Dhanas Lake: In a repeat episode of mass mortality of big fish at Dhanas lake on July 12, 2015, the lethal combination of high humidity, low cloud cover and pollutants has led to more fish dying on Sunday along the banks and in the middle of the southern part of …
Dhanas Lake: In a repeat episode of mass mortality of big fish at Dhanas lake on July 12, 2015, the lethal combination of high humidity, low cloud cover and pollutants has led to more fish dying on Sunday along the banks and in the middle of the southern part of …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today rapped the authorities concerned in Chandigarh for the drying up of Sukhna Lake. The Bench categorically asserted the lake would not have dried up had the directions issued from time to time being meticulously followed. As the case came up for resumed hearing, …
The Delhi high court scrapped on Wednesday a proposed Rs 1,275 crore residential project in Chandigarh on the grounds that it fell within the sensitive catchment area of the Sukhna lake. The project is promoted by the Tata Housing Development Company. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and justice …
Raising concern about drying up of man-made Sukhna Lake during peak summer season, HC expressed the need to devise “alternative and artificial measures” Raising concern about drying up of man-made Sukhna Lake during peak summer season, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday expressed the need to devise “alternative …
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the state government and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board for their "inaction" against a company which has been allegedly polluting wells, farmland and the Sukhna river since long. According to the petition filed by Vaishnaw Rameshwar and Atmaram …
One of several samples taken from dozens of domestic geese that died in Chandigarh's Sukhna lake has tested positive for the dreaded avian flu, triggering alarm across Punjab, which is a big supplier of chicken and poultry products to many parts of north India. As many as 35 geese have …
PIL petitioners today pleaded with the Delhi High Court to quash the environmental clearance given to the proposed Tata Camelot’s high-rise project in Mohali district, contending a state-level committee had approved it hastily without collecting and analysing necessary data. Arguing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice …
The multi-crore rupees Tata Camelot Housing project near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh falls within the area which is ecologically sensitive and "prone to seismic activity", the Delhi high court was told on Thursday. A bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw is hearing two PILs, earlier …
There seems to be no end to UT Science and Technology Department’s woes in the execution of ambitious solar power projects. An ambitious proposal of UT (S & T) Department for commissioning of a solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 (GMCH-32) here has …
Sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC order giving green light to Tata project The Supreme Court today transferred the cases relating to the controversial high-rise township project of Tata Camelot near Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake to the Delhi High Court for adjudication by August 31. It also set aside the Punjab …
The UT administration has raised environmental concerns over increase in traffic volume in eco-sensitive areas, with two townships coming up in Punjab and Haryana. The township of Shree Mata Mansa Devi Complex is being developed in Haryana on the north-eastern side of the city abutting Sukhna Lake, Sukhna forest and …
Tata Housing Development Company today agreed in the Supreme Court not to go ahead with its high-rise buildings project near Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake till further orders as the SC sought its response within eight weeks to two petitions against the proposed construction of 1,794 residential flats. A Bench comprising Justices …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Tuesday, directed the UT Administration to immediately release funds to the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee so that it can complete a study of the Sukhna lake. A case pertaining to save Sukhna lake came up for hearing before a Division Bench …
Expressing deep concern over the leakage from Sukhna flood gates, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the Chandigarh Administration to repair the flood gates in the lake. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Administration, as demanded by the High Court, on Friday filed a report stating that the Administration does …
After almost drying up in peak summer, Sukhna Lake has witnessed a revival with the water level touching 1,161 feet today. In case the level rises by two more feet, it would require opening up of the flood gates. Over the past few days, the Sukhna has been receiving a …
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration on Friday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the city does not have excess water to pour into Sukhna. The response was submitted after the High Court on Thursday had questioned the administration as to why excess water received by Chandigarh in the months …
Expressing deep concern over the deteriorating condition of Sukhna Lake, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the Chandigarh Administration to make immediate arrangements to release water from the check dams into it. The High Court has given three days’ time to the administration to bring water to …
A survey of the Sukhna Lake catchment was conducted today to find ways of saving the lake from drying up. The reservoirs in the catchment wildlife sanctuary were inspected and it was suggested that pits be dug up near the trough area in the catchment to ascertain the amount of …
Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself. Shortage of construction material that has stalled several projects has also ensured that the silt is yet to be utilised. The silt can only be used by the government …
Chandigarh: SC orders bar on razing of any construction which has come up till May 21. In an immediate relief for those facing demolition of their buildings/ constructions in the Sukhna catchment area, the Supreme Court today ordered a stay on the demolition orders. Making it clear that the Administration …
