Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kulwant Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/04/2021. The issue for consideration is the remedial action for violation of environmental norms by Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), Mansa, Punjab, resulting in damage to the soil, apart …
As many as 637 cancer cases have been detected in the first two weeks of the month-long door-to-door survey in Mansa district. The development is significant as a month ago, only four cancer cases were detected out of about 27,000 persons who were examined during a two-day mega health camp …
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 …
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 …
Belying claims of the state government of providing clean drinking water in the state, particularly in the cancer-hit Malwa region, data from the Department of Public Health reveals that only about 14 per cent of rural households in Bathinda and Mansa districts use RO water. The rest 86 per cent, …
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 …
Punjab’s agricultural sector grew at 1.6 per cent during the 11th Plan against the national average of 3.41 per cent. The growth is tardy owing to near saturation in productivity. The rural debts in Punjab are estimated to be Rs 35,000 crore. The number of indebted rural households in Punjab …
Still not included under a national programme for prevention of the disease. The alarming rise in cancer-related deaths in Malwa saw Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, during his recent visit to the state, including Bathinda, Hoshiarpur and Mansa districts under a national programme for prevention and control of the disease. …
The controversy over the land acquisition in Gobindpura refuses to die down with the hearing on a writ petition filed by an NGO, alleging that the government grossly violated the SC/ST Act, set to be held on February 14. The petition, filed by NGO Universal human rights commission (UHRO) on …
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.
For the first time, ecology will become an issue in the state assembly elections with environmentalists floating a front that will vote for candidates committed to an agenda which supports sustainable livelihood, including health security. The environmentalists, led by the Kheti Virasat Mission, include the BKU (Rajewal), the BKU (Ekta) …
Upon taking over the reins of the state, the SAD-BJP government conceived establishing six new thermal plants in the state to generate 10,640 MW of power. Three plants at Rajpura, Goindwal Sahib and Talwandi Sabo are well on the way now after delays due to recession, and rebidding in the …
The sheen of the power sector, which plays a vital role in vote-bank politics in Punjab, was tarnished by a substantial hike in power tariffs, the ballooning power subsidy and strident farmers protests over land acquisition for a new power project in 2011. Despite being a corporatised entity after unbundling …
The delay in the widening of the water channel at Bhainibagha Rajbaha has left more than 15 villages in Bathinda and Mansa high and dry.These villages have not been getting water for irrigation and drinking purposes for the past more than one-and-a-half months. The 26-km-long water channel is being widened …
Farmer leaders protesting against the forceful land acquisition in Gobindpura were today shown alternative land at six different places in two adjoining villages. The land was shown by a team comprising Paramjit Singh Grewal, DIG, Bathinda range, and Ravinder Singh, Mansa deputy commissioner, besides officials of the agriculture and revenue …
A day after police and farmers clashed over the construction of a boundary wall over a piece of land for the proposed Indiabulls power plant, the police arrested a group villagers heading towards the trouble-torn Gobindpura even as a section of farmers held protest march in the village and the …
Himachal Pradesh’s solution to land acquisition hassles for hydropower projects - reserve one per cent of its production for project-affected people - should also be followed by Punjab for its power projects, Congress MLA Sunil Jakhar said on Monday. Accusing the state government of coercing farmers of Gobindpura village in …
Poena Power Development Ltd (PPDL) workers today started levelling the controversial piece of agricultural land for setting up the 1,320 MW thermal plant at Gobindpura in Mansa district amidst protest by farmers and heavy police protection. Over 20 tractors were engaged by the company for levelling the 560 acres of …
New Delhi: Punjab may soon be the trendsetter for maintenance of highways across the country. The state has fixed stiff deadlines for road contractors to repair any damage that is spotted. As per a new model contract prepared at the behest of World Bank, a contractor has to repair potholes …
A farmer was killed and about 30 were injured on August 2 when police lathicharged farmers opposing land acquisition by the state for a power project in Punjab’s Mansa district. Private company Indiabulls Power Limited is planning to set up a 1,320 MW thermal power project on 357 hectares (ha) …
Currently facing farmers’ firewall over land acquisition for the 1320-MW Mansa plant of Indiabulls, the Punjab government seems to be flouting the very policy it formed to allow power projects through the memorandum of understanding (MoU) route. Clause 10 of the Punjab Power Generation Policy 2010 — which lays down …
