Chandigarh: Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has signed an agreement with Green Planet Energy Private Ltd to purchase 14 mw of power. The move will encourage private entrepreneurs to set up power plants using new and renewable sources of energy in the state.

A two-day national conference on

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has initiated strict action against half a dozen dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana, which are violating pollution control norms by burning municipal solid waste (MSW) and other unauthorised fuels. PPCB Member Secretary Dr Babu Ram said that on a tip-off, the team of PPCB officers conducted surprise checks of dyeing units situated along the Tajpur Road .

Rise in pollution levels, dying natural habitats and threat of poaching have led to a decrease in the number of migratory birds at the Harike wetland. Spread over 100 square kilometres, the wetland attracts lakhs of birds from Central Asia and trans-Russian region every year.

Punjab is facing its worst power crisis. Power cuts are being imposed because of the rising gap between demand and supply. Though the state has initiated the process to set up huge coal-based thermal plants, it will take another four to five years to fructify.

Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to file a supplementary affidavit before the Supreme Court supporting the claim of Himachal for 7.19 per cent share in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) power projects commissioned before 1990 in the state.

The pollution level in 10 major industrial hubs in the country, including Ludhiana in Punjab, Ghaziabad and Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, have reached a

The 1,320 MW Rajpura thermal plant will be set up by the Larsen & Tubro (L&T). Sources said a team of senior executives of the L&T met the senior officials, including chief secetary SC Aggarwal today.

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Tormented by poor power supply in Punjab, most of the residents of the State desire to adopt renewable source of energy in their household but Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) is helpless to help them as there is no as such provision.

Anandpur Sahib: The hydropower generation at Anandpur Sahib hydel channel has come to a halt with Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) stopping water supply to the channel.