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NEWS-2009

NEWS-2008

• Water purifiers at Government Schools.

• Zero-cost energy efficiency improvement model afoot

• China offers technical expertise to Punjab

• Seechewal for including environment in manifesto

• Punjab to farm tourism

• Baradari garden needs fast fix

• Energy conservation award

• Pollution, dirt may put spoke in state’s tourism wheel: UNWTO

• Seechewal to launch mass movement

• Groundwater depletion critical in State

• Sect to plant 30,000 saplings on GT Road

• Misuse of fertilisers rampant - Services of soil-testing centres not being utilised

• State sets new record in paddy yield

• Punjab is first state in country to go in for commercial dairy farms

• Global meltdown not to affect state: CM

• Rice shellers face decrease in rice bran, husk prices

• Area under sugarcane shrinks

• 35 Units to shut for Nullah-PPCB orders closure of dyeing units along Budha Nullah in Ludhiana

• Patiala to get 5.5 lakh saplings

• Food basket full, thanks to Punjab & Haryana 

• Punjab to have 3 micro-hydel power plants 

• Sugar mills to be made self-reliant -Power cogeneration plants to be set up

• Globalisation has affected human sustainability’ 

• Beas board ties up with Danish firm

• Floriculture ensures blooming returns

• DC introduces new paddy equipment

• Tehsils, blocks to be reorganised : Attari in Amritsar to get block status

• Farm scientists asked to develop crops resistant to global warming

• Energy conservation awards introduced

• It’s fly ash all the way in Bathinda

• Water table shows signs of rising

• Special plan to revive Kanjli wetland

• Spreading green in Kandi area 

• Constructions on Sutlej bed led to floods

• Dairy farmers to import best bull semen

• Panel to look into burning of farm waste

• Work on Goindwal Sahib power plant begins

• Hailstorm damages crop

• HP units pollute Swan : 45 head of cattle have died due to high level of pollutants in the rivulet

• Plants in co-op sugar mills to generate Rs. 200 cr power: Kanwaljit

• Stray cattle menace plagues Moga: Illegal cowshed in grain market adds to the problem

• Shortage of migrant farm workers: Farmers, industrialists in lurch  

• Suicide by Farmers: Poverty not the only reason, says study

• Record paddy yield?

• Dried up tubewells throw up water :Timely paddy sowing, good monsoon raise groundwater level

• Call to protect forests, wildlife

• Badal voices concern over depleting green cover

• IARI developed seeds ‘yield more than PAU’s’

• Badal, Seechewal to build synergy on environment

• Seechewal is Time hero 

• Direct seed plantation proves excellent for paddy

• This dairyman leads by example

• Biotech testing to certify processed food  

• Massive soil erosion in Gurdaspur

• Round-up: Seven mist chambers for producing quality seedlings   

• Pak. co makes film on gurdwara trees

• Ambuja plant gets biomass from villages 

• Rajasthan has no claim over Ghaggar waters: Punjab

• Poor solid waste handling stinks all the way

• Funds for green education

• Skin diseases hit flood-ravaged districts

• Flood fury in Gidderpindi-Cross bundhs in Sutlej led to breaches: experts

• Flood-hit battle swarm of mosquitoes

• State should focus on agro-based industry

• Markfed ties up with global leader on crop productivity

• After Floods :Stagnant muddy water takes toll on milch cattle

• Harike dolphins safe

• Punjab seeks two power projects from Centre

• Survey to assess damage by floods

• Flood threat in Moga- Villagers asked to move to safer places

• Flood situation in Ferozepur grim

• Sutlej flows above danger mark

• Sutlej swells

• Bhakra, Pong dams brimming

• Flood alert in Swan areas 

• Sutlej damages crop on 400 acres 

• Another panel to study pollution of Sutlej, Sirhind canal

• PAU to survey suicides by farmers

• Seechewal, Bahuguna for reining in industrial units polluting rivers

• Scouts to fight mealy bug menace

• Experts debate renewable energy

• Database of land use in state goes digital

• Sutlej areas under flood threat

• Inclement climate sucks sweetness out of grapes 

• To check falling watertable - Hybrid rice varieties from next year

• India calls for fresh approach to warming

• Water treatment plants to be installed in Punjab river

• Dog-bite cases on the rise in city 

• Toxicology lab a blessing  for researchers

• Orchards need extra care during monsoon, say experts 

• Monsoon has been good, well distributed: PAU

• Power crisis worsens, more cuts imminent 

• No ash siphoned into wetland, claims thermal plant 

• Systematic greening must, say ecologists

• Green Project- 5 lakh saplings to be planted in city

• PAU gets grant worth Rs 7 cr  

• The Curse of Budha Nullah - Dyeing, electroplating units face closure 

• Punjab to set up cotton council

• Bathinda villages reap rich harvest with toxic water 

• Scientists to inspect Ghanauli drain

• Budha Nullah raises big stink again 

• Global warming will intensify storms

• PTL takes up ‘Green Mohali’ mission

• PU gets two patents 

• Thermal plant siphons ash into wetland

• Happy seeder technology a boon for farmers: Economist

• Climate wreaks havoc on Mattewara forest 

• Fish mortality in canals: PPCB to clamp down on dyeing units in city

• Prefects for a perfect clean and green PU   

• Three more treatment plants   

• Saving Environment: NGOs form JAC to address ecological issues 

• Polluted water poses health hazards in Faridkot 

• Central survey to cover 288 villages

• Combatting Global Warming

• Climate of mounting concern

• Lalru-Baddi express highway: Farmers want alignment reviewed 

• Fish mortality: WWF for action units

• Punjab gets 0.5% subsidy for contribution

• Chandigarh to be a solar city

• UN calls on Asian nations to end deforestation

• Growing Input Costs

• Seechewal to rescue Harike Pattan

• Fear of floods grips residents near Budda Nullah

• First gastro outbreak as WHO team visits state

• Tackling mealy bug menace in Malwa belt

• IDSP to provide information on disease

• Farmers fear Ghaggar fury

• Seepage problem in Muktsar-Malout belt

• Drip Irrigation saves 70 pc water

• PAU to honour innovative farmers

• Power situation turns worse

• Rs 100 cr to make Amritsar green and clean

• Farmers opt for paddy: Lured by good MSP, they forgo state govt’s warning

• Mealy bug poses threat to cotton crop:PAU stresses on immediate eradication of weed

• PAU holds workshop on farmers’ suicide

• Stray-cattle menace on rise

• Expert wants free travel for labourers to tide over crisis

• Nathpa-Jhakri closure to hit paddy sowing 

• Farmers suffer labour pain   

• Dyeing units to monitor effluents discharge  

• Rising sea levels would make Arctic ice free by 2030  

• Scientists warn G8 of climate peril to food  

• In Panjab University, parents get green lessons

• Science academies urge 50 % CO2 cuts by 2050

• Area under paddy in state to increase

• Visitors from Siberia make city pond their abode

• Border farmers told to go in for cash crops

• Remove ban on rice, wheat export: Farmers 

• Mallefic problem: No parking space

• PAU alumnus develops website on vegetation

• TVs, PC monitors to have energy labels 

• Paddy makes comeback in cotton belt, may worsen Punjab water problem

• World Environment Day calls for end of CO2

• Ten ways to reduce carbon emissions

• Muktsar, Faridkot, Ferozepur villages getting impure water

• A beeline for e-bikes

• Mushroom farming is a passion with him

• Smoking to be banned in workplaces

• World Bank politics to blame for farming woes: Expert

• Get set to tap rainwater: Admn to make harvesting apparatus must for houses

• Bee-keeping: Success story of a farmers’ cooperative

• 16 malaria clinics set up in Mohali

• 917 MU of power by 2011-12

• Scientists discuss impact of climate change

• Garbage plant to produce fuel

• Students observe biodiversity day

• Reaping fruits of community farming

• Mealy bug menace in cotton belt: PAU experts’ remedies

• Water pollution: Panel seeks report

• World Biodiversity Day

• Ridding Sirhind Canal of Pollution: Badal sets up task force

• Electromagnetic radiation harmful for cellphone user

• Badal for time-bound action programme: Safe drinking water for all

• Even scientists recommend his farming method

• N-plants answer to power crisis: Scientist

• Idols found on dried-up canal bed

• Mealy Bug: PAU to intensify research on IPM technology

• Distillery polluting villages' air, water

• Gastroenteritis hits Nabha areas

• Water woes in Mohali

• Water regulatory authority envisaged

• Humans get 10 more years to save Earth

• Metro rail in city soon

• River Pollution

• Bumper crop, courtesy prolonged winter

• CHB goes green with solar water heating

• Rs 5-crore project for growing safe veggies

• MC mulls special sewers for dyeing units

• Slum dwellers vacate park, plant saplings

• Groundwater depleting at fast pace

• Earth Day at PAU

• No monkey business this

• Diarrhoea cases on the rise

• Burning of dry leaves goes unchecked

• Organic farming withstands rough weather

• 66 labs to test soil samples in state

• Three-day mela to boost organic farming begins

• Joint agreement on water conservation

• No decision sans Punjab: Centre

• Delay paddy plantation to check water depletion: PAU

• Groundwater: Early paddy sowing banned in Amritsar

• Ground water table going down rapidly in Punjab

• India can lead the world in climate change solution: Al Gore

• DNA damage among Punjab farmers high: Study

• Himalayan glaciers receding: Meena

• Need of the hour: Policy on groundwater

• Three more forests declared protected areas in Punjab

• National status for Nangal wetlands

• Discharge of sewage, industrial waste into Sutlej

• International Wetland Day Just a day or wake-up call?

• World Wetlands Day observed

• Pollution control board team visits Golden Temple

• Punjab urged to phase out use of pesticides

• Harike: Experts confirm presence of dolphins

• Groundwater infected in Majha belt: Experts

• War against too much pesticides

• Level at Pong dam lowest in 10 years

• Salt goes black , blame it on pollution

• 'No. of cancer cases has trebled in 5 yrs'

• Water turns poison in Punjab villages

• River water dolphin spotted at Harike

• MoU signed on wind power projects

• Another survey on cancer in Bathinda

• Metals found in vegetables too

• Metal in water eating into kidneys: Study

• Farmers suffer toxin-induced dent

• Brick-kilns hit residents’ health, crops

• Climate change to hit agriculture

• Stones of two water supply projects laid

• Chandan trees from Bathinda to be reproduced

• Tackle global warming: UN

• The poisoning of Punjab

• Despite board steps, Sutlej  gets more polluted

• Admn neglect lays Sirhind canal waste

• State gets common plant to treat waste

• Villagers sore with skin infections

 

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