Reply from the Commissioner and Secretary to government of Haryana, Irrigation and Water Resources Department in compliance of National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders dated 11/01/2023. The report informed the Tribunal that construction and demolition waste from Ghaggar plain has been lifted and disposed off with the help of the District …
Minister asks central government to caution Delhi, Himachal, UP and Punjab governments. The Ghaggar waters are being polluted due to the discharge of toxic effluents from industries in Parwanoo, Brotiwala and Kala Amb in Himachal The Ghaggar is being grossly polluted at Tiwana Sarata, Rat Tanheri, Khanauri and Manak by …
The Haryana government will spend Rs 350 crore on flood prevention measures in the state. This was stated by the finance, irrigation, forest and environment minister Ajay Singh Yadav in a press conference at Sirsa. He said that out of this amount, Rs 18 crore would be spent on strengthening …
Following rains in Himachal Pradesh, the Markanda river and other seasonal rivulets which were flowing below the danger point, are now in spate. Seven persons, including three women, were swept away by the raging waters in the recent flash floods, but were all rescued alive. Crops in the catchment areas …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana's Irrigation Minister Ajay Singh Yadav on Monday demanded that the Punjab Government initiate action against those who caused breaches in the Ghaggar river and diverted water into the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. Punjab has claimed that the breaches in the SYL canal falling in Patiala district are being …
The Army has been called to assist the civil authorities in Sirsa where two breaches have occurred on the Ghaggar at Farwai and Nejadela. Villagers have started evacuating these villages. The situation is said to be grim. The authorities have declared over 15 villages along the Ghaggar as
Chandigarh: Fresh bouts of rain in already-inundated areas of Punjab and Haryana worsened the flood situation on Monday as 26 more breaches in the Ghaggar and smaller rivers like Sagarpada and Markanda left more areas marooned. The death toll in Punjab went up to 22 as two more bodies were …
CHANDIGARH: The flood situation in Haryana worsened on Thursday as Kaithal district authorities called in the Army to assist in rescue and relief operations after seven villages -- Tatiana, Khushal Majra, Baupur, Hemu Majra, Lalpur, Seo-Majra and Bhatian -- got flooded due to a breach on both sides of the …
Several districts in Haryana were on high alert as heavy rain continued and the Yamuna rose further. As the Army struggled to plug the 40-foot breach in the SYL canal at village Jogan Khera near Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district, a fresh breach erupted at Darsi village. Over 40 villages in …
Ghaggar water level comes down in many areas Umesh Dewan Tribune News Service Patiala, July 7 A 120-foot wide breach in the SYL Canal near Kapoori village side in Punjab and another breach from the Haryana side has left as many as 108 villages -- according to the administration -- …
Illegal quarrying in the bed of Ghaggar river and sewage waste released from Panchkula, Zirakpur and adjoining villages have posed a threat to the flora and fauna near Chhatbir Zoo. Besides quarrying, lack of water in the Ghaggar, too, has affected the visits of birds and animals. A pipe discharges …
Chhat (Banur): Drastic fall in number of birds on the banks of Ghaggar river that runs alongside the Mahendra Choudhary Zoological Park, famous as the Chhatbir Zoo, has upset bird lovers. The population of birds has shown a sharp decline over the past couple of years. Rise in pollution level, …
Just days after dead fish was found floating on the Sutlej and industrial pollution wreaking havoc in the state, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today sought the release of Rs 302 crore from the Union Environment Ministry to control pollution in the Sutluj and Ghaggar rivers. Badal today met Union …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday urged Union Minster of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to immediately release Rs 302 crore for the abatement of pollution of rivers Sutlej and Ghaggar. Chief Minister Badal, who met Ramesh at his office in New Delhi, apprised him of …
Owing to a 100-foot-wide breach in the Ghaggar river, which occurred last night near Makror Sahib village (near Moonak), water entered standing crops on about 2,000 acres in several villages, including Moonak, Fulad, Salemgarh, Bhunder Bhaini and Surjan Bhaini, while crops on about 1,000 acres have been almost submerged. Later …
Sangrur : Due to heavy flow of water in the Ghaggar, a 15-ft wide breach occurred at Moonak, about 60 km from here, today. The water entered standing crops of paddy and fodder in the nearby area. However, with the help of farmers, the breach was plugged by the administration …
Khanauri (Sangrur): Ghaggar, known to be flooding paddy crop in and around this area in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency and also in parts of Patiala, is changing after decades . Embankments are coming up along the river in 22-km stretch from this village to Karail. Riverbed is being dug …
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, February 2 Leader of the opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has sought from the government adequate compensation to farmers of Sangrur, Patiala and Mansa distructs, especially Lehra constituency , whose land had been acquired under the Ghaggar project. Bhattal today led a delegation of affected farmers to …
The indictment of the Punjab Pollution Control Board by the Punjab and Haryana High Court could not have come a day too soon. Without mincing words, the court has held the board responsible for not taking action against the polluting industries in Dera Bassi. It also rapped the board on …
Ratia (Fatehabad): The wild life conservation department has swung into action after crocodiles were spotted in the Ghaggar, passing through the town, near Kanwalgarh village, on Monday. While two crocodiles were seen sitting on an elevated sandy place on the bank of river on Monday, local people said they had …
