The World Bank will provide about $850 million for the Tarbela 4th Extension Project, which is expected to be completed in four years and generate 1,410MW additional electricity.

The government has planned to install an additional 747 megawatts (MW) combined cycle power plant at Guddu, Sindh in order to enhance the power generation for future requirements.

Residents of the twin cities are facing great threat to their health as the water being supplied to them from Rawal Dam has become heavily polluted by a heavy inflow of sewage and wastewater.

With the rise in forest encroachment in Kailali, a taskforce has been formed for its prevention and management.

The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS) under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works has launched a ‘total sanitation programme’ in 10 Open Defecation Free (ODF) VDCs — two VDCs eac

The economic growth of Pakistan is not possible without resolving water and energy crisis and implementation on the ‘five dam plan’ is inevitable for the survival of Pakistan.

Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the number of reserve forests in the country had increased from eight to 34 in the last three years.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined the owners of five brickfields Tk 5.5 lakh in Munshiganj and removed two brickfields in Narial for violating the environmental laws and using dru

The Sri Lankan government Wednesday launched a public health program to alleviate the malnutrition in the country and control the no-communicable diseases among the country's population.

The recent reports on arsenic contamination throughout the country are alarming.