The recent floods in Fazilka and Ferozepur districts has damaged infrastructure worth over Rs 28 crore — this excludes damage of crops which are still under water.
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has blamed the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh for having failed to “plug the discharge” of polluted water in N choe, a rained rivulet.
Miffed over the delay in its renovation to cut down on pollution, the Punjab Pollution Control Board on Tuesday ordered to shut down the Unit IV of Bathinda thermal plant in 40 days’ time.
Raids conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on 68 electroplating industries in Jalandhar and Ludhiana have found 42 of them flouting norms that make it mandatory for industries to
Ludhiana: With export of wool and wool blended items from the country dropping 12 per cent (in rupee terms) in 2010-11, the Wool and Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) has requested to the M
At a time when the whole world is looking for techniques to conserve water, Punjab farmers, in their own way, have started taking steps to ensure that not a single drop of water is wasted when irri
As the Punjab provincial government here grapples with the dengue menace, conspiracy theories abound with some blaming the origin of the disease on the American spy agency CIA while others claim it
Perturbed over the filling up of the dumping ground, residents of Dadumajra held a protest on Friday demanding that the dumping of garbage be stopped at the site.
