Flowing with ample rainwater a month and a half ago, the seasonal Ghaggar now has little water to offer.

Unscheduled long power cuts offering little time to farmers to irrigate land, an abysmally low water table and erratic flow of water in the Ghaggar are giving sleepless nights to tillers. Farmers with land along the river in the district are more concerned.

A farmer of Khareka village, Baijnath, who cultivates nearly four acres located near the Ghaggar, says these days one notices water in the river, but the flow is less.

dead fish floated down two parallel canals, carrying water from the Sutlej river in western Punjab southwards to Rajasthan, for two-three days in mid-June. For a stretch of about 50 km, from Harike in Ferozepur to Faridkot, the water had turned dark and stank of sewage. The water sanitation department of Faridkot town stopped using canal water for two days. The canals also supply water to

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Delhi Government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Commissioner of Industries, Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation on a petition by a businessman seeking directions for an immediate handing over of an industrial plot to him at Bawana in South Delhi. Issuing the notices, Justice G.S. Sistani directed the respondents to file replies to the petition by September 6. The petitioner, Subhash Chand Jain, submitted that he ran an assembling unit of electrical goods at Shastri Nagar in North-East Delhi.

By Jim Yardley Published: July 7, 2008 BEIJING: With Beijing struggling to clear polluted skies before the Olympics in August, the nearby industrial port of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to suspend some operations for two months as part of a broader effort to improve air quality during the Games, state media reported.

By S Lalitha,Bangalore: After a five-year battle, relief from air and noise pollution might finally be at hand for the residents of Accountant General's Office (AGS) Layout at Arehalli in Uttarahalli Hobli. That is, provided the management of StoveKraft Industries Pvt Ltd, a concern that manufactures aluminium pressure cookers in the vicinity, keeps up its word to relocate in a week's time (by July 9).

BS Reporters / New Delhi July 04, 2008, 0:11 IST The Union Cabinet today relaxed norms for setting up industrial units in the country, by doing away with a restrictive clause in the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, which prohibits location of factories near urban settlements. The decision is unlikely to lead to setting up of factories near cities and towns, as the projects will still have to be cleared by the respective state pollution boards and the environment ministry.

The State Government on June 27 removed 40 metric ton of toxic waste from the abandoned Union Carbide Plant premises located Bhopal Railway Station and have been disposed of in Peethampur jointly by Madhya Pradesh Waste Management Project and Ramco Enviro Engineers India. "About 40 metric ton chemical waste and clay (lime sludge) was transported from Union Carbide Plant premises on June 27 to Pithampur. The work was executed under the eyes of experts and officials", said JT Ekka, Director, Gas Disaster & Relief Department on Tuesday.