Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
No quick-fix measures can clear the smog that builds up every year in October/November. A well-thought-out strategy, coupled with sincerity of purpose and clarity of agenda, is the only solution. Action is needed at the government, societal and individual levels. First, the authorities have to zero in on the factors …
Ludhiana: Two days after pollution during Diwali festivities virtually turned Ludhiana into a gas chamber, air quality index of the city continues to be very high suggesting very poor air quality. This has posed a health hazard to the residents as pollution can cause respiratory, skin and eyes problems. As …
Five persons suspected of suffering from disease died in a week As many as five persons who were suspected suffering from swine flu died during the past one week. Two of them tested positive. Of the 30 patients suspected suffering from the disease in the district, 10 have tested positive. …
Delhi-Ludhiana double-decker service planned The government is looking to revamp public transport through introduction of double-decker luxury buses run on alternative fuels, with an aim to curb private vehicle use, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. Volvo is ready to run buses on methanol, which can easily be manufactured in …
LUDHIANA: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday organised a conference on 'Sustainable Development Challenges in India' at New Delhi in which member of parliament and senior BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi, was the chief guest. During the conference CII also released theme papers according to which India has 10 cities …
The banned practice of garbage burning continues unabated in the city. Strangely, the Municipal Corporation chooses to ignore the banned practice. Worse still, the MC employees, it is learnt, are openly flouting the ban. Instead of disposing the garbage in eco-friendly way, they pile it up along with dried leaves …
Residents of Rishi Nagar area are running from pillar to post for getting tubewell installed in their area. Many of them complained that they have been facing problem due to contaminated and improper water supply in the area. Davinder Rehan, a resident of Rishi Nagar block A rued that the …
With the nip in the air, the cases of dengue and chikungunya have subsided a little giving much relief to city residents. According to experts, the breeding of mosquitoes will stop when the maximum temperature will go below 20 degree. District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh said there was definitely a fall …
KHANNA: Even as Khanna has achieved the dubious distinction of being among the world's 20 most polluted cities in the world, the recent data of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) suggests some fall in the air pollution levels in this industrial city, though they continue to be higher than …
Ludhiana: Getting no reply from the municipal corporation (MC) regarding 12 outlets through which untreated effluent is being allegedly released in Buddah Nullah, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has written another letter to the civic body for giving a report regarding the same at the earliest. Following a complaint …
More than 115 patients and their relatives attended a programme organised by Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana, to celebrate World Heart Day today. The programme was held under the supervision of Vivan Singh Gill, Director, Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana. Separate rounds of interaction were held and a lot of queries regarding heart care …
LUDHIANA: To control the rising levels of industrial water pollution, members of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) have decided to adopt an electroplating process based on a latest technology called "new-generation tricotect instrument", under which the plant consumes fewer chemicals and doesn't releases waste water like the …
LUDHIANA: The much hyped project of the municipal corporation (MC) to deal with solid waste with the help of three static compactors faces apathy of the authorities. The deadline of August 15 has almost arrived but the civic body authorities have failed to complete the civil work at Dugri garbage …
City hospitals have pulled up their socks to tackle dengue patients and separate wards are being marked to handle such cases. So far, four patients have been confirmed positive for dengue. One patient was from Ludhiana, while the remaining three were from other districts and are undergoing treatment at the …
35 health teams to visit houses for larva breeding, issue challans Four persons from the city have tested positive for dengue. All patients have been admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Since the rainy season has set in, the threat of dengue looms large over the city. The …
Despite efforts by the traffic police, a large number of auto-rickshaws plying on city roads has led to traffic snarls across the city. It was in December last year, following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, banning the registration of diesel auto-rickshaws in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar, …
LUDHIANA: Success of the TOI Let's Save Sidhwan campaign resonated at the roundate conference organized on Sunday as part of the Live Green campaign, aimed at developing a green belt in the city. Mridula Jain, an industrialist and president of the Let's Clean Ludhiana Foundation (LCLF) which spearheaded the campaign, …
A massive afforestation drive launched by the Forest department has taken the steel city, once known for high pollution levels, out of the “most polluted cities of Punjab” bracket. In 2013, Pollution Control Board data had claimed that Batala, along with Mandi Gobindgarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar, were among the four …
Statistics have long ceased to alarm the people of Ludhiana. Year 2011 – as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) report, the city had the unenviable distinction of being the fourth most polluted city of the world. Apart from a few customary sighs and laments on part of the city …
Ludhiana: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal's assurance to Ludhiana industrialists to defer the city's master-plan by five years has failed to placate a section of businessmen, with garment industrialists saying they got short shrift. Apparel manufacturers who have factories in areas like Shivpuri, Haibowal, Sunder Nagar, Kundan Puri and …
