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 …
Mohali: A day after the farmers suspended their agitation against land acquisition for the Mansa power plant, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh announced that his party leaders and workers would march to the village on September 2, demanding adequate compensation for the farmers as well as their …
They were objecting to ‘forcible' land acquisition for power project At least two dozen farmers were injured when the police resorted to a baton charge in the early hours of Thursday to break up their agitation against land acquisition in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office at Gobindpura of Punjab's …
The Punjab Congress will launch a morcha on September 2 by courting arrest in batches to force the government to scrap land acquisition for Indiabull’s Gobindpura thermal project in Mansa district. Pradesh Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh will lead the agitation, which will be started at Baretta mandi from where …
Police resorts to lathi charge to stop protesters from marching to thermal plant site Kot Dunna (Mansa-Barnala border) : One farmer was killed and 15 others sustained injuries as the police lathi-charged a large group of farmers protesting against acquisition of land for setting up 1350 MW thermal power plant …
Several Congress leaders were detained by Mansa police on Friday and forced into a police vehicle amid unruly scenes after they tried to march towards the controversial site of the upcoming Gobindpura power plant — facing a land acquistion row. Six MLAs — Harminder Singh Jassi, Ajit Inder Singh Mofar, …
Even and acquisition row over Gobindpura power plant seems to be spiralling into a poll issue and farm unions vowing to intensify the struggle against “forced” acquisition, the Mansa administration has threatened to deposit the compensation cheques of unwilling farmers in court, if they fail to claim the money. “Any …
While the move by Haryana to build a concrete wall to divert the Ghaggar waters towards Punjab has triggered an inter-state dispute, the two earthen dams on the course of water bodies at Chandpura near Mansa and Dabwali on the periphery of Bathinda district have also become a bone of …
Ludhiana: Presence of high levels of uranium in drinking water at Faridkot has raised an alarm amongst the residents with the NGO Baba Farid Center for Special Children which brought this issue to light some two years back demanding that the drinking water in this once princely state should be …
The recently sown cotton crop on around 37,000 hectares in Ferozepur and Muktsar districts has been destroyed following a freak hailstorm and rain two days earlier. Reports received here by the Agriculture Department indicate the newly sown cotton crop has been partially damaged in Bathinda and Mansa districts. Around 7,000 …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Malwa belt in Punjab has recorded high incidence of breast cancer in the State, according to a study by the United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisation,
A study of ground water quality in Bathinda, Mansa and Patiala districts of Punjab has been carried out with prime objective to study the geo-genic contamination of ground water by the various major and minor elements including arsenic and fluoride by Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources.
Chandigarh: The Punjab State Power Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Indiabulls Power for the development of 1350-mw coal fired thermal power project in the state.KD Chaudhri, chairman cum managing director, PSPCL informed that the MoU with Indiabulls Power is for development of 1350-mw coal-fired Thermal Power Project near …
Falling water table in the state has been forcing farmers to go for deeper submersible tube wells with cemented structures at the base. Though found in select areas of Bathinda and Mansa districts, where water table has gone below 300 feet, experts feel other areas will also have to have …
An uneasy calm envelops the dusty roads and recently harvested fields of Khiala village in Mansa district of Punjab. The village looks abandoned except for a few eager eyes scanning the only vehicle moving around on a sunny afternoon. As this correspondent reaches the Dalit-dominated western side of the village, …
Granite in Haryana a possible source uranium has contaminated milk, wheat, pulses and water in Bathinda district in Punjab, a study by scientists of Amritsar
As inequality within households, across households and in society as a whole has deepened in the post-Green Revolution era, there is an urgent need to revamp the rural economic and social development process in Punjab. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Satjeet Singh as a part of …
How have women been coping in the aftermath of farmer suicides in Punjab? This article is based on detailed interviews with 32 women in three districts of the state. Accosting the reality of women caught in the vortex of the agrarian crisis, one painfully comes to terms with the newer …
This sleepy town of Malwa has emerged as a centre of pilgrimage for farmers from across the country. The tractor-mounted reapers used for harvesting wheat, paddy, mustard, soyabean, Jawar, millet and maize, etc, manufactured by local innovative skilled workers, have been a hit in almost all states. Many farmers from …
