Oct 2019

HARYANA ECI appointed Vinod Zutshi as the Special Observer for Haryana election   Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Sh Vinod Zutshias the Special Observer for Assandh Assembly Constituency in the Karnal District ofECI requested Sh Zutshi to proceed immediately to the Constituency to take necessary corrective action and ensure a  fair, free, and peaceful election. … Read more

HARYANA Haryana seeks exemptions from genset ban The Haryana government has requested the Environmental Pollution Control Authority (Epca) to exempt certain residential and commercial areas of the city from the ban on diesel generators. The Supreme Court-appointed Epca had issued directions on October 9, banning the use of diesel generators in New Delhi and across … Read more

HARYANA Aravallis missing from poll rhetoric this time   With candidates making a slew of promises such as jobs for the youth, farm loan waiver, interest-free loans and increase of old-age pension to Rs5,100.   Air quality of the city gets worse during the winters because of illegal construction and mining in the Surajkund area … Read more

HARYANA Haryana’s 6th deficient monsoon in 10 years   Even as India experienced its wettest monsoon in 25 years, situation is grim in Haryana, which received 42% rainfall below normal in June-September this year. Rainfall up to 19% above or below the average is taken as normal and rainfall 20-59% below the average is classified as deficient by … Read more

HARYANA No society in new sectors applied for power line in Haryana: Discom   While a number of housing societies in the new sectors do not have a permanent electricity connection and are heavily dependent on diesel gensets, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has said that none of the new housing projects has applied for a … Read more

HARYANA Mohali to wait till 2021 for water from Kajauli   The city’s wait for extra supply of drinking water from Kajauli has extended to 2021, as Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada) is unlikely to complete the Jandpur purification plant before December 2020.   For quenching its thirst, Mohali must wait another year, while neighbouring Chandigarh … Read more

HARYANA   ID cards, voter slips in Braille for blind   Identity cards and photo voter slips had been printed in Braille for the convenience of visually impaired persons in the state.   Apart from this, many types of facilities are being provided to specially abled voters, including the provision of wheelchairs, ramps at polling … Read more

HARYANA Gurugram: AQI slips to ‘poor’, Met says due to low wind speed   The city witnessed ‘poor’ air quality day — the first in a month — with the air quality index (AQI) being recorded at 205.   For the past one month, the air quality was in the ‘satisfactory’ and ‘good’ category. In … Read more

HARYANA 306 incidents of stubble burning reported in Haryana   Despite ban, 306 (active fire locations) cases of stubble burning have been reported in Haryana, 120 in Karnal district alone, since September 25.   Other districts with high incidents of stubble burning include Kurukshetra (79), Kaithal (66), Fatehabad (18) and Jind (11). Haryana government and the state agriculture department had … Read more

HARYANA Panipat air quality worse than Gurugram’s   The air quality of Panipat is more dangerous than the cyber city of Gurugram. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the textile city was recorded 305 on Monday. Besides, the AQI of Faridabad was recorded 263 and 205 for Gurugram and it was also on a high … Read more