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 …
Contaminated water is being supplied to several areas of the city, despite the Municipal Corporation's claims of replacing the old and broken sewerage pipes. Residents of Aman Nagar near the Jalandhar bypass complained that for the past three-four days, they were being supplied contaminated water, especially during morning hours. Puja, …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pegged air quality in most cities worldwide below its guidelines for safe levels, but India appears among the worst. According to the UN agency’s latest pollution data, Delhi (not Beijing) tops the list of most polluted cities. Among the world’s 20 most polluted cities …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sampuram Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 06/05/2014 regarding underground water contamination caused by industries in Punjab. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/54-2013(THC)(OA)_6May2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=4528
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. Sher Singh & Ors. Vs State of Punjab & Ors. dated 26/03/2014 regarding contamination of underground water in Punjab particularly Amritsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiyarpur.
Ludhiana and Kanpur are among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, says the World Health Organisation. According to a 2011 WHO report, Ludhiana made it to the fourth position along with Quetta in Pakistan. Kanpur made it to the ninth position. The most polluted city in the world …
Better Ludhiana: water pollution Being an industrial hub, Ludhiana is flooded with various kinds of industries, which have provided bread and butter to lakhs of people not only from Punjab but also from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. At the same time, certain industries have proven to be the bane of …
The Union Government has approved a sewerage treatment plant and water supply scheme in Amritsar and integrated municipal solid waste management facilities in Ludhiana under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The total approved cost of the sewerage project in Amritsar is Rs 8,927 crore. The Centre will bear 50 …
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased deiselisation of the car segment markets, but will adversely impact human health. Air pollution levels across cities have been rising steadily due …
The delayed project of water supply has got the approval of the central government after continuous efforts made by the civic body for the past three years. The project for providing water to ten outer wards of the city will begin soon, with the release of the first installment of …
After adopting a dilly-dallying attitude for three years, the Centre finally approved a Rs 116-crore water supply project for Ludhiana today. About 10 wards of Ludhiana, where there is no water supply, will now be able to get water soon. A high-level meeting was held in New Delhi on the …
LUDHIANA: After being declared a "critically declared area for abstraction of water" by the Central Ground Water Authority, Ludhiana has bagged the attention of the National Green Tribunal that has sought for immediate attention to the matter. Water level in the city is declining at the speed of 1.08 meters …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board will be keeping a strict vigil on the level of pollution in the city on Diwali. The department has been monitoring noise pollution for the last four days. When fireworks will light up the skylines of the city, devices installed in major areas of the …
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential pollutant of ground water or being discharged into natural drainage systems and rivers every day. Besides, performance of another nearly one-fifth of …
Many lapses on the part of the industry have come to the fore during inspections by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in the last few days. The PPCB inspected 33 electroplating industries of Ludhiana and Jalandhar which send their effluents to Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). It was found …
The major cities of Amritsar and Ludhiana are all set to acquire the internationally recognised bus rapid transport system (BRTS) with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal giving his nod to replicate this system in Punjab, after he studied the BRTS in Turkey. An official release said Sukhbir today conducted …
Disposal of bio-medical waste Despite instructions from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), health care facilities (HCF) operating in parts of Punjab have failed to adhere to the prescribed norms and have been disposing of their bio-medical waste in the open. After issuing ample instructions and warnings, the PPCB has …
Firm put on notice; MC exploring alternative options A to Z Waste Management Company, that has been handling the work pertaining to the disposal of garbage from the city for the past more than a year and a half has allegedly failed to perform the task in the desired manner. …
Ludhiana, June 23: It seems that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation as well as the city residents are not concerned about the decreasing water table in the city. This could be known from the fact that owing to the non-implementation of the laid down rules, not many people are coming forward …
In a bid to boost non-conventional energy as an alternative source of power generation, the Punjab Government has announced a subsidy bonanza under different schemes of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari today stated that it was the need of the hour to motivate general …
Law prohibits burning of garbage, but the practice continues unabated in the city. Residents are often appalled by the thick smoke enveloping the area. Both the MC and the A2Z company, responsible for the management of solid waste in the city, are unable to find a solution to the problem. …
