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 …
Notwithstanding deficient rainfall, Punjab has had a bumper paddy crop this year. Already, more than 126 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in various grain markets in the state. Of this, about 121 lakh tonnes has been procured by various state government agencies and 5.94 lakh tonnes by traders and …
Foodgrain provided by the Centre for three Adarsh Schools ‘siphoned’ to a college Moga: At least 1,000 students of primary and upper primary classes in three Adarsh Schools in the district have not been served mid-day meals for the past many months. Foodgrain provided by the Centre for the schools …
The present study was carried out on stored rice variety PAU 201 in Punjab that was not permitted for milling and public distribution due to the presence of damaged grains at levels exceeding the regulatory limits of 4.75 per cent. The aim of the study was to determine fungal and …
Move comes after NHRC intervention Following directions of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Punjab Government has banned the manufacture, import and use of carcinogenic pesticides, which according to reports, caused cancer among the small farmers in the Malwa region that consists of Southern districts — Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga, …
Passengers on an unusual train journeying the through the thick of Punjab polls discuss their ailments afflicting an entire generation. Strangely, for the state's politics, which is as much blinded by materialism as the people there, these problems just don't exist.
Acting on a petition alleging failure of Punjab to take necessary steps for stopping illegal mining in Kishanpura drain passing through Moga district, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Chief Secretary to initiate an inquiry into the carrying out of mining after the expiry of the contract. …
As many as 1,159 patients have been tested positive for dengue so far throughout the state. Of these, 447 persons have been tested positive in Ludhiana district, 358 in Bathinda district and 239 in Muktsar district. However, as per official records, only three dengue deaths have been reported so far. …
Moga: Scientists have called upon medical scientists and pharmacists in particular to regulate the use of drugs to minimise their side affects and improve the quality of life. They were addressing pharmacists and young scientists in the two-day national seminar on
Punjab to encourage more panchayats to run drinking water schemes in villages The Punjab government has now made heavy metal and uranium tests mandatory for boring a tubewell, besides the 28 tests being carried out at present. And from now, if any village opts for hundred per cent water connection, …
This IWMI report assesses water depletion from consumptive water use of agricultural production in Moga district, Punjab. It focuses on the growth in agricultural production & stress on water resources induced by groundwater irrigation. This report assesses water depletion from the consumptive water use (CWU) of agricultural production in the …
With a number of migrant labourers admitted in hospital with symptoms of diarrhoea, there is panic among workers at the grain market in Moga. Dr B S Goyal, who is posted at the Moga Civil Hospital, said the patients brought there were suffering from acute diarrhoea, primarily due to consumption …
Moga: Reacting to a news item published in these columns on January 4, the top brass of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) had dispatched a technical team of experts to Moga and Ferozepur districts for collecting samples of rice from the storehouses of the corporation. The team led by …
Moga, July 16 General secretary of the PPCC and former minister Malti Thapar has appealed to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to extend his party's support to the Manmohan Singh government on the nuclear deal. In a letter written to Badal today, she said, "No doubt that your association with …
