Law prohibits burning of garbage, but the practice continues unabated in the city. Residents are often appalled by the thick smoke enveloping the area.

Efforts of the state government to clean Budha Nullah seem to be turning futile as effluents are still being discharged into the water body.

Aiming to tackle the impending power crisis in summer, the state government today announced 40 per cent subsidy on purchase of solar pumps to encourage farmers for using these pumps for irrigation.

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is set to issue showcause notice to Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Talwandi Sabo for emitting poisonous gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphar

A PGI study has revealed the incidence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in the Northern region is much higher than the WHO estimates.

The municipal corporation (MC) has mooted a Rs 290 crore project under the centrally-funded Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) to augment water supply network in the city, which will n

Inviting industrialists to invest in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed Punjab would be power surplus by the end of this year with the commissioning of three thermal plants in the near future.

Speaking at the “Samridhi” conference here today, Sukhbir said: “We are giving finishing touches to a new energy policy of the state aimed at meeting the increasing power demands of every sector for at least next 25 years”.

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."

A long judicial stay on the sand mining has caused an increase in the cases of illegal sand mining and has also increased the rates of sand in the market. The police had registered many cases of illegal sand mining and seized loaded trucks and trolleys.

To check the illegal sand mining, the state government and later the High Court had imposed a ban on sand mining over an year ago. However, sometime ago, the High Court had removed the ban, but due to the lack of environmental clearance from the concerned departments, most of the mining sites were lying without auction. During this period, illegal sand mining was encouraged in the Ghaggar river and some other small rivers in this area. On the other hand, customers are bound to purchase sand at higher rates for construction works.