Punjab Pollution Control Board
Starting July 1, 2014 getting environmental and forest clearances for large infrastructure projects could just be a click away with the government announcing launch of a portal, for such clearances. In recent years delay in green clearances has been one of the major concerns for industry. “On the website one will have to upload all [...] Continue Reading »
The marriage palace owners in Patiala have been imposed tax, because of dumping garbage on municipal sites/land. Punjab Pollution Control Board has directed all marriage palace owners to procure no objection certificates (NOC) from Patiala municipal corporation about proper garbage disposal. It has also fixed Rs 7,000 per month charges for marriage palaces in the [...] Continue Reading »
Lack of sewerage treatment plants in Punjab has lead residents illegally dump around 1,250 million litre of sewage. This 60 percent of sewage which is illegally dumped is being a threat to environment in the state. An academic study revealed a fact that untreated municipal sewerage is being disposed in rivers. Ludhiana and Chandigarh are [...] Continue Reading »
A parallel sewer will soon be coming up in Chandigarh. The Municipal Corporation (MC) has announced that it will construct a parallel sewer to stop the flow of wastes into the N-choe. In a statement issued by MC superintending engineer (SE) Mr R C Diwan stated that when the parallel sewer is done the wastes [...] Continue Reading »
The effort to check pollution has become a new awareness all over India. The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken intiative and have ordered electro-plating units in Jalandhar for discharging the effluents into the sewerage system. A survey also is yet to be conducted to identify the prevailing units which are not registered with [...] Continue Reading »
