Likely to be headed by a bureaucrat, Punjab’s Directorate of Environment and Climate Change will be a 18-member body that will act as the nodal agency for preparing strategy and policy on environme

Ludhiana: Health took a backseat for the Ludhianvis in 2017. Six major outbreaks had been reported this year.

To check air pollution, including from stubble burning, the Punjab Cabinet today approved the creation of directorate of environment and climate change in the state, an official spokesperson said.

Though the Bathinda unit had shut operations in September this year, the cabinet gave its final nod following a report of the sub-committee comprising cabinet ministers Manpreet Badal, Rana Gurjit

The NGT said that it would pass detailed order on ways to handle air pollution after perusing the action plans submitted by the Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh governments.

The NGT chairman was present in Chandigarh to attend an event on Dialogue on Environment Changes: their effect on health and economy, which was held at Judicial Academy, Sector 43, on Wednesday.

Exempts cement industry in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP