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 …
Thanks to little campaigns by kids in schools, dissuading public from bursting crackers during Diwali, Punjabis kept their promise not to paint the green Diwali black this year. The upper limits of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), the major pollutant during Diwali, remained significantly lower as compared to last Diwali. …
The government on Wednesday approved the widening of highways in Maharashtra and Punjab, which entails investments of over R3,000 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the four- laning of the Aurangabad-Yedeshi highway in Maharashtra at an investment of R2,406.63 crore. In Punjab, the Sangrur-Haryana border road will …
Once a lifeline for villages situated along its course, the Ghaggar has in recent years turned into a perennial source of pollution in the district. As untreated waste continues to be discharged unabated into the river, the prevalence of cancer and other diseases has been steadily rising among the residents. …
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 …
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 …
The Punjab Government seems to be in a rush to lay the stone for a Rs 40-crore sewage treatment plant (STP) in Neelpur village tomorrow, though the district administration is yet to complete formalities for the land acquisition.The government has not paid a penny to the farmer whose land it …
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 …
After a second review of the functioning of the Punjab Cancer Rahat Kosh Scheme, at least two more hospitals are to be removed from the list of approved hospitals because of deficient services. At least 19 of the 36 hospitals approved earlier were de-listed in April this year. At the …
To promote organic farming, the Agriculture Department has decided to open Kisan Huts under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) project in all districts. “After the success of four Kisan Huts in Patiala, Nabha, Ropar and Nurpur Bedi, we are in the process of establishing these in all other districts …
Recent crop harvesting practices use mechanical harvesters in the rice and wheat farm system in India. These practices leave behind large quantities of crop residue in the field. However, there is no suitable method available for managing the crop residues. Crop residues / biomass burning are cheap and easiest method …
Of the 499 water samples collected by the District Health and Family Welfare Department from January 2012 till November 30 in Patiala district, 212 have been found to be non-potable while the results of 35 samples are still awaited. The District Health Officer Dr Harish Malhotra said that in Patiala …
Ahead of its next big ticket social programme - the Food Security Bill - which it plans to implement before the 2014 general elections, the UPA government is busy sprucing up logistics and infrastructure to aid its implementation. The Food Ministry is looking at complete coverage for precious foodgrain produced …
Aims to solve drinking water problems of Patiala city Patiala: The Punjab Government will use a major portion of “excess” water flowing from Punjab to Haryana through Khanauri Headworks to ensure proper drinking water supply in Patiala. A project of water treatment plant would be forwarded to the state government …
Combined installed capacity 3920 MW; generation to begin from April next year Punjab’s dream of becoming self-sufficient in power would become a reality, when three major thermal plants in the private sector, with a combined installed capacity of 3920 MW, start operating and begin generation from April 2013. This was …
Successive governments in Punjab have been assuring the people of providing them clean drinking water. But, an analysis of water samples collected from various cities of the state narrate an entirely different story, finds The Tribune Patiala: Safety claims go down the drain Patiala: The recent outbreak of gastroenteritis and …
125 under treatment, Residents protest MC ‘laxity’, Deaths not due to the disease, claims Civil Surgeon Patiala: Gastroenteritis has taken a fatal form in a Patiala colony. Three persons have already succumbed to the disease whereas 125 have been admitted to various hospitals in the city. Mixing of sewage with …
Patiala: The demand for power in the state touched an all-time high of 2,273 lakh units (LU) yesterday while the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) could supply only 1,966 LU. The corporation has termed the rise in demand as unprecedented. Reports from various parts of the state, including Amritsar, …
Experts say the number of agricultural migrants coming to Punjab is not declining. The migrant workers themselves laugh off any claims of a slowdown in migration. Then why do Punjab’s farmers seem to be experiencing a labour supply squeeze? A large part of the answer seems to lie in Punjab’s …
Supply of migrant workers is drying up because of NREGS, say babus, industrialists and farmers. But workers themselves say this is not the case Patiala/Sangrur: Everyone agrees that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone, except the workers themselves. For …
Long cuts, frequent breakdowns and technical snags expose PSPCL’s ill-preparedness for summer season Patiala: With the demand for power shooting up drastically, the state is reeling under severe power crisis. The soaring mercury, heat wave and unscheduled power cuts in almost all parts of Punjab has left the people high …
