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After HC order, mining auction expected today
Chandigarh: The auction of Sirohi and Khori Jamalpur mines is expected to take place as scheduled on Tuesday as the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday refrained from passing an interim order to stop it. However, the court issued notice to the state government on a plea filed by …
Mining excessive, admits Haryana
State Wants Mining For Two More Years, But Not Keen To Extend Lease TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chandigarh: The state government clarified before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday through an affidavit that it wanted mining to continue for another two years in Sirohi and Khori Jamalpur, the two …
Busy With Business
Having excluded union territory-turned states Delhi and Goa from the overall state competitiveness rankings, it was impossible to ignore the National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi or rather the bigger whole that is the National Capital Region. The NCR is unique because of the intensity of population and its huge purchasing …
Locals selling off land near Damdama
Damdama (Gurgaon): The last major natural lake in the NCR is up for sale. While locals claim that indiscriminate mining and poor rainfall has caused great damage to Damdama Lake and jeopardised their future water needs, another story is unfolding gradually. In the past few years, many residents of Roz …
Illegal mining on near Gurgaon, says forest conservator
Gurgaon: Around 20 villages in Mehwat district near Gurgaon are continuing with illegal mining despite a ban by the Supreme Court and repeated reminders by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, conservator forest R P Balwan said after visiting these villages on Wednesday. According to Balwan, he found mining activities …
Saving energy , space
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, VERTICAL TOWNS DOMINATE URBANISATION DISCOURSE Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI India is all set to establish a niche for itself in the growing green infrastructure marketplace and vertical townships. With the shrinking availability of land for residential development in the northern India and increasing demand for residential space, vertical …
Iqbalpur is states first solar village
Iqbalpur village of Gurgaon district has become the first Haryana village covered 100 per cent by solar home-lighting systems. Deputy Commissioner Deepti Umashankar handed over a solar home-lighting system to the 201st customer of the village at a programme organised here today. The village has achieved this distinctive status with …
Development takes a toll on leopards
New Delhi/Gurgaon: As more and more people invade the forests in Aravali area, leopards are being forced to come out in the open. The consequence have been fatal for the big cats. In the last year, three leopards have been killed in Gurgaon and neighbouring Nuh. One leopard was killed …
Aravallis biodiversity under siege
Gurgaon: A leopard and her two cubs had come under the wheels of a vehicle and were injured near Manesar last week. The reason for the accident, apart from the immediate cause, is the rapid pace of development around Gurgaon that has deprived several animals and birds of their natural …
Gurgaon, Faridabad selected for 'green city' programme
Two of Haryana