Chandigarh, February 20 Officials of the UT forest department today found dead fish floating at the regulator end of the Sukhna Lake. Ecologists attribute the phenomenon to the rise in pollution. "A small number of fish have died apparently due to pollution. The possibility of the fish dying of a disease is remote for the number in that case would have been larger,' an official said.

Chandigarh, February 12 Emboldened by its previous success in pisciculture, the Haryana government is planning to bring 20,000 hectares of water area under pisciculture and to produce 90,000 tonnes of fish by stocking 4,000 lakh seed soon. An area of 200 hectares would be renovated under the National Fisheries Development Board, for which the Board had released Rs 24.5 lakh.

Chandigarh, February 12 Gram panchayats have been actively involved to improve the functioning of public distribution system (PDS). Panchayat members would verify the entries of items of PDS made in the stock registers of the fair price shops of the State Food and Supplies Department.

Haryana is one of the first states in the country to adopt comprehensive energy conservation measures to conserve electricity in domestic, commercial, industrial and agriculture sectors through

After having failed to discourage farmers from burning straw in their fields which is one of the major causes of air pollution, the answer to this issue may finally be in sight. A project on power

The Haryana government has decided to set up renewable energy-based power projects with cent per cent private participation. This was revealed in a meeting of the Board of Governors of the HAREDA

After spending about Rs 13 crore on the prestigious Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy (SSSNIRE) on Jalandhar-Kapurthala road, work has been left midway with no construction

The Haryana government has earmarked Rs 3.90 crore during the current financial year to promote the renewal energy and energy conserving devices under the Integrated Rural Energy Programme in

Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam would provide 4,9198 new domestic connections in the villages of Rohtak, Karnal, Sonepat and Panipat districts to the people living below poverty line. The new

After Chhatisgarh and Uttaranchal the Himachal Pradesh will become third state where jatropha, a source of non conventional energy (biodiesel) will be planted on a largescale. The Centre has