Chandigarh: Former chief architect M N Sharma has expressed reservations about new proposals for the Sukhna Lake. In a letter to UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues (Retd), Sharma has asked him to intervene and preserve the original concept of the Sukhna Lake and its surroundings.

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced the grant of black gram at subsidised rates to the people living below poverty line (BPL) in the state. Presiding over a meeting of the officials of Food and Supplies department at Chandigarh, Hooda said that under the scheme, one kg black gram would be given per ration card every month to the BPL families.

Chandigarh: The UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld the order of the Bhiwani district forum, passed in 2001, wherein a seed company was directed to pay compensation for providing poor quality seeds to three Bhiwani-based farmers in separate cases.

NEW DELHI: The numbers say it all. The extent of encroachment of protected Aravali forest land by land sharks in Faridabad and Gurgaon is evident from the number of cases filed against violators, and the convictions, in the past decade.

Chandigarh: With the coal stock in Yamunanagar thermal power plant reaching a zero figure last week and one day

Chandigarh: As many as 98 builders and industrialists in Haryana have been fined by the Environment Courts for failing to abide by environmental and administrative standards.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has stated in its additional report filed last week that it will treat the entire Aravalli range area as a prohibited zone for mining, barring specific locations, to ensure their environmental sustainability.

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New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has started the process of identifying constructions encroaching on the Aravali range in Faridabad.

In the past, several farmhouses have been demolished in Gurgaon for being on forest land and for not having the relevant clearances.

CEC Report Raises Spectre Of Demolition
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Faridabad: Private developers in Faridabad in recent years have invaded the Aravalis with a vengeance. Officials claim over 2,000-2,500 acres of forest land have been put to non-forest use including residential, educational and religious institutions and a handful of trusts.