Procure biomass pellets locally for ex-situ mgmt : PPCB to thermal plants

Jalandhar, Sept. 24 -- With the aim of scientifically managing paddy stubble, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has directed coal-based thermal power plants in the state to procure biomass pel... Read More

AAP MLA Raman Arora gets bail after 4 months

Jalandhar, Sept. 23 -- A court in Jalandhar on Monday granted bail to AAP legislator from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora, who was arrested in connection with an alleged extortion and criminal intimidat... Read More

Punjab flags 663 villages as hotspots of stubble burning

Jalandhar, Sept. 20 -- The Punjab government has flagged 663 villages across eight districts of Punjab as hotspots of stubble burning based on data over the past three years, the Punjab Pollution Cont... Read More

Cremation ground flooded, family forced to perform last rites of woman in backyard

Kapurthala, Sept. 20 -- With floodwater submerging large parts of Sultanpur Lodhi for over 45 days, the family of 75-year-old Gurnam Kaur had to perform her last rites in the backyard of their house i... Read More

punjab identifies663 villages as hotspots for stubble burning

Jalandhar, Sept. 20 -- The Punjab government has flagged 663 villages across eight districts of the state as hotspots of stubble burning based on data over the past three years, the Punjab Pollution C... Read More

punjab identifies663 villages as hotspots for stubble burning

Jalandhar, Sept. 20 -- The Punjab government has flagged 663 villages across eight districts of the state as hotspots of stubble burning based on data over the past three years, the Punjab Pollution C... Read More

Sutlej erodes dhussi bundh, 4 houses collapse in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Sept. 19 -- Four houses, which developed cracks due to erosion of dhussi bundh at Mandala Channa village of Jalandhar district, collapsed on Thursday. The administration had evacuated the p... Read More

Swollen Beas adds to woes of Sultanpur Lodhi villagers

Jalandhar, Sept. 18 -- The increasing water flow in the Beas river continued to spell to more troubles for the people residing in the low-lying areas of Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala districts where the w... Read More

Beas swells again, flood fears resurface in Sultanpur Lodhi

Kapurthala, Sept. 17 -- The water level in around 14 villages of the low-lying mand areas in Sultanpur Lodhi rose once again, "up to four feet" in some areas, after fresh downpour in the Beas river's ... Read More

Clearing blockages on century-old rly bridge saved 25 Jalandhar villages from Sutlej fury

Jalandhar, Sept. 16 -- Once known to be the sitting ducks every time floods hit Punjab, 25 villages in Jalandhar's Lohian block survived Sutlej's fury this year, thanks to the strategic clearing of bl... Read More

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