CHANDIGARH: In view of rising cases of swine flu and deaths due to the disease, the Union health ministry has sent a team to Punjab assess the situation and assist the states in strengthening their

MOHALI: The municipal corporation has decided to impose complete ban on usage of polythene bags in the city. The agenda point put up during the recent MC house meet has been duly approved.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dinesh Kumar Chadha Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 31/01/2019 regarding illegal mining in District Rupnagar, Punjab. A report submitted by a Joint Committee of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Director Mining, State of Punjab and the Punjab State Pollution Control Board (PSPCB) refers to the status of illegal mining in Villages Harshabela, Swarha and Baihara. The Joint Committee has found that mining was taking place beyond the permitted depth and mine lease area not demarcated among others.

PATIALA: The Patiala Municipal Corporation (PMC) is finding hard to manage its garbage dump in the absence of any solid waste management plan.

Residents of Raniwala village turn superstitious

Heritage city to get clean and safe drinking water under Rs 699-crore project, all major roads to be revamped

District Health Department providing Tamiflu tablets for free at civil hospital

Last year, four cases of swine flu were reported in Chandigarh and two patients had died.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurwinder Singh Boparai Vs State of Punjab dated 16/01/2019 regarding dumping and burning of garbage taking place at Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala, Punjab. The Municipal Council, Sultanpur Lodhi is not taking the requisite steps for compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

PATIALA: Even as the district administration and the health department had chip-in all its efforts to curb the dengue menace last year, it all seems to have turned futile with a large number of den

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