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86 dengue, chikungunya cases confirmed, docs question figure
Gurgaon: Four new dengue and two chikungunya cases have been confirmed in the last two days, taking the total number of dengue cases to 61 and chikungunya to 25. As the official count of those affected with vector-borne diseases in the city reaches 86 this season, doctors at private hospital …
Government panel favours expansion of the Aravalis
A government panel has approved that all non-cultivable hill land, rocky and sandy areas in the ecologically sensitive Aravalis in the entire National Capital Region (NCR), including Gurgaon and Faridabad districts, will be treated as part of the mountain range, paving the way for its protection. This will also include …
Toxins at waste site infect water
Gurgaon: The worst fears about a toxic discharge from the defunct Bandhwari waste treatment plant in the Aravalis poisoning the environment have come true. Water samples collected by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) from a spot behind the plant's compound have shown high levels of contamination. The only …
Green nod to Aravali car rally ‘under pressure’
After initially denying permission, the district forest department has reluctantly given its nod to a four-day car rally through a 30-km track in the Gurgaon-Faridabad Aravali forest. The go-ahead has been given with riders, despite the district forest officials having strong reservations against such a rally. In fact, in a …
No subsidy for toilet construction in Haryana: Govt
GURGAON: The Haryana government will no more give subsidy for constructing toilets but would provide incentives to village panchayats and municipal corporations for maintaining cleanliness, officials said on Wednesday. Additional Chief Secretary of Rural Development Department Navraj Sandhu said efforts will be made to change the mindset of the people …
Private laboratory raided for overcharging of dengue rests
GURGAON: The district drug control department on Thursday conducted a raid at a private laboratory after the department got a tip-off that the laboratory was charging heavy money for conducting dengue tests. The department found out that the laboratory was actually charging more for dengue tests. "No laboratory or hospital …
Gurgaon more than doubles its solar power target, aims higher
Gurgaon: Gurgaon has crossed its installed solar energy capacity target for summer, which was set at 5MW. Officials of the Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA) said the district's installed solar power capacity has crossed 12 MW (as of last week) and they are all set to achieve the 20 MW …
Prakash Javadekar to conduct aerial survey of Aravali before finalising 'forest' definition
GURGAON: Before finalising the definition of 'forest', which is likely to end the ambiguity whether large tracts of Aravalis are forest or not, union minister of environment and forest (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar will conduct an aerial survey of Aravali in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mewat districts of Haryana on Monday. The …
Haryana ready to call Mangar Bani `forest'
To Issue Notification To Create 500m Shield The Haryana government on Monday announced it would issue a formal notification demarcating Mangar Bani as a no-construction area. The notification will throw a protective shield around the sacred grove in the Aravalis whose preservation environmentalists have waged a long battle for. CM …
Greens write to govt over Mangar forest tag delay
Gurgaon: Four months after the Haryana government demarcated a large part of the Mangarbani groves as a 'no construction zone' in February this year, it has failed to come up with a gazette notification declaring Mangarbani and its buffer area as a protected 'forest'. Environmentalists on Sunday wrote a letter …