Farmers defy Deputy Commissioner’s orders, continue to burn straw

Ludhiana is one of the most polluted cities in the world, courtesy industrial waste and stubble burning. Despite Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal instructing farmers not to burn stubble, the practice continues unabated.

Sixty-three cases of malaria have been reported from the district this monsoon season so far.

Health Dept blames unhygienic conditions at illegal ‘vehras’ for the high number of cases

Diarrhoea has started spreading its tentacles in areas like Muslim Colony and Sherpur from where more than 70 cases of mild diarrhoea and two deaths due to gastroenteritis have been reported in the last five days.

Two out of the six water samples collected from Jawahar Nagar camp area have failed the potability test. These water samples of MC water were collected by the Health Department on June 18.

People taking hight protein diets, alcohol at risk
Punjabis are fond of eating high-calorie food and many of them also love to have alcohol along with it. The protein rich diet, which they take affects their health. This is the reason that indiscipline dietary habits of Punjabis are giving Punjab the tag of "Uric Acid Belt".

A city-based ayurvedacharya, Dr Ravinder Vatsayan, ''It is a challenge since ayurveda times and in old texts of ayurveda it has been mentioned as adhiyavad's disease which means richman's disease. When one gets indiscipline in eating habits, one suffers from diseases. When a person takes high protein food, the rate of metabolism gets disturbed and one falls an easy prey to uric acid."

Twenty-eight Punjab hospitals have been selected for an international project aimed at effective management of bio-medical waste. Of these hospitals, four are big, eight medium and 16 small ventures.

The initiative is part of a project being executed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Members of the UNIDO team along with Dr M Subba Rao, Director, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, said this here today during a visit to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. Ludhiana also has been selected as the model district for the project in Punjab.