Patiala: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) conducted surprise checks at 108 hospitals and health-care facilities across the state yesterday evening to check violations of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998.
During checking which continued till late in the evening, eight government hospitals and 12 private hospitals were found violating various provisions of BMW
The Punjab Cabinet today gave nod for the execution of Rs 8,705 crore Ludhiana Metro Rail Project project either in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) or Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model.
It approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Ludhiana Metro Rail Project prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
The DPR states that a light metro rail should be adequate to meet not only
Rural women in the state can now procure quality sanitary napkins, as the Centre has allotted Punjab a project to use hosiery waste from the textile hub of Ludhiana to make low-cost sanitary napkins for the women.
The project, to be executed by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST), will not only take care of the huge amounts of knitwear waste that the units find difficult
During the past four years, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken several steps in order to ensure the compliance of the pollution norms by the industries and urban local bodies of the state.
While stating this before relinquishing his charge as PPCB chairman on June 16, Rajat Agarwal, in an interview with The Tribune, spoke at length about the functioning of the PPCB.
