PUNJAB ENVIS CENTRE

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT & RELATED ISSUES

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December

• PEDA gets award for energy conservation

• Make electricity saving a habit

• Clean water their sole demand

• Over 150 birds found dead; probe ordered

• Solid waste management project launched

• Mercury dips to season’s lowest

• A 'tool' less AMC raids poly bags units

• Now, India's real climate battle begins

• Global distrust peaked in Durban

• UN climate meet approves roadmap for 2015 deal

• Major step forward at climate change talks

• Brick-kiln owner violates pollution control norms

• Technology to produce onion seed in a year

• Mobile junk, computer accessories adding to e-waste heap

• Delayed cotton crop hinders wheat-sowing

• Leather unit found releasing effluents

• Migratory birds set higher sights

• PPCB officials collect ground water samples

• City receives record rainfall in December

• Diversify in livestock sector, farmers told

• Solid waste management: Home-to-home garbage collection begins in the city

• Experts dwell on research in organic farming

• Segregation of waste: GND hospital staff goes colour blind

• Effluents, water gulp 15,000 sq feet land

• Himalayan region faces grim future

• Time for layout, preparation of fields for deciduous plants

• Environment Seminar

• Change in social mindset  can raise sex ratio

• Durban climate talks: India seeks climate deal to keep Kyoto Protocol alive.

• Dead fish found floating in Siswan water

• World's tallest peaks most vulnerable to climate change

• e-waste collection: Three days on, not a rosy picture

• PPCB to issue green certificates to schools

• Proper disposal of bio-medical waste a casualty at GND hospital

• BASIC nod to India's stand on climate talks

• Historical emissions must be accounted for: Brazil, India and China

• City experiences perceptible dip in temperature

• US blocks Indian basmati import over pesticide traces

• Admn struggles to weed Sukhna

• UT initiative for safe disposal of e-waste

• Fazilka eco-cab clinches National Urban Mobility Award-2011

• Bhandari Bridge most polluted spot in city

• Food insecurity problem: `focus on natural resources conservation a must'

November

• India feels the heat at climate talks

• Pollution board to put up hoardings across Punjab

• 3-day science exhibition begins

• India to work in tandem with BASIC group at Durban talks

• SC seeks MoEF view on hydro-electric projects

• Haryana has more  1-lakh population cities than Punjab

• PPCB teams conduct raids on 206 battery units

• Breach in drain leaves wheat fields inundated

• At South Africa climate meet, India fights for right to grow

• Chemicals used in making boxes of sweets harmful

• Save natural resources: Environmentalists

• Brazil stands by India on climate change stance

• Govt. to emphasis on increasing milk yield, says Ranike

• 2 electroplating units face closure

• Polluting industrial units raided

• City reports 125 dengue cases in three months

• State no more top paddy producer

• Bone diseases common in Malwa region: Study

• Brick-kiln owners vow to preserve environment

• PPCB to appoint vendors for disposal of e-waste

• PPCB set up air stations at busy traffic points.

• Pollution-free environment is only thing they dream of

• Uranium in groundwater does not cause cancer: Research

• Sub-canal breach damages crops

• Contractor fined, waste collection goes up 9 times

• PPCB notice to 35 polluting units

• Vitamin C, garlic avert environmental pollution: Expert

• Pollution level: WHO ranks City No. 1

• PAP Chowk, ISBT most polluted spots in city

• PPCB takes action against polluting units

• Punjabi University to conduct research on wetlands

• Painting contest held to promote energy conservation

• Code green for buildings

• Textile units turning eco-friendly: Study

• Minimum temp dips in city

• Glass house for 'winged beauties' in city

• PPCB teams seize plastic carry bags from traders

• Health dept collects samples of drinking water

• Plantation drive to mark environment campaign

• DRDO comes up with zero-energy cooling chambers for deserts

• Huge relief for city residents-Most-polluting’ GNDTP Unit to shut down today

• Farmers told to use new techniques for farming

• National symposium on livestock and poultry

• India rich in livestock

• 13 nations come together to save tigers

• When government's eco claims went up in smoke

• BASIC nod to India's stand on climate talks

• City paints ‘Green Diwali’ campaign black

•  ...And good for others-Winged guests are back again

• Conform or close down, electroplating units told

 

October

• Seven billionth baby coming today!

• Drastic fall in air pollution level on Diwali this year

• Residents celebrate pollution-free Diwali

• Polluted groundwater makes farmers dig deep

• After stink, poisonous smoke engulfs city

• Less noise pollution this Diwali

• Mohali, Panchkula had a raucous Diwali this time

• A cracker of an eco-friendly measure

• Residents unrelenting as they burst crackers past midnight

• Mismanagement of solid waste makes residents’ life hell

• Civil Hospital dumps waste disposal norms

• Seechewal celebrates green Diwali, distributes saplings

• Govt keen to diversify in power sector, mulls gas-based plant

• PPCB gives saplings as Diwali gift to staff

• Animal husbandry major contributor to agricultural GDP

• Docs for pollution-free Diwali-Toxic gases from firecrackers harmful

• Residents going for eco-friendly Diwali

• Students pledge to go green

• Floriculture springs a rosy picture in Doaba region

• Bio-medical  waste collection up in Punjab

• Hospitals fail to weed out vegetation from their backyards

• 23 government schools into environment conservation

• Bumper paddy crop expected this season

• Students for a green Diwali

• Don't use crackers in Harmandar Sahib, Seechewal to SGPC

• ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN: Oil's not well for Lasara drain

• Kanjli tourist complex to undergo makeover

• Girls' college holds contest to create environmental awareness

• ICAR to promote production of citrus fruits in arid regions

• Villagers seek pollution-free environment

• 22 trained in prawn farming at GADVASU

• Ancient banyan tree axed in Maqboolpura, admn clueless

• Farmers apprised of latest technologies at Kisan fest

• Water recycling projects launched

• Environment, education deptts organise anti-cracker rallies

• Sale of wax-coated apples goes unchecked in Patiala

• London Mayor stresses on waste segregation at domestic level

• SGPC may stick to traditional fireworks-Can't discontinue, but open to new alternative, says Makkar

• Workshop on disposal of domestic sewage

• Eco-friendly disposal of waste has few takers

• GREEN CONCERN : Ban crackers inside Golden Temple: PPCB

• Jagraon Bridge area most polluted in city

• Clean India Yathra to save environment

• Water in 9 govt, 2 pvt. schools found  unfit for drinking

• SWEET INVENTION: A honey trap you can't resist

• Groundwater uranium level 20 times higher than normal in Bathinda village 

• Garbage Plant ‘playing havoc’ with health of area residents

• WETLAND BECKONS - Warmer home to be created for winter guests

• Biomass power plant to end stubble burning

• Toxic waste dumped in industrial estate

• Paying the price to keep the city clean

• DRDO-ICAR to preserve biodiversity in Ladakh

• Excessive use of fertilizers adding to global warming: IIM-A study

• Punjab Pollution Control Board seizes 95 kg polythene

• SOWING SPREE - Clean and green is their mission

• Residents’ fight against pollution-Do their bit to protect themselves

• Destination Punjab: aims to popularise science

• Demon of pollution not quite slayed on Dussehra

• Cancer fear grips Amargarh residents

• PPCB to honour villages for green Diwali

• Power plants heap miseries on residents of Malwa belt

• BEL census data sees dip in city’s population

• Saplings planted

• New bio-medical waste rules unfair: IMA

• Pollution from Europe drying up monsoon

• Set emission cut target date for all nations

• Villagers call on Seechewal, want check on pollution in Tonsa

• Skewed gender ratio dips further in Fazilka, Abohar subdivisions

• Rickshaw-puller takes to aloe vera farming, earns lakhs a month through exports

• Electroplating units fall in line after PPCB raids

• White gold price puts off farmers, other mandis beckon

• Closure of unit IV of thermal plant sought

• Move closer to nature is farmers' message from organic bazaar

• Plan panel pushes for emission curbs

• Nod to wheat research institute at Ludhiana

 

September

• NGOs join hands to save city's forest cover

• Hazardous mercury levels in energy-efficient CFLs

• PPCB blames industry for pollution, latter denies

• Prolonged rains take sheen off white gold

• Wildlife Week from October 1

• Despite PPCB claim, city still country’s most polluted

• Ludhiana is India's most polluted: WHO

• 25 buildings selected for rainwater harvesting

• On green track, Delhi Metro earns carbon credits

• 62 units found violating pollution norms in Ludhiana, Jalandhar

• Admn intensifies efforts to ‘pollute’ Malukpura distributary

• 41 electroplating units raided-Half of them caught flouting norms

• PPCB issues notices to 24 industrial units

• City reels under severe drinking water crisis-Parched throats in Bathinda, problem of plenty in Muktsar dist

• Fly ash dumped in school, risky future ahead for kids

• Gastro epidemic in Guru Nanak Pura

• Government to subsidise Abohar's green grass project

• 10 yrs down the line, Punjab will be another Rajasthan

• Fight for clean air, not price: V-C

• To excel in farming, farmers need to follow scientists

• Farmers given tips on improving wheat yield

• Rain-fed fungus takes toll on kinnow crop in Fazilka

• After floods, overflowing canal wreaks havoc in Fazilka

• Natural farming of onions brings tears of joy to consumers’ eyes

• India to host international dialogue on green economy

• Rains lash Mansa, Bathinda districts

• Weed trouble mushrooms in city

• Bhakra dam level rises despite spillage

• 26 pc water samples fail test in Bathinda

• PU scientists rebut theory linking uranium to cancer cases in Malwa

• Bhakra opens its floodgates.

• Residents protest against contaminated water supply

• Green fodder price up, milk production down

• Cotton growers fear huge loss

• Citrus fruit tastes sweet in Kandi belt

• Toxic drain ready to explode

• Extensive damage to cotton crop in Malwa

• Flood threat looms over 100 villages in Patiala district

• Heavy rain brings city to a standstill again

• 37.9 mm rainfall in under 24 hrs

• City architect honoured for designing eco-friendly building

• PPCB seizes 126-kg plastic bags

• Heavy rain causes major damage to cotton crop

• 28 villages inundated in Lambi

• Expert gives tips on gladiolus cultivation

• Sept showers give good soaking

• Nod to new wheat variety

• Centre seeks report on mining in Punjab Shivaliks

• Rains may dampen prospects of record cotton yield in Malwa

• Punjab Shivaliks take brunt of quarrying menace

• Crops on 90,000 acres wiped out in floods-Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Fazilka worst hit districts

• It’s raining worries for cotton growers

• 4,400 kg of polythene bags seized

• International workshop on rice cultivation

• Act quickly on uranium poisoning in Punjab, House panel tells Centre

• Tape grass clogs large areas of Sukhna

• Water level starts receding in flood-hit Fazilka villages

• PPCB team visits Dera Bassi, Lalru, collects water samples

• 10 quintals of poly bags seized

• Monsoon to benefit kharif crops

• Hospital launches bio-medical waste management programme

• Mand villagers plug 30-feet breach

• Experts emphasise ecological farming in Punjab

August

• PPCB notice to distillery

• More Fazilka villages marooned-Link bridge submerged; Army to regulate evacuation process

• Some relief: Water level in Harike headworks down

• Air far from clean in city-RSPM level higher than permissible limit

• Make efforts to keep campus green

• Innovative steps needed to save environment

• Rain hits picking of white gold

• Sutlej damages Fazilka defence bundh

• Pollution to be burning issue when all thermal plants get going

• Pong Dam almost full

• Rain hampers rescue operation in Fazilka

• Beas a foot down in Mand area Farmers plug 50% breach at Baja village

• Shun mercury-based devices: PPCB to docs

• Congress grass a threat to environment, say experts

• Ludhiana most urbanised in state-59.14 pc population resides in cities, towns; agricultural land diminishing

• Numbers in villages shrink-Cities growing 4 times faster than rural areas: Census report

• No move to dismantle thermal plant for now: Govt

• Educational, health centres flout pollution norms

• Contamination sparks protest at Gobindgarh

• Four hospitals found violating bio-waste norms

• 34 dengue fever cases detected in Bathinda

• 250 kg of banned polybags seized

• Most brick-kiln owners snub plea to plant trees

• Mars’ soil more hospitable for life than thought

• Pollution board raids paper mills

• PPCB orders closure of Nectar Lifesciences unit

• 5 hospitals found violating pollution norms

• Cleaning up of Budha Nullah

• Save Himalayas to save Punjab: Bahuguna

• Farmers lose their farm equipment in gushing waters

• Post-renovation, thermal plant’s life span will go up, says PSPCL

• Heavy effluents being discharged by industrial units

• Beas in spate: One boat to ferry residents of 25 villages

• Ash-spewing Bathinda thermal plant to be shut down

• 40,000 acres inundated in Ferozepur

• Water level in Beas down

• Farm varsity to promote Red Lady

• Garbage dumps go unattended for 2 days

• Industry pollution takes its toll

• Rising pollution threatens to choke Sirhind canal

• Soil erosion at dhussi bundh comes down

• Pong reservoir level nears danger mark

• Overflowing Beas floods Sri Hargobindpur villages

• Beas rises, spreads alarm

• Low flood in two districts

• Power plants to be functional only after Nov 2012

• Finally, wheat variety resistant to rust

• Scientists present research proposals on post-harvest technology

• Dam waters spill misery in villages

• Tanda, Dasuya villages face flood fury

• Villagers in Tarn Taran want all headworks gates opened

• Crop on 11,000 acres inundated in Mand-Amritsar, Tarn Taran admns sound alert in villages located along Beas, Ravi

• Sultanpur Lodhi subdivision worst hit

• Answer to household waste

• 365 establishments found violating pollution norms

• Beas banks breached in Kapurthala-Alert sounded in Sultanpur, Bholath subdivisions n Crops in 32 villages under water

• Fazilka villagers to be evacuated

• Pong dam level up, more water released by BBMB

• Nakodar villagers fear floods

• PPCB confiscates 1,305-kg polythene bags in state

• Need to check post-harvest losses

• Canada keen to partner India on clean energy promotion

• Forest department gains-215 acres of lakebed now green cover

• Rain claimed 17 lives, cost Rs 88.32 cr in district

• DC seeks Rs 1.7 crore to shore up eroding banks

• 20 erring dyeing units fall in line-Agree to comply with pollution board’s directions

• Stores charging extra for plastic bags

• Workshop on Rabi crops from Aug 18

• It's pouring misery on paddy growers

• Relax norms on planting saplings: brick-kiln owners

• Outbreak of Malaria suspected in Abohar village

• Villagers along Beas fear the worst

• RO system can curb uranium content: BARC

• Pong dam water level rises, flood threat to 15 Hoshiarpur villages

• BBMB releases more water from Pong dam

• Water released from Pong dam after heavy inflow

• Rain havoc: The reckoning begins-MC tells dept officials to assess losses

• Sutlej recedes, worry persists

• Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Punjab, 17 dead

• Rain in Tarn Taran wreaks havoc

• Reproduction calendar developed for dairy farmers

• Italy returned farmer hogs limelight with his pig farm

• Residents oppose expansion of chemical plant

• Korean chilli brings tears to growers’ eyes

• Woes overflow for Barnala residents as rain causes water logging

• Global warming a reality, but nobody cares

• Pheromone traps get rid of fruit flies

• Wild growth, filth dot hospital premises-Caught in red tapism, NGO forced to stall clean-up drive

• Rain water goes down the drain, Punjab may go dry in 20 years

• Tarn Taran villages deluged

• Sewerage water to irrigate crops

• India’s global eco warrior-He mapped network of sacred forests

• Pollution in Budha Nallah continues

• As farmers give new technologies a miss, water levels keep falling

• As rain hopes go dry, cotton, paddy crops face pest attack

• IDEA HATCHED - Breeding centre to help peacock claw its number back

• Open wildlife sanctuary in Abohar faces threat from poachers

• Dropsy outbreak reported in Nawanshahr village

• Rain, humidity bring viral fever, cold to city

• Farmers lash out at govt for signing ties with Monsanto

• 200 students take out environment rally

• Heavy rain takes its toll on city-Life paralysed, many areas inundated

• Dengue spreads its tentacles

• PPCB chairman warns industrialists of action

• PPCB raids: Four traders flout norms

• A filthy future awaits city-Burning of garbage nauseates residents

• Dry spell alarms cotton farmers

• Awareness drive for clean environment

• 20 dyeing units get week’s time-PPCB tells them to set up common effluent treatment plant

• Training programme for dairy farmers

• Fazilka’s border villages face the scourge of Sutlej

• PPCB closure notice to 6 dyeing units

• Solid waste management plant-Cong councillors ask Mayor to convene emergency meeting

• Moist weather hits moong harvest

• Waterlogging plans go down the drain

• Scientific breeding of livestock gets better

• Milk turns sour, 757 samples fail purity test

• Dengue claims two lives, 32 others afflicted

• Oil leakage in Rajasthan may delay Bathinda refinery plan

• Leopard Census in Punjab on the anvil

• Herbs, shrubs harm native vegetation: study

• 'City Forests' are new attractions-Have a jungle feel amid concrete buildings

• Sukhna eight feet under-Less rain this year, normal water level not expected

• Industry faces more curbs as power crisis deepens

• Rajguru Nagar residents go green, Dig 22 wells

• Double plan outlay for farm sector, say economist-This is must to achieve the target of 280 million tonnes by 2020

• River dolphins spotted at Harike

 

July

• Tiger conservation does not stop with numbers, warn experts

• DPS students stage street play on environment

• Tips on maize cultivation

• Cash-rich city contributes maximum to global warming-Freyon gas from ACs damaging ozone shield

• Air pollution double the permissible limit

• Cases of lung cancer on the rise

• Contaminated water, unscreened blood main cause of hepatitis

• Grow pears for juicy returns, farmers told

• Go-green drive in full swing

• Disposal of bio-med waste a headache for civic bodies

• 1,386 villages get potable water supply

• Instant energy drains Punjab

• Vedanta Resources, TSPCL to power green campaign

• India to set up independent environmental body

• Rising silt level a wake-up call for BBMB

• Cannabis growth goes unchecked

• Admn identifies 14 vulnerable sites in flood situation

• Outbreak of jaundice reported in Barnala

• Tree plantation drive held in city

• Drive to check spurious pesticides

• Government out with a plan to save the big cat

• Humidity here to stay

• Follow varieties recommended by PAU

• Monsoon delay causing white fly attacks on cotton

• PPCB to raise `jungles' in state

• Vow to protect girl child, trees

• Punjab to plant fruit saplings on 4,000 hectares

• Mushroom growers need to diversify

• Seechewal questions RO utility.

• Many fall ill drinking 'contaminated' water

• CPCB to conduct study on pollution around Golden

• Making a difference through books and plants

• World Bank water plan a boon for Mohali village

• White fly attacks cotton plants

• Rain brings respite from sultry conditions

• Cross-border wildlife exchange on the cards

• Another leopard dies in kandi belt

• 19 brick-kilns put on notice by PPCB

• Zonal annual meet on precision farming

• Record keeping vital for dairy farming

• Despite plantation drive, Punjab’s forest cover may not increase

• PPCB closure notices to 20 dyeing units in Ludhiana

• Dairy farming catching fancy of farmers

• Tripping caused by overdrawl

• Seven units of Lehra Mohabbat, Bathinda thermal plants trip

• Punjab records 1,645 deaths in six months

• Climate change debate in UNSC welcome step: India

• No notified wetland in Fazilka: Ferozepur DC

• Declare cancer notifiable disease, Punjab told

• Malwa grapes turn sour

• IMPACT - Water released into Bikaner canal after 23 years

• Emergency meeting over threat to Bhakra today

• 155 dairy units set up in Patiala in one year

• Lasara drain water unfit for irrigation, says PPCB

• Basmati cultivation set to touch all-time high in state

• AFRICAN SAFARI - Amritsar farmer having field day in Ghana

• Breach in canal floods agricultural land

• 115 plastic bag units found violating norms during raid.

• PPCB orders closure of 3 erring hospitals-Were found violating bio-medical waste disposal norms; several others let off with a warning

• Studies hit as water enters Rajpura school-Teachers blame construction work on National Highway

• Punjab, Kerala and Karnataka most urbanised states-Uttar Pradesh leads rural population tally

• Anandpur Shaib villages flooded

• BBMB achieves record generation in first quarter

• PAU gives tips for growing mushrooms

• ‘City forests’ to enhance Chandigarh’s greenery

• Year after, fund crunch keeps mango orchard in raw state

• Row ends, work on water data centre to start in Dec

• Uranium alarm goes waste

• Doaba youth's fruitful venture

• Bhakra reservoir level 1,607 ft, BBMB on alert

• ROs may not be the best bet-Filter out essential minerals too

• Delegation from Mozambique visits farm university

• Cancer awareness in Punjab

• Newly wed couples plant saplings

• Kandi mango farmers shifting to kinnow

• Website for farmers

• MC water unfit for consumption?

• Now, a shade card for optimum use of urea for paddy crop

• Ecocab lures American scholar to Fazilka

• Marooned Kapurthala villagers left to their fate

• Flood-rescue training of 30 youths underway in Ropar

• Saplings distributed

• Ban on cotton export may cost farmers dear

• In Munak, torn sand bags to prevent floods!

• Artificial wells for low-lying areas

• Punjab to be first fully solid-waste managed state

• Low MGNREGA wages affecting tree plantation: Forest officers

• Eco ministry says its satellite tech use is optimal

• Animal Adoption Scheme goes to the dogs

• NGO to launch 'green gurdwara' campaign

• Ferozepur villagers fear the fury of floods

• Directions to help issued...

• ...but calls go unattended at flood control rooms

• Fazilka areas flooded

• DCs told to crack down on tobacco products in sachets

• Finish chores in wee hours, cut power bill

• India's poverty will fall from 51% to 22% by 2015: UN report

• After Kala Sanghian, villagers prepare for another eco battle

• Punjab to promote vegetable growing

• PAU okays 2 high-yielding varieties of wheat, cotton

• Black buck needs better care

• Herbal garden inaugurated

• Sukhna sanctuary’s first ever census reveals 9 mammal, 63 bird species

• Survey to assess uranium content

• Biscuits and bread from black rice technology

• Biogas provides a low cost fuel option: PAU experts

• Ludhiana plant to treat industrial waste from Jalandhar

• Your garbage will promote organic farming soon

• PSPCL shuts down 4 units

• BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS - Eradicate this evil permanently

• 20 hospitals found violating waste disposal rules

• Ludhiana plant to treat waste of electroplating industry

• Crops washed away in Gurdaspur villages

• School girls' initiative to save environment

• 87% basmati exported to Gulf

• Punjab’s glory needs to be restored

• Crops in 6 Patiala villages damaged by Ghaggar waters

• 13 flood control rooms set up in Ropar district

• Pesticide content in Basmati needs immediate control : Dhillon

• 18 more soil testing labs soon

• Jairam Ramesh wants developed nations spared of emission targets

 

 

June

• Soil erosion by Sutlej poses threat to villages

• Pollution control board raids 105 brick kilns across state

• PAU urges adoption of technology for groundwater conservation

• Green drive by polytechnic college

• Low-lying areas under water

• July right time to plant mango tree

• Saplings planted

• Jairam urged to give go-ahead for river conservation projects

• Spreading awareness on green environment

• Eco-rickshaws : Laden with comfort, utility

• More farmers opting for polygreen houses

• Bio-medical waste plant to be set up

• Ludhiana’s electroplating industry a cause of concern, says PPCB ex-chief

• Nine years on, pollution-free tag eludes Ludhiana

• FRUITFUL - Sweet success for litchi growers

• Flood control measures in Moga unsatisfactory

• After wheat, Punjab pools maximum rice in nation’s food kitty

• Eco-friendly rickshaws launched

• Need to move beyond traditional farming practices

• Green Olympiad to assess environment sensitivity

• A boon for paddy cultivators

• Turmeric does the trick, honey sweetens fate

• Waste management sites for 3 clusters get PPCB nod

• Check soil's strength before sowing paddy mechanically

• Residents of various localities complain of contaminated water supply

• Punjab plans 'green wall around industrial cities

• MELTING AWAY - Alarm bells for Himalayan glaciers

• Banana farming yields more profit than traditional crop

• Waste management project in 2 months

• Kyoto may be empty shell by 2012 as nations opt out

• Soy-processing technology transferred

• MC to make use of solar energy mandatory

• India lost a lot, gained little at Cancun climate summit

• May 21 hail hit cotton over 8,500 acres

• Candlelight march held for environment awareness

• Environment Day-Awareness programme held

• Plastic bags to be phased out

• PPCB identifies pollution sources

• Buddha nullah - Discharge of 500 MLD in nullah: PPCB chairman

• US scientists discuss precision agriculture

• 1 lakh saplings planted near industries: PPCB

• Organic farming catches on in Punjab

• Spreading awareness on pollution-free environment

• Industrialists take U-turn on pollution

• Kanjli wetland environs an eyesore

• Site-specific crop management key to precision farming: US scientists

• Budha Nullah continues to be bane of city

• Sidhwan Canal going the Buddha Nullah way!

• RSPM down but still higher than permissible limit

• Project to clean river waters.

• Carrier of diseases-Industrial waste cripples Patiala village

• Untimely rain hits cotton belt hard-Crop on 15,000 acres damaged in Ferozepur district alone

• Pre-monsoons likely by June 15

• Head borer eats into sunflower crop

• Irrigation at proper intervals essential for fruit trees

• PAU holds seminar on biodiversity in agriculture

• Budha Nullah is Sutlej's perennial effluent source

• PPCB identifies 28 sources polluting river

• Showers boon for paddy growers

• Untimely rains hit cotton crop

 

May

• Fish Farming needs to be promoted

• Rights panel seeks report on toxic water

• Green buildings are a must to sustain environment

• Uranium in Faridkot water sets alarm bells ringing

• Sirhind canal breach floods Bathinda village

• Uranium traces in water-3 hand pumps in Faridkot sealed

• Spot billed ducks produce two chicks after 9 yrs

• Cotton crop on 37,000 hectares destroyed

• Several canals in Malwa belt breached

• China muskmelon seed finds roots in state

• Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary a ‘sambar’ haven-Peacock population also very encouraging

• Hailstones damage sunflower crop-Cause 50 per cent loss to farmers in Amloh block of Fatehgarh Sahib

• Authorities pay no heed to pollution in Buddha Nallah

• Patiala solid waste management plant all set to become reality

• Industrial pollution leads to polluted water from Dera Bassi tubewells

• Time to choke killer drain

• Sunflower production up rise

• Rs 5 crore for Harike wetland soon

• Organic products shop opens in Ropar

• Ways to save power dwelled upon at seminar

• Excess iron found in water

• Eco-mission to plug toxic drain garners support

• Water scarcity hits parts of Bathinda

• Ban on Plastic Bags-Makers seek more time to comply with ban

• Pulse races, profits soar

• Reptilian passion

• Polythene : Ban imposed but who cares?

• None to bat for flying mammals

• Experts dwell upon soil and water conservation

• Energy Conservation Fortnight begins in Patiala

• Now, straw to be used to generate electricity

• Melon-cholia grips farmers

• Residents complain of impure water

• Saplings planted

 

April

• Water situation grim: Seechewal

• Ban on plastic bags a welcome step

• Punjab set for record yield-May overshoot procurement targets for central pool

• Black bug attacks sugarcane crop

• Budha Nullah-Jairam launches restoration project

• Nallah pollution reduced, says control board chief

• Students have biggest stake in environment protection

• Students join hands to save earth, mankind

• 200 teachers attend environment seminar

• Seminar on energy conservation

• From Schools: Environment awareness

• ‘Foul Chitti Bein behind cancer surge in Doaba’

• Rain, hail dampen farmers' hopes

• Wheat lifting down by 90%

• Unfit water now affects soil health in Moga

• Unseasonal rain threatens wheat crop

• Rainwater damages wheat stock

• ‘With ban on plastics, we sure can turn a new leaf’

• Rain smothers farmers’ hopes

• UT to revive ban on polythene bags

• Ban on sub-30 micron poly bags from May 1

• Pest attack on sunflower crop

• Moga farmers being trained to develop quality wheat seed

• City to have herbal park soon

• Chief Secy for eco-rickshaw scheme in all districts

• Pollution control board to adopt Western model

• Change in weather conditions-Maximum temperature to hover around 30°C

• Religious bodies take lead in conserving power-Limit use of gadgets, lights on gurdwara premises

• BUDDA NULLAH: The city’s toxic vein

• Rain spells doom for farmers

• Widening gap in sex ratio causes concern

• State's decadal population growth rate falls by 6%

• Bathinda worst in sex-ratio, refinery to be blamed

• Sex ratio, literacy rate in state see upward trend

• At 32%, Mohali way ahead of state average-Literacy rate 2nd highest in state after Hoshiarpur

• City surpasses Chandigarh in gender ratio

• Organic farming key to revive agriculture : Study

• Polluted water sparks fears of disease outbreak

• India contemplates tapping carbon credit from agriculture

• India expects to reap record harvest

• Farmers switch over to moong for better results

• Work begins on creating wildlife corridor from Sukhna

• Golden Temple plaza to get green touch

• State Census data to be released on April 8

• PAU working on nutritionally fortified rice

• Water crisis in Mohali-Tubewells still non-functional

• Pernicious weed back in Sukhna Lake

• 53 water samples fail test

• RO system leads to waste of water: Expert-‘Quality of water supply in city the best in country’

• Patiala’s gender ratio registers increase

• Sewage treatment plants at receiving end

• State population up by over 13 pc: Census 2011

• Some villages excel state’s child sex ratio norms

• Water crisis looms large in Mohali, too

• District population 34,87,882 and rising

• GOOD ALTERNATIVE - Egged on, Punjab emu-lates south states

• Child sex ratio hits new low

• India is now 1.21 billion strong

• City population crosses million mark: 10,54,686 and counting

• Herbal farm coming up in Patiala

• Punjab yet to find solution to water scarcity

• Rotarians to help preserve natural resources

 

March

• Hailstorm flattens wheat crop, damage vegetables

• Number of India’s big cats increases by 295-Tiger conservation efforts pay off, their count rises to 1,706 from 1,411 in three years

• Thermal plants showing high performance: Chaudhri

• Biomedical waste plant in city likely

• Burning of garbage a health hazard

• World House Sparrow Day today

• Birth rate in state goes down, death rate up

• 'Tank Technology' used in harvesting machine

• Residents complain of contamination

• Industries polluting groundwater

• Vet varsity showcases research for livestock farmers’ benefit.

• PAU to honour farmers not using chemicals for farming

• Spreading awareness on environment

• Chaundheri village residents forced to drink dirty water

• Lesser-known wetlands crying for attention

• Sartaj vouches for a greener environment

• BLOOMING BUSINESS - NRI's seeds of horticulture in Doaba.

• SIKH ENVIRONMENT DAY- Eye on green cover, Amritsar administration looking for open spaces to develop.

• Budding idea set to grow

• Save environment, says Akal Takht jathedar.

• Gastro outbreak likely in Giaspura, Sherpur: Sidhu

• Hola Mohalla to go eco-friendly

• GOLDEN TEMPLE COMPLEX-PPCB to submit plan to keep vicinity pollution free

• City heading for water crisis again this summer

• MoEF now sets eyes on marine biodiversity

• Pre-empting water blues-City may get canal water to quench thirst

• No waste mgmt: City turns garbage pit

• KINNOW MACHINE - Tech-savvy farmer awarded for innovation

• Stress to conserve environment

• PEDA to install solar power plant

• WB project helps villagers get potable water

• New Cultivation Technology-Nabha farmer scripts success story

• Population of black bucks up at Abohar sanctuary: Census

• GREEN MISSION - Seechewal takes water literacy drive to villages

• Science Day celebrated

• Yellow rust affects ripening of wheat crop

• Going the green way

• Unpredictable weather worries farmers-Yellow rust disease can damage standing wheat crop: Experts

• Proper soil management can enhance crop production: Experts

• 20 peacocks found dead in fields

• National Science Day observed

February

• Environment lessons for youth

• Stop Plastic usage

• PU science congress - Climate change under scanner

• Biodynamic farming being revived in state

• Wheat under armyworm attack in Majha, Malwa

• Punjab to have nature guides

• Youngsters find pig farming lucrative

• Alarming rise in uranium content in water: Survey

• Industry told to check its waste

• Solid waste management-MC to hire agency by May 31

• Organic farming a hit with this farmer

• Crusader takes green campaign to villages

• Juicing plants fail to process kinnows

• Heavy rain due to manmade warming: Study

• Hailstorm, rain hit rabi crop

• State worst performer in sex ratio at last birth survey

• Tap water in city largely unsafe-25 of 40 samples fail quality test

• 60% city water samples declared unfit: Report

• SGGS College holds rally on environment

• Environment be made part of school curriculum

• Dairy training educates farmers on latest innovations

• Experts expect bumper wheat crop

• Ornamental fish farming a way to financial gains

• Architects discuss ways to be more environment-friendly

• It took 15 years to find gender of sarus cranes in Chhatbir zoo

• Animal fair ends-Farmers vow to bring white revolution

• Poison water: Uranium, now arsenic down taps in Moga

• Water samples of all districts to be tested for uranium

• Polyhouses become profit houses for farmers

• City losing green sheen

• Disposal of Medical Waste-PPCB warns violators of strict action

• City falls prey to noise pollution

• Meet changing conditions to sustain agriculture

• Takht declares March 14 Sikh Environment Day

• Climate change: adapt or perish

• Heavy metals in water: Khanna writes to Centre

• Global warming to hit rice, wheat yields-More people to sleep on empty stomachs

• Cancer research 'suffers' due to vanishing conifer trees

• Climate change will hurt wheat producing states

• 3 ‘vulture restaurants’ set up to feed the rare birds

• Noise levels in city areas surpass permissible limit

• Major power outage in Punjab after two Lehra Mohabbat units go bust

• Uranium in Ground Water-18 Moga, Kotkapura villages to have RO plants

• Attack of yellow rust on wheat crop

• Water supply schemes launched in 1,800 villages

• Wetland day

• Toxic fields: Pesticide use up

• FMD hits livestock in state

• Water table falls alarmingly in Central Punjab-Water table in 9,058 sq km drops by over 20 metres

• Celebrate March 14 as green day, Sikhs urged

January

• Water logging a boon for fish farmers

• 51 water samples fail

• It's going to get hotter and wetter in India

• PAU experts perform green miracle-Revive 400-year-old dried-up ber trees in Golden Temple Complex

• River waters to be cleaned by November-end

• Ramesh not in favour of blanket ban on use of plastic

• Farmers told to go for mixed farming

• Second bird census-New species found at Nangal wetland

• Climate shift has hit biodiversity : Expert

• Water table drops in some areas of Sangrur

• Pruning Trees? Beware

• 2010 was warmest year on record: UN weather agency

• Panel to promote banana cultivation in Punjab

• After 3 yrs, sarus crane chicks spotted in Swan

• Stress laid on saving energy

• City firm gets energy conservation award

• Gurdwara shows way to clean, green environment

• Cold bites into vegetable crop, flowers

• Female ratio on decline in Punjab, Haryana

• Large number of migratory birds expected at Harikae wildlife sanctuary

• Mercury up but cold wave not down

• Himachal industrial units discharging effluents into Beas, Sutlej: PPCB

 

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