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Adviser's appointment delays Punjab's EWS housing policy

Chandigarh, July 19 -- Punjab's long-delayed Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) housing policy has stalled again due to a failure to appoint a transaction adviser to structure the project. Despite hav... Read More


Nangal Dam-Talwara-Mukerian rail link: Wildlife clearance puts project on fast track

Chandigarh, July 17 -- The over four-decade-old Nangal Dam-Talwara-Mukerian broad gauge rail line project has moved a step closer to completion after the Punjab department of forests and wildlife pres... Read More


No role in Punjab desilting, mines ministry tells NGT

Chandigarh, July 16 -- The Union ministry of mines has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking deletion of its name from a petition challenging the Punjab government's river desilting projects... Read More


Punjab: PPCB orders restoration of 5 polluted ponds in Ludhiana's Alamgir village

Chandigarh, July 15 -- The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered immediate restoration and the initiation of proceedings for environmental compensation against rural development authoritie... Read More


800 pollution sources still choking rivers in Punjab, PPCB tells NGT

Chandigarh, July 12 -- Nearly half of the identified sources polluting Punjab's rivers, drains and other water bodies continue to discharge untreated wastewater despite years of clean-up efforts, with... Read More


Legacy waste to be cleared in 6 months, Amritsar MC tells NGT

Chandigarh, July 1 -- The Amritsar Municipal Corporation (MC) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the 3.67 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste at the Chabhal Road landfill will be ... Read More


' rRs.r1-crore receipts unreconciled': Audit flags lapses at Chandigarh airport

Chandigarh, June 30 -- An audit by the customs office at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali, has uncovered financial and administrative lapses, including unreconciled government receip... Read More


Uranium below detectable limits in crop samples: Punjab to NGT

Chandigarh, June 25 -- Uranium was detected in several irrigation water and soil samples collected during a statewide study, but the findings cannot be judged against the World Health Organization's (... Read More


Amritsar top choice of pilgrims under Punjab's Tirath Yatra scheme

Chandigarh, June 24 -- More than 2.42 lakh devotees have undertaken free pilgrimages under Punjab's Mukhyamantri Tirath Yatra Scheme since its launch in November last year, with nearly 73% (1.77 lakh)... Read More


rRs.r4,500-cr Smart City audit: Amritsar's rRs.r304-cr Wi-Fi network under scrutiny

Chandigarh, June 23 -- More than a year after the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) concluded, a Right to Information (RTI) response shows that Punjab spent Rs.4,485.66 crore on 204 projects across Amritsar,... Read More