With every Diwali witnessing a rise in asthmatics and concerns raised about both noise and air pollutiom due to the use of crackers, the PPCB teams have the job to monitor the city for pollution an

With the death of two dengue patients here today, the toll for the city touched three.

Despite efforts by the traffic police, a large number of auto-rickshaws plying on city roads has led to traffic snarls across the city.

With the Health Department having witnessed its most challenging year in terms of endemic dengue cases last year, the health authorities today held a dengue control and prevention drive in the dist

Jalandhar: Already in troubled waters due to opposition from local SAD MLA Pargat Singh, the proposed solid waste management plant project at Jamsher has received a major jolt with the contract-win

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sobha Singh & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 13/01/2016 regarding pollution of river Satluj due to untreated domestic sewage, Punjab. 

From the report of analysis filed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board it is very clear that the effluents discharged from the STPs of Sultanpur Lodhi and Basti Peerdaad exceed the prescribed norms for BoD, CoD, TSS and phosphates.

Solid waste management has become a burning issue in Jalandhar.

JALANDHAR: Already facing opposition from villagers over setting up of solid waste management plant at Jamsher village of the district, environmental experts have raised more questions on the proje

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Baldev Singh & Others Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 06/08/2015 regarding groundwater pollution in the state of Punjab.

The Tribunal also directed that ground water samples be collected from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhatinda, Mohali and Gurdaspur. The samples shall be collected by the Punjab Pollution Control Board in the presence of the team which will consist of a representative of MoEF, CPCB and Director of Industry, State of Punjab.

Due to the non-payment of taxes and other user charges by city residents, Jalandhar has moved down to No.

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