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 …
Adulterated Groundwater Leading To Skin Diseases, Tooth & Nail Decay Tushar Rattan | TNN Ropar: Once the lifeline of Ropar in Punjab, the Sutlej river is fast turning into a deathtrap for human and aquatic populations dependent on its water, allegedly steeped in hazardous industrial effluents that sneakily find their …
View From The North Balwinder Singh of Sakho Majra in Ropar district is frustrated with our policymakers. Ordinarily, a small farmer like him with six acres of land should have been happy with the budget's promise of more funds for rural infrastructure and agricultural credit, as well as plans to …
Ropar: A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) collected four samples from the Sirsa-Nangal river after a large number of fish were found floating in the water body near Avankot village. Environment engineer Karunesh Garg headed the team that collected water samples from the confluence downstream the river …
Aquatic life safe, tests underway on april 24, 7,000 litres of heavy furnace oil leaked into the Sutlej river after a pipeline burst at the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant at Ropar in Punjab. A senior plant official said the welding in the pipeline could have given way …
Ropar (Punjab): A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team has taken samples of water and plants from Sutlej river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago, officials said on Sunday. Thousands of litres of oil …
Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India. Under notification issued by the Union government on September 14, 1999, use of fly ash, if available, is mandatory …
Is pursuing floriculture in green house a commercial activity? The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) would lead us to believe so. However, the national horticulture mission thinks otherwise. Now, the future prospects of all these 50-odd farmers, as well as the horticulture mission project in Punjab, has come under a …
Six students of the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Academy (SASA), Ropar, have been invited by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to Finland. The team will participate in a week-long conference at University of JOENSUU in Finland in the second week of April. The students are Ranjit Singh, Gurtej Singh, Harmandeep …
Ropar: In a bid to attract tourists to the villages, the Punjab Government has launched a farm tourism scheme in Rupnagar district, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (development) Kavita Singh. She said detailed guidelines have been chalked out to rope in progressive farmers and farmhouse owners in the district. Under the …
Punjab was forced to undergo long power cuts for upto six hours after two units of the Ropar Thermal plant tripped today, leading to acute shortage of power. The state lost as much as 420 MW power on Friday due to the tripping of the two thermal power generation units …
Ropar: The Ambuja Cement plant is utilising biomass for its captive power plant at the unit. Use of biomass has brought respite for villagers around, who find it difficult to manage agriculture waste and stock it. The plant is presently using 24 types of biomass at its captive power plant, …
The water-harvesting structures constructed in six villages to provide irrigation and agriculture sustainability in the area have proved to be a bane for villagers as the dams have not been desilted since their inception. "Constructed in 1994, the dam was a blessing for us. But nearly six years ago, heavy …
