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Punjab: PLPA land demarcation lags in SBS Nagar, Hoshiarpur

Chandigarh, July 26 -- The Punjab government has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that differential global positioning system (DGPS)-based demarcation of land delisted under the Punjab Land ... Read More


Punjab attracts 25% more domestic tourists, but foreign arrivals halve

Chandigarh, July 25 -- Punjab registered a 25% increase in domestic tourist visits over the past five years but witnessed a 47% decline in foreign tourist arrivals, according to data tabled in the Raj... Read More


Punjab cancels 5 liquor vend leases after forest dept flags protected land

Chandigarh, July 24 -- The department of water resources, Punjab, has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the forest department did not object when five liquor vends in Rupnagar and Ludhiana d... Read More


rRs.r56-cr rail bridge projects on track in Fatehgarh Sahib

Chandigarh, July 23 -- A total of four Road Over Bridge (ROB) and Road Under Bridge (RUB) projects worth about Rs.56 crore are picking up steam in Fatehgarh Sahib to provide commuters relief from traf... Read More


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