In more than 100 villages, the Chandigarh-Phagwara express highway, which will pass through Mohali, Chamkaur Sahib, Machhiwara, Nawanshahr and Phagwara areas, has become an election issue. Most of the farmers, who have been issued notices for the acquisition of their land for the project, are opposed to the highway project.

No end to pollution of rivers

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said the SAD-BJP government would stop river waters going to neighbouring states and for that Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of River Waters Agreements Act would be scrapped.

Hoshiarpur: Wild animals, especially wild boar and blue bull, have been damaging crops in the Kandi belt, giving sleepless nights to farmers.

Ropar (Punjab): A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team has taken samples of water and plants from Sutlej river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago, officials said on Sunday.

The scourge of Budhha Nullah continues

Jalandhar: The state government has ordered the registration of a case against the company that allegedly supplied spurious mother seed to potato farmers of the Doaba belt.

Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India.

KALOMAJRA( PATIALA): For the past year and a half, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Y S Matta is doing organic farming on his 30 acres of land in Kalomajra village. While he is successfully cultivating wheat and paddy, he also has plans to grow vegetables and flowers in a similar manner.

Srinagar: Call it the paradox of timing