Ludhiana: Water testing kit introduced by the department of microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, is a hit with farmers. The generation of revenue of Rs 6 lakh through the sale of the kit by the department in just three years is a proof of its popularity.
Ludhiana: A group of wheat scientists working in the department of plant breeding and genetics has brought laurels to the varsity during the 48th All India Wheat and Barley Research Workers' Meeting, organised at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
The brick-kiln owners in the state have opposed the government notification asking them to use fly ash for making bricks.
As per the notification, a brick-kiln in 100 kilometre radius of any thermal plant is required to add 25 per cent of fly ash in the material used to make bricks. However, the kiln owners have rejected the government decision.
A two-day training programme on micro irrigation was conducted at the PAU department of soil and water engineering here in which participants from the department of soil and water conservation, Punjab, participated.
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.
The Punjab government has succeeded in brokering peace with the dyeing and textile industry of this city which is in the dock for causing pollution in the "buddha nullah" by taking the authority to regulate it from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and giving it to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The Punjab government has roped in three state universities, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Punjabi University and Guru Nanak Dev University (GND University), to conduct a survey on suicides by farmers and agricultural labourers in the state.
The recommendation of NEERI and the P Ram Committee to attain zero liquid discharge by local dyeing units to save the Buddha Nullah has brought the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) back in action.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would undertake an inspection of all 17 large-scale dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana by September 15 to ascertain the extent of compliance of pollution norms prescribed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).
Legal agreement seems to be of no importance for the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation as it blatantly violates the terms and conditions.
The latest target in the civic body's hitlist is the agreement between the MC and the Park Management Committees, (PMCs) signed on March 8, 2008, where the former has added a new clause of getting signatures of three municipal councillors to get payments.
