Mohali dumping ground : High Court orders to select alternate site
Another site proposed for the setting up of a common municipal solid waste management facility (garbage dumping ground) at Swara-Rasanheri-Jhanjeri villages on Mohali
The judgment pertaining to the Bhopal gas tragedy has led to much discussion throughout the country. People have expressed displeasure at the verdict announced and social activists are holding protests demanding review of the judgment, in order to provide higher compensation to the victims. The residents of the city have similar views to express.
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has admitted that the sewage of Chandigarh and Mohali was being discharged into the seasonal N-choe, which originates from Chandigarh and passes through various parts of the city before reaching Mohali.
Mohali Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh Mand on Tuesday issued directions to free all canals and seasonal rivulets passing through this district from encroachments and other obstructions, if any, in the flow of water on their beds.
Keeping in view the widening gap between availability and demand of potable water in Mohali, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has begun work to install 10 new tubewells in different parts of the city.
Mohali district is lagging behind in the ongoing procurement of wheat. The first 20 days of the procurement season has a shortfall of over 1,400 tonnes of wheat as compared to the wheat procured last year. Official figures revealed that as many as 53,348 tonnes of wheat was procured at 11 grain markets till April 20 this year whereas 54,751 tonnes of wheat was procured in the district last year.
The first urban residential estate of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), Airport City, today moved another step forward with the formal announcement of cash compensation for 771.34 acres of land under acquisition for the independent township in the vicinity of upcoming international airport here.
