In a heartening follow-up to the release of Rs 50 crore each by the Centre and the state government for the cleaning of the Buddha Nullah, a team of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) today visited the city for a ground-level assessment of the problem before recommending a unified action plan for the cleaning, at the earliest.
Centre starts laying down criteria
The Union government has started the exercise for the payment of subsidy on fertiliser direct to farmers. But it will take a few months to evolve criterion for its disbursement.
Jalandhar: The Punjab government has been urged to set up a commission to find out the cancer-causing agents in the Malwa region where many persons have died due to this disease.
The information system has detailed groundwater level data, groundwater quality with regard to major ions and pesticide residues information. The Project has been supported as a
pilot project in the country by NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology to provide the web site at all village Knowledge Centers in the districts. Agriculturally developed and
As the Punjab government has failed to set up any medical commission to find out why cancer has become a major killer and what is leading to its spread, especially in the Malwa region, experts continue to differ on the cancer-causing agents there.
Groundwater table is declining in the state of Punjab over the decade more than 50 cm per year. This resource can be optimally used and sustained only when quantity of water is assessed at micro level.
