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 …
No case registered for violating the ban on practice The burning of paddy stubble is going on unabated despite a complete ban on the practice in Sangrur district, causing various medical problems to people, especially elderly persons and children. Doctors are of the view that the state government should strictly …
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 …
The Centrally-funded scheme is being run in Moga, Sangrur and Ajitgarh districts Punjab government has released a fund of Rs 21 crore earmarked for the mid-day meal scheme in the state for the month of October. The Centrally-funded scheme is being run in Moga, Sangrur and Ajitgarh districts of the …
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 …
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 …
Naina packaged drinking water, manufactured by Shri Sai Mineral Corporation, located at Mehlan village in Sunam tehsil in the district, has been tested unsafe for human consumption for the second time in the past eight months. The sample collected on August 2 by district health authorities was tested by the …
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 …
Sangrur, July 23: Under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned Rs 48.94 crore to set up sewage treatment plants at Lehragaga, Khanauri and Moonak. Vijay Inder Singla, Member Parliament (MP) from Sangrur, said the central government had sanctioned Rs 20.52 crore …
Blame it on the deficient rains last year or its overexploitation by farmers, the groundwater level has fallen alarmingly in Sangrur district. Compared to the past 10 years when the annual decline used to be below 1 metre, the water level has depleted by 1.5 metres in the past one …
Health authorities to initiate legal action against Sangrur shopkeepers A large number of powdered food supplements, promising rapid body growth, are being sold in every part of the state. The district health authorities recently collected six samples of such products procured from shops situated at Sunam, Dhuri and Dirba in …
Can approach purchasers, receive payments directly as govt prunes their role Arhtiyas or commission agents in Punjab will not be able to reap the healthy benefits of a good harvest. Pruning the role played by arhtiyas in procurement, the Punjab Government has decided to provide farmers an option of directly …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was tabled in the Vidhan Sabha today, points out lacunae in the execution of works under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna. It says that notification for acquiring land for roads had been delayed. This had had serious fiscal implications …
More than 110 of the 138 water blocks in Punjab have shown a steep fall in the water table, ringing the alarm bells. Thirty-eight of these blocks in Sangrur, Ludhiana, Barnala, Moga and Fatehgarh Sahib districts have been issued notices under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The Central Ground Water …
As many as 74 samples, of the 524 samples of various food items collected, failed to clear the safety test on account of substandard or misbranded food items. The district health authorities had collected 524 samples of various food items till November 30 from different parts of the district to …
In a setback to the statewide door-to-door cancer awareness and symptom-based early detection campaign, which begins from December 1, over 900 ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers of the Health department in Sangrur district have decided to boycott the campaign. They have taken the step in protest against a meager …
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 …
In the lush fields of Punjab germinates a scary tale. Farmers there live in a disturbing cesspool of toxicity, as a result of excessive and unregulated use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers At 9.20pm every day, a passenger train leaves Bhatinda town for Bikaner in Rajasthan. Wrapped in blankets, a …
Allege the government chose the longest route to benefit politicians, traders; demand inquiry Jupinderjit Singh Sangrur: The four-laning project of the Zirakpur-Bathinda highway has run into a controversy with farmers of Sangrur seeking a CBI inquiry into the selection of the route. They allege that the proposed route has been …
Sangrur: About 250 food samples were collected by the health authorities from various parts of the district in the last seven months. Of them, 38 failed to clear the safety test. All these samples were collected after the new Food Safety and Standards Act was implemented last year. A fine …
