Facing water shortage, farmers led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) today held a protest demanding release of water in Western Yamuna canal from Hamida headworks. In view of the BKU threat to open the gates of the headworks, a heavy police force was deployed at the headworks since morning.

The dispute between the irrigation departments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the construction of a check dam in the Chhachhroli area to prevent Yamuna waters from entering villages of this district during the rains was resolved today.

Kaithal: All offices of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam in the district will start functioning from Rajeev Gandhi Vidyut Bhawan to be constructed at a cost of Rs 6 crore at Pehowa Chowk here. The construction work on this eco-friendly building will start immediately and it will be completed in a record time of six months.

Record hydroelectric power generation in Himachal Pradesh due to thawing of glaciers and frozen lakes is good news for Delhi and the rest of northern India.

The 20 state-owned run-of-river projects currently generate 7.6 million units daily, "the maximum generation during the peak season", said Sunil Grover, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board's director of generation.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Environment and Forests Kiran Choudhry on Tuesday directed all regional officers of the State Pollution Control Board to strictly enforce the ban on use of plastic bags in the State and launch prosecution against the violators.

Sonepat: A special checking team led by district transport officer Shiv Prasad raided several pollution checking centres (PCC) here today.

Water Supply For Just 5-10 Minutes Daily Fuels Demand For Pvt Tankers

Gurgaon: Large parts of Gurgaon has been reeling under acute water crisis over the past few days. In some areas residents are having to do with just a 5-10 minute supply every day with private tankers

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany, has registered a clean development management (CDM) project titled

Four persons, including two women, died and more than six were injured in a hailstorm yesterday. All bodies have been sent for postmortem. While the injured have been admitted to a hospital. The storm was so strong that people on road tried to protect themselves by clinging to the wall. But the walls proved to be a killer as most of them died or got hurt because of it.

The millennium city of Gurgaon is set to become the first city in Haryana to be connected with a metro. The much-awaited metro rail between Delhi and Gurgaon will be completed in six months time, said Delhi metro rail officials. It will also be the first city among the other surrounding cities like Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Noida that will be connected to the metro.