Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shivani Jaswal, Municipal Councilor Vs State of Punjab dated 31/10/2019 regarding pollution of river Satluj at Nangal, District Ropar, Punjab due to discharge of sewer and waste water of Bhakra Beas Management Board and Municipal Council, Nangal. The Punjab Pollution …
Chandigarh: The district administration of Nawanshahr today swung into action to check illegal mining in the Sutlej riverbed. All mining activity in the riverbed has come to a halt. Following a report on illegal mining in The Tribune columns today, Industries Minister Anil Joshi directed the Nawanshahr district administration as …
Shifts base from Ropar to Nawanshahr district for its nefarious activities Nawanshahr: The powerful sand mining mafia seems to have shifted its base from Ropar to Nawanshahr for extracting sand and gravel from the Sutlej riverbed. A lax administration has ensured that the mafia gets away with everything - altering …
Showing a way to the farming community trapped in the vicious circle of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and debts, a small group of farmers in 21 villages of Roopnagar (Ropar) district has come out of this net and is gradually shifting to organic farming. Called the ‘Granary of India’, Punjab contributes …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet today gave the nod to the prestigious Rs 100 crore Anandpur Sahib to Naina Devi ropeway project, approving the memorandum of Understanding to be signed with Himachal Pradesh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said a joint venture “Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Sri Naina Devi …
Chandigarh: The powerful sand mining mafia has thwarted attempts by the government to bring down the prices of sand and gravel. The powerful mining mafia has reportedly raised its “tax” on stone crusher owners, ensuring that there is no relief for consumers. As of now, sand is being sold at …
The Punjab Government today swung into action following The Tribune expose on rampant illegal mining in the Sutlej riverbed in Ropar and arrested 20 persons after registering as many as 30 FIRs. The accused were arrested on charges of theft (of minor minerals through illegal quarrying) and under various sections …
Zinc (Zn) is the most important micronutrient required for sustainable crop production, particularly for rice and wheat crops. Therefore, on-farm trails (OFTs) were conducted at seventeen different locations during 2006-08 to evaluate the direct and residual application effect of Zn, applied through zinc sulphate heptahydrate under rice-wheat (RW) cropping sequence.
Ropar will start the eco-cab service on the lines of existing ones in Fazilka, Amritsar and Patiala. The Punjab Tourism Development Board will launch the eco-cabs at Ropar in collaboration with the Rotary Club, Ropar. Under this collaboration, the club will identify beneficiaries and will provide a sponsorship of Rs …
The nuclear disaster at Fukoshima in Japan should not stop us from going ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear plant. It means that our nuclear reactors should not only be quake- resistant, but be able to tolerate a tsunami too, Principal Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister Dr Rajagopala Chidambaram said here …
Ambika Soni, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab, has released a total of Rs 3.20 crore during the year 2010 under the MPLADS (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) fund for various projects in different districts of Punjab. The funds have been released …
Hundreds of villagers, under the banner of Punjab Panchayat Union, held a massive protest and laid siege to the District Mining Office (DMO) in Industrial Area, Phase I, here Tuesday. Alleging rampant illegal mining up and above the permissible limits and not even getting their one third share from the …
Anandpur Sahib : Mining contractors continue to fleece certain villages in Punjab while the departments concerned remain in the slumber. As per the Punjab Miner Minerals Concession Rules, 1964, the village where mining is done is to be paid 33 per cent of the royalty as well as auctioning fees. …
Ropar: The biomass power plants, running in the state, are incurring losses due to lack of fuel, security and disparity in the power tariffs between different plants. Punjab has two kinds of plants including independent power producing (IPP) plants and the co-generation plants. The IPP are given the rights to …
The All Indian Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the Punjab Government to not hand over the proposed 264 MW Gidderbaha Thermal Plant to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). According to the engineers, NTPC allows utilisation of just 50 per cent of the power produced to the state and …
Nothing to panic about: BBMB Relentless rains and heavy inflows this season led to the tilting of the upper part of the Bhakra dam by more than one inch today, forcing the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) authorities to announce an immediate stop on any further filling of the reservoir. …
a ban on growing trees, installing borewells and digging ponds on farms is giving sleepless nights to residents of 204 villages of Punjab. The ban is in view of a 610 km gas pipeline that would pass through the farms in three districts—Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar. Digging work has …
Within four months of starting its operations, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar has begun a battle against power shortage in the state. The institute has already started work in this direction and plans to work extensively to produce power through biogas and other agricultural wastes. Making a significant …
Industrial waste from the Gwalthai industrial area in Himachal has been polluting the Sutlej in Punjab. The waste has been flowing from the Gwalthai area into the Sutlej 500 m from the national wetland at Nangal for two days. People working near Talwara khud have complained of infection on the …
