Tightening its noose around the hoteliers operating without pollution

Most of the municipal councils in the border belt are functioning without a sewage treatment plant

When things get bad, they really do. This, in essence, sums up the pollution scenario in the border district of Gurdaspur where two lifelines, Ravi and Beas, are being choked by stone crushers. Officially, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials may paint a rosy picture and claim the rivers are pollution-free.

Even as the state government is planning to make Amritsar a world-class city, it has miserably failed in the primary task of providing safe drinking water to its residents.

With no sewage treatment plant, the residents are forced to consume unsafe water and endure the foul smell emanating from the drains. No steps have yet been initiated by the state government or the local authorities to treat the polluted waters of the Tung Dhab drain, which passes through different parts of the city.

Following extension to JnNURM, continuous water supply & tertiary sewage treatment projects of AMC have got the go-ahead.

Notwithstanding claims of the Punjab Government and the state Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that emphasis is being laid on ensuring clean and green environment in the state, the practice of discha

The hotel and restaurant owners in Kashmir today threatened to close down their hotels if the state authorities went ahead with their “suppressive policy” towards the them.

शहर में प्रवेश करते समय गंगा की धारा को मैली होने से बचाने की कवायद प्रशासन ने शुरू कर दी है। बिठूर में गंगा में गिरने वाले सात नालों को टैप किया जाएगा। एक बड़ा नाला बनाकर उससे इन नालों को जोड़ने के

With the first community-based sewerage treatment plant in place, the Ugrachandi Nala VDC in Kavrepalanchok district has become a model community in achieving total sanitation.