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Amritsar MC dumping one-third of daily garbage at landfill sites

Chandigarh, Sept. 6 -- The Amritsar municipal corporation is struggling to get its waste act together. Despite claiming to have overhauled the city's waste-management system, the civic body is still d... Read More


PSPCL brass camps at thermal plants to monitor generation

Chandigarh, Sept. 5 -- In a first, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has deputed its chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) and four directors to oversee the functioning of the state's five... Read More


Punjab's farm stay push finds few takers

Chandigarh, Sept. 3 -- Three months after Punjab rolled out its ambitious Farm Stay Policy to create an additional source of income for farmers and promote rural tourism, the initiative has received a... Read More


PRTC reels under Rs.284-crore cash crunch

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 2 -- The Punjab government's free women travel scheme has left the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) facing a severe cash crunch, with the state-owned undertaking spending arou... Read More


Amritsar MC sitting on legacy waste despite Rs.8-cr penalty

Chandigarh, Aug. 29 -- The Amritsar Municipal Corporation has failed to clear around 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste dumped across 11 acres at the Chabhal Road site despite repeated directions,... Read More


Can't penalise NHAI for felling treeson land acquired by it: Punjab to NGT

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 28 -- The Punjab forest department has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has no jurisdiction to regulate or penalise the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for c... Read More


ED summons GMADA chief engineer, ex-official over Rs.40-cr waiver to realtor

Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Delhi, has summoned Greater Mohali Area Development Authority's (GMADA) chief engineer Ajay Garg and former chief engineer Sunil Kansal for Thu... Read More


Punjab received over Rs.8k cr in capital aid in five years: Centre

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 25 -- Punjab has received Rs.8,379 crore till July 2026 in financial assistance under the Centre's Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure/Investment (SASCI) o... Read More


Punjab wraps up water reforms assessment, awaits budget inputs

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 23 -- Punjab has completed its assessment against the Centre's newly introduced State Water Reforms Framework (SWRF) and is now awaiting budgetary inputs from a few departments before... Read More


6 GMADA officials put on notice for delay in service

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 22 -- The Punjab transparency and accountability commission has issued show-cause notices to five officials of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) over the pendency ... Read More