Installing telecom towers in close proximity of inhabited areas should be banned by the Union Government since they could be acting as “silent killers”, said Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta, former Chief

Even as the state government is planning to make Amritsar a world-class city, it has miserably failed in the primary task of providing safe drinking water to its residents.

With no sewage treatment plant, the residents are forced to consume unsafe water and endure the foul smell emanating from the drains. No steps have yet been initiated by the state government or the local authorities to treat the polluted waters of the Tung Dhab drain, which passes through different parts of the city.

The proposal to set up 1,320-MW thermal power plant at Hajipur near Mukerian has run into rough weather as local MP and Union Minister of State for Health Santosh Chaudhary has written to the Union

Notwithstanding claims of the Punjab Government and the state Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that emphasis is being laid on ensuring clean and green environment in the state, the practice of discha

Central report asks state government to initiate measures

Out of 12,925 gram panchayats in the state, 9,558 have shown nil expenditure under various programmes, including MGNREGA, sponsored by the Union Government during the current financial year till October 7.

The Punjab Government has finally withdrawn the notification on auction of mining without environment clearance from the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) in operational quarries of up to five hectares.

The development is significant as public notices were issued for auctioning 115 quarries in 19 districts. Information to this effect was furnished to the Punjab and Haryana High Court today as the case came up for resumed hearing.

Taking suo motu cognisance of illegal mining in Punjab, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today put on notice the State of Punjab and its Principal Secretary.

After several pleas fail to move neighbouring state, PPCB to take it up with central board

Unable to check Haryana’s industrial units from releasing their toxic waste into the Saraswati drain in Punjab, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has decided to strongly take up the matter with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

While assuming charge as Industries and Commerce Minister here today, Madan Mohan Mittal said illegal mining, if any, would be dealt with a heavy hand.