Rs 222-cr project for Amritsar okayed
The state government has given its approval to the detail project report with a total outlay of Rs 222.18 crore for the futuristic development of the holy city.
The state government has given its approval to the detail project report with a total outlay of Rs 222.18 crore for the futuristic development of the holy city.
Chandigarh: Cooperation minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh today said primary agriculture societies in rural areas will be converted into multi-purpose agri-societies, where farm-use facilities will be provided at cheaper rates. He said, the plan is to convert 20 percent of such societies into multi-purpose societies every year.
Ludhiana: Bringing relief to the distressed potato growers in the state, who have been hit by a 15-year-low in the crop's market price, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked Markfed to purchase the produce.
Punjab Vidhan Sabha session will start on February 27. This was announced after a meeting of the Council of Ministers here today. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. This will be the sixth session of the 13th Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
Chandigarh: A meeting of Markfed officials was held here on Tuesday. It was decided that the federation would be taking up the marketing of potatoes. However, a final decision in this regard was kept pending.
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, February 2 Leader of the opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has sought from the government adequate compensation to farmers of Sangrur, Patiala and Mansa distructs, especially Lehra constituency , whose land had been acquired under the Ghaggar project.
Amritsar: With an eye on the Lok Sabha polls, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today staged a show of strength on the occasion of the inauguration of the Solid Waste Management Project for Amritsar, which was unveiled by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.
Chandigarh: While the Panjab University (PU) had declared the first Monday of every month as
Encouraged by the response to Nanhi Chhaan, a project to check female foeticide and to promote green cover in Punjab, the Punjab government has agreed to support the initiative.
Ludhiana: In the last three years, more than 75 pc of BPL families have taken power connections on their own Delay by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) in the implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikarn Yojana (RGGVY), has defeated the purpose for which the Rs 154.58-crore plan was launched.
The technical programme for evaluation of the Bt cotton hybrids through ICAR trials during 2008-09 was formulated under the Chairmanship of the Assistant Director General (Commercial Crops), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for the four events which have been approved for commercial cultivation by GEAC (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India).
Punjab farmer commission says it
A stab in the back of farmers
After getting positive response from the anti-polythene drive, the district administration has launched the second phase of the campaign against plastic bags. The second phase aims at countering use of plastic bags in rural areas of the district.
PPCB for ban on burning of diesel, coal Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Amritsar, January 28 The government is contemplating a ban on use of fuel other than LPG by goldsmiths, hotels and dhabas in the walled city here to reduce pollution affecting the Golden Temple, following a report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).
Megha Mann Tribune News Service Nangal, January 28 The teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) today visited the Bela Dhyani village where a large number of dead fish was found floating in the Sutlej waters on January 25.
Zirakpur: About 3,000 residents of Preet Colony on Zirakpur-Ambala Highway here are living under the threat of an epidemic outbreak with the locality
Jangveer Singh Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 21 The Punjab government has decided to form a committee to verify the quality of green houses in the state set up under the National Horticulture Mission following farmers
Kanchan Vasdev and Jyotika Sood Tribune News Service Ludhiana, January 20 The state government has set yet another deadline for the local dyeing industry to ensure discharge of effluents into Budda Nullah as per the stipulated standards of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.
SP Sharma Tribune News Service Bathinda, January 19 Wheat fields and orchards at many places in the Malwa belt were inundated today as the canals breached due to increased water level. Crop in 250 acres were destroyed in Mehma Sarja and Kot Fatta areas. The canal breached in Chief Minister Parkash Singh