the state government of providing wheat flour (atta) and pulses (dal) to the poor notwithstanding, the beneficiaries have not been getting their share of pulses since January in the district. Sources in the Food and Supplies Department admitted that in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court On Its Own Motion Vs. State of Punjab dated 11/09/2013 regarding groundwater pollution caused by textile and the electroplating industries in the State of Punjab.
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases have shown a worrying increase in the state and their number has shown almost 100% rise in eight southern districts of Punjab in the past one year. Sources said around 340 MDR-TB cases were detected in the state last year. However, around 250 positive cases …
More than 40 persons, mostly women and children, fell ill at Bujgar village after drinking contaminated water. The water was being supplied to the village by the Punjab Water Supply Board. On getting information, a team of the Health Department reached the village. “Due to leakages in the water supply …
For upgradation of sewerage and water supply system in different cities, the Punjab government has approved a comprehensive plan. Under this plan, Rs 545.51 crore for sewerage and Rs 350.21 crore for water supply projects have been approved for Ludhiana district alone. Stating this here on Thursday, Public Works Minister …
Contrary to tall claims by both state and central governments about reining in the suicide trend among farmers and agriculture labourers of Punjab, a survey conducted by state's universities revealed that the number of suicides in the past decade either remained largely unchanged or increased. Data pertaining to the worst …
Over two decades after Punjab initiated land acquisition for setting up an Industrial Focal Point in Ludhiana district, the High Court has directed the state to re-determine retaining left out acquired land. A Division Bench also directed the Principal Secretary to release forthwith land, which cannot be utilised for a …
The ban on sand mining imposed by the National Green Tribunal is unlikely to have any impact in Punjab. The Punjab Government has already allowed in-stream mining of riverbeds after obtaining the green nod. The government is also looking at creating a sand warehouse and then retailing sand from a …
The suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal by the Uttra Pradesh Government has annoyed the common people as well as the representatives of different officer lobbies throughout the country. Nagpal, who had shown courage and dared to stop the illegal sand mining while performing her duty as the Divisional …
State had planned to auction at least 140 “in-stream” sites along the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi as well as numerous seasonal streams The National Green Tribunal’s stay on sand mining on riverbeds without clearance from the Environment Ministry has put a lid on the proposal by the Punjab Government to …
