Bathinda

Reply on behalf of state of Punjab through District Magistrate Bathinda regarding management of M/S JITF waste plant, Bhatinda, Punjab, 27/03/2024

Reply on behalf of state of Punjab through District Magistrate Bathinda in OA 413 of 2021 Bikramjit Singh Shergill Vs State of Punjab. The report was in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated December 20, 2023. The matter related to management of M/S JITF waste plant, Bhatinda. The …

Reply on behalf of state of Punjab through District Magistrate Bathinda regarding management of M/S JITF waste plant, Bhatinda, Punjab, 27/03/2024

Reply on behalf of state of Punjab through District Magistrate Bathinda in OA 413 of 2021 Bikramjit Singh Shergill Vs State of Punjab. The report was in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated December 20, 2023. The matter related to management of M/S JITF waste plant, Bhatinda. The …

Civic body issues fogging schedule for city

The Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) has issued the fogging schedule to control vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. In a press statement issued here on Monday, Municipal Commissioner Dr Rishipal Singh said fogging would start at 7 am daily and appealed to the residents that during fogging, everyone must keep …

Scripting success in generating green energy

Adani Green Energy’s 100 MW plant at Sardargarh village can turn out to be a game changer Set up by Adani Green Energy Limited more than a year ago, Punjab’s largest solar power plant of 100 MW at Sardargarh village in Bathinda is turning out to be a game changer …

AAP leaders present polluted water to Badal

Reach Bathinda as part of their state-wide campaign against environmental pollution Aam Aadmi Party leaders from the Malwa zone, who are on a state-wide campaign against environmental pollution, carrying bottles filled with polluted water reached Bathinda on Sunday. AAP members gathered near Fire Brigade Chowk and raised slogans against the …

Garbage collection: MCB files compliance report in NGT

Says work has started on trial basis, next hearing on April 3 The Municipal Corporation of Bathinda (MCB) has submitted its compliance report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, on the arrangements made by them for door-to-door garbage collection work before taking over from JITF Company from May …

Coal exhausted, Bathinda plant set for closure

BATHINDA: With Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) deciding not to place any fresh orders for coal supplies for Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, it appears that all is set for its closure. Besides, the existing stock of coal has almost finished.As per the PSPCL management, the units were made …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding waste to energy plant in Bathinda, Punjab, 06/09/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 06/09/2017 regarding waste to energy plant in Bathinda, Punjab. Counsel appearing for the State of Punjab has submitted before the Tribunal that the solid waste management plant is …

PPCB proposes to ban pressure horns

Tightening the noose around those using pressure horns, the Punjab Pollution Control Board has presented a proposal to completely ban the use of pressure horns, which create nuisance and add to noise pollution. The proposal has been presented under the Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981. If it gets …

Punjab cabinet sets up sub committee on Thermal plants

The Punjab cabinet today constituted a sub-committee to consider and work out the modalities for the closure of the state-owned thermal plants in view of the CEA guidelines to retire non-viable Thermal Power Plants (TPPS) that have exceeded 25-year life span. The decision was taken at a meeting of the …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the municipal solid waste management plant of Bathinda, Punjab, 04/08/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 04/08/2017 regarding the municipal solid waste management plant of Bathinda. NGT in its Order said that as a result of non-functioning of the plant, it is the public …

After NGT rap, meet called on solid waste

Following the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding solid waste management, the Chief Secretary has called a meeting of the local bodies officials and commissioners of municipal corporations on July 21. Ajoy Sharma, Secretary, Local Bodies, said a preliminary meeting was held today, but issues would be debated …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding municipal solid waste management in the State of Punjab, 11/07/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Capt. Mall Singh & Others Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 11/07/2017 regarding collection and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste and other waste in the state of Punjab. NGT directs the Chief Secretary of the State of Punjab to …

PSPCL mulls winding up Bathinda, Ropar plants

Move in line with Centre’s norm of shutting units older than 25 yrs Punjab’s two oldest thermal power plants — Bathinda and Ropar — are staring at closure. Taking the first step to shut both plants in phases, the Board of Directors of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), in …

Efforts over treatment plant not to go waste

While neighbouring China is busy setting up the world’s largest waste to energy plant in its Shenzen province after successfully setting up 150 such plants, India just has five such plants. Bathinda is among those cities of the country where the solid waste management plant has been hanging fire ever …

Health teams to sensitise public to vector-borne diseases

The Health Department is all set to galvanise its machinery to counter the vector-borne diseases. It will observe every Friday as Health Dry Day during which the public will be sensitised to cleaning their water storage tanks, coolers and others things. Interestingly, officials of the Health Department will also clean …

Bathinda gets state’s largest solar plant, to generate 33.5 MW

The state’s largest solar plant (33.5 MW), spread over 140 acres, was inaugurated by Union Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Badal and Minister for New and Renewable Energy Bikram Majithia at Jaga Ram Tirth village today. The project has been commissioned by Welspun Renewables, the country’s largest solar energy generator, …

State Govt to provide 40 lakh saplings under Green Punjab Mission

To make the State clean and pollution-free under the ongoing green drive, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday gave nod to provide 40 lakh saplings to all Government institutions and villages free of cost.The Chief Minister asked the officers of the forest department to carefully choose plants as …

RO plants: Water samples fail purity test

Even as the World Bank had sanctioned another Rs 2,200 crore to the Punjab government for its ongoing project of providing 100 per cent potable water and sanitation in Punjab state that claim to utilised its first sanctioned amount of Rs 1,280 crore before the scheduled time of six months …

Diarrhoea, dehydration cases on the rise

The city hospitals have been witnessing a rise in the number of diarrhoea and dehydration cases for the past one week. According to medical experts, exposure to excessive heat causes loss of fluids and a rise in the body temperature. This may occur at any age but is most common …

Pollution behind 30% rise in respiratory diseases, says doc

Be careful while taking a deep breath, as toxic fumes may enter your body to badly affect the respiration system. Pollution in the city has led to increase in 20 to 30 per cent patients suffering from respiratory diseases in Bathinda. Expressing anguish and deep concern over the pollution, the …

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