India's top forests and wildlife officer has warned that the environmental impact of the national river linking plan would be "very colossal" and has said that the Union Ministry of Environment and

The Amritsar Municipal Corporation, Punjab sanitation machinery including tractors, trucks and loaders, though outlived its utility years ago, but is still plying on roads, causing pollution. The

Eminent social scientist and Planning Commission member Som Pal advocated that water harvesting should be made compulsory in Chandigarh and other cities to tide over the drinking water crisis.

Another star for City Beautiful. Now, it's City Best. In what is claimed to be the first ever survey on 'Best cities to live in', magazine Outlook Money has put Chandigarh on the top. The city has

Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister Chander Kumar said that the Pong Dam wetland, known as Maharana Pratap Sagar in Kangra district, would be developed as a tourist destination for which several plans

The Haryana Government plans to spend Rs 100 crore on cleaning up canals and minors in the state from April 13 to 28 to facilitate flow of sufficient water for irrigation purposes. This was stated by

Punjab Pollution Control Board has shortlisted 100 units in the state that are responsible for generating 90 per cent of hazardous industrial waste in the state. The information was given by chairman

In utter disregard of importance of heritage preservation, construction work has recently started in Kaulan Wala Talaab in Punjab. The work has concealed or destroyed Nanakshahi brickwork which

Notwithstanding internal opposition to the confrontationist move against the government on the issues of SYL and equitable distribution of water, CLP leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda group in the Haryana

Flying thousands of miles in search of suitable habitat, the new found transit point for migratory birds at the Pong Dam, has brought the largest man made wetland in northern India on the