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Protesters block Jalandhar-Pathankot NH for 3 hours against bio-CNG plant

Protesters, led by Congress MLA from Adampur, Sukhwinder Singh Kotli, demanded that the district administration should immediately stop operations at the plant. Kotli added that the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) will be hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against the plant on Thursday.

Protesters said the administration is planning to discard waste from Jalandhar and nearby areas for bio management at the plant, which will turn the whole area into a garbage dump. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 24, 2025 08:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

7 rocket shells found from garbage dump in Patiala

After getting the information, Patiala police rushed to the spot and recovered the rocket shells with the help of bomb disposal squad. A passerby spotted the rocket shells and informed the police.

Police personnel stand near the seven rocket shells found from a garbage dump in Patiala on Monday. (PTI)

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Published on Feb 11, 2025 06:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Severed human skull found at Tollygunge garbage dump in Kolkata

According to authorities, a severed human head—possibly that of a woman—was found at a waste dump in the Tollygunge neighbourhood of Kolkata on Friday morning.

According to police, the severed head has been transferred to MR Bangur Hospital for additional testing.(AP)

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 03:34 PM IST

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Drunk man dies after friends abandon him in garbage dump

A man died after three of his friends allegedly abandoned him in a garbage dump near Rishi Nagar on Tibba road instead of taking him to a hospital as the former was feeling unwell after consuming liquor, officials said on Saturday.

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Updated on Jul 28, 2024 05:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Garbage dump near motor market irks shopkeepers

The shopkeepers claim that it is difficult to breathe due to ‘unhealthy conditions”, adding that their businesses have been hit as people do not come due to the foul smell

Shopkeepers allege they are losing out on customers due to the ‘stench and filth’. (Manish/HT)

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Published on May 18, 2024 10:15 PM IST

BySukhpreet Singh, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Constable assaulted, loses phone, bike; 10 booked

Constable Sanjiv Kumar said in his statement that he went towards garbage dump near Ludhiana Central Jail on his bike, where the accused were already present

The FIR has been lodged against Sonu Kumar, Heera Lal, Sanjo Devi, Om Parkash, Ajay alias Raja and Vikas, along with four aides. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Apr 18, 2024 10:49 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana MC chief kick-starts construction of road along Buddha Nullah

Around 3 km long stretch of road would be constructed at a cost of around ₹5.84 crore; The project is being taken up as a deposit work under Smart City Mission

Ludhiana MC commissioner Sandeep Rishi and MLA Madan Lal Bagga inaugurating construction of road on the other side of Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 31, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Residents hold silent protest against proposed garbage depot at Punawale

The protest was staged at 18 Latitude Mall, and subsequently citizens in small groups stood in various areas with banners and hoardings, expressing their disapproval of the proposal

Residents in the area demand that the decision be reversed and that the civic body should look for alternate solutions. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 19, 2023 05:54 AM IST

ByVicky Pathare

Garbage dump-turned-library opened in north Delhi

MCD officials said that the library has all the modern facilities including computers, WiFi connectivity and air conditioning

Officials said that the library caters to students aspiring to clear competitive exams. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 18, 2023 02:05 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Industry protests setting up of garbage dump in Focal Point Phase VI

Members of the Association of Trade and Industrial Undertakings protested the decision of the municipal corporation to set up a garbage dump in Focal Point Area phase VI. The association believes it will create a poor image and health issues. They have requested to adopt the park instead.

Members of Association of Trade and Industrial Undertakings during the peaceful protest against the garbage dump in Ludhiana. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2023 12:23 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Jail road dump: Overflowing garbage irks locals, raises concern of water pollution

MC operated tubewell is situatied in the centre of the garbage dump supplies drinking water to residents

A view of the garbage dump site in Ludhiana on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:14 PM IST

ByDinkle Popli, Ludhiana

Dadumajra residents up in arms against new waste processing plant

Chandigarh municipal corporation House on June 6 had passed the proposal of setting up a new integrated waste processing plant at the Dadumajra landfill

Dadumajra residents, along with area councillor Kuldeep Dhalor, staging a protest outside the Dadumajra dumping ground in Chandigarh on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2023 01:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Explosion in Ludhiana’s New Court Complex triggers panic

The impact of the explosion was so strong that the window panes of malkhana were shattered. The worker who set the garbage on fire suffered injuries as the shards hit his leg

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Updated on Jun 09, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Hyd cops resolve murder mystery

In 2018, Anuradha had given a loan of ₹7 lakh to Chandramohan, but the latter had not returned the amount despite her repeated requests. He hatched a plan to kill her

The Hyderabad police recovered the parts of the torso of the woman from the residence of a stock market broker B Chandramohan (48), who had cut the torso into pieces. (HT Archives)

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Updated on May 25, 2023 12:59 AM IST

BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

3 days after fire incident, MC authorities lift waste from dumpsite near Giaspura

Plumes of toxic smoke had spread through the area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, leading to panic among the residents

As the incident took place just 13 days after the Giaspura gas tragedy in which as many as 11 people were killed, the residents come out of their homes and stayed outside for hours in fear. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 16, 2023 11:50 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Akhilesh Yadav, Brajesh Pathak share stage on Eid; trade charges ahead of civic polls

Minister of state for minorities welfare Danish Azad Ansari also congratulated the people on Eid. He said that the Yogi government is working honestly for the prosperity of the people.

Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav shared stage at Aishbagh Eidgah. (Deepak Gupta)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2023 08:46 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Ecogreen asked to resume waste mgmt work in Lucknow, given ₹11 cr

Due to the poor work of this company, so much waste has accumulated at the Shivri plant that no place is left to dump waste. About 25 lakh metric tonnes waste is dumped at the plant and over ₹100 crore will have to be spent on its disposal, says four-time corporator

Shivri plant where waste is dumped. (File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 08:14 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Half-burnt body of man found near Lucknow temple

Second charred body found in Lucknow in as many days; police suspect the deceased, a mentally disturbed man, died due to illness and his clothes caught fire.

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Updated on Apr 08, 2023 07:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Delhi Budget 2023 LIVE: From traffic to garbage, 10 points

Delhi Budget 2023: The focus of the budget was on enhancing capital's infrastructure, sanitation, transportation besides usual focus on health and education.

Arvind Kejriwal's AAP govt unveils 2023 budget with theme ‘Saaf Sundar aur Aadhunik Dilli’(HT_PRINT)

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Updated on Mar 22, 2023 12:17 PM IST

ByShobhit Gupta

HT Chandigarh Our Take: It’s time for tricity to clean up its act

The blame for not developing clean and green cities rests squarely on the administrative failure and lack of accountability. All that the powers that be seem to be doing currently is passing the buck instead of coming out with a coherent time-bound strategy to improve things

A view of the Dadumajra dumping ground in Chandigarh.(HT files)

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Updated on Aug 23, 2020 10:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Newborn girl’s body found in garbage dump in Chandigarh

A case was registered under Section 318; three other cases of female infanticide were reported in the city earlier this year

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Updated on May 13, 2020 11:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

SMO orders closure of toilets in Ludhiana, visitors face inconvenience

The closure of the toilets has left the differently-abled and pregnant women at the receiving end

Locked toilets at the community health centre in Ludhiana on Monday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2020 10:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByMohit Khanna, Ludhiana

Now, foetus found in tubewell in Sector 56, Chandigarh

Found wrapped in newspaper, the foetus was taken to GMSH-16 for examination; its sex is yet to be detected, police said

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Updated on Feb 13, 2020 12:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Bodies of two newborn girls found in manhole and garbage dump in Chandigarh

Police and municipal workers were left baffled after bodies of two newborn girls were recovered from two different places — a manhole in Sector 56 and a garbage dump in Sector 33 — within a span of half an hour in Chandigarh

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Updated on Feb 06, 2020 12:49 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Badnore inaugurates legacy waste mining project at Dadumajra

Punjab governor and UT administrator VP Singh Badnore inaugurated the long-awaited mining of legacy waste and land recovery project at Dadumajra here on Friday. The work of bio-mining is slated to be complete within 18 months from the date of start by M/s SMS Limited, Nagpur.

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Updated on Dec 21, 2019 01:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Five arrested, police say 25 cases of theft, snatching solved

Police claimed to have solved more than 25 cases of snatching and vehicle-lifting with the arrest of five members of a gang here on Sunday. The accused were planning a robbery when the police nabbed them. The police have recovered 21 mobile phones, three batteries, three sharp-edged weapons, two iron rods, one motorcycle and a scooter from their possession.

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Updated on Dec 09, 2019 10:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Garbage dots Dera Baba Nanak

A garbage dump close to historic Sikh shrine is an eyesore ahead of opening of Kartarpur corridor

Heaps of garbage near Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Gurdaspur district on Thursday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Updated on Oct 17, 2019 10:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dera Baba Nanak | ByHT Correspondent

Flyover wall collapse: Spaces beneath bridges stay prone to rats as garbage not removed

The report of inquiry into the retaining wall collapse in May last year clearly stated garbage dumps below bridges should be removed to protect them from damage by rats

A heap of garbage under the flyover near the bus stand in Ludhiana on Wednesday.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 18, 2019 11:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHarsimran Singh Batra

Four Leisure Valleys to be set up in Ludhiana: Ashu

Says work on two valleys near DAV School in BRS Nagar and Lodhi

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Updated on Sep 06, 2019 10:23 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Mutilated body of 8-year-old girl found in UP’s Kasganj, minor suspect missing

The murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kasganj comes a month after a three-year-old girl was murdered and her mutilated body was thrown on a garbage dump in Aligarh.

The child had gone missing on Monday while playing near her home.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Jul 03, 2019 08:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Agra | ByHT Correspondent

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Protesters, led by Congress MLA from Adampur, Sukhwinder Singh Kotli, demanded that the district administration should immediately stop operations at the plant. Kotli added that the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) will be hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against the plant on Thursday.

After getting the information, Patiala police rushed to the spot and recovered the rocket shells with the help of bomb disposal squad. A passerby spotted the rocket shells and informed the police.

According to authorities, a severed human head—possibly that of a woman—was found at a waste dump in the Tollygunge neighbourhood of Kolkata on Friday morning.

A man died after three of his friends allegedly abandoned him in a garbage dump near Rishi Nagar on Tibba road instead of taking him to a hospital as the former was feeling unwell after consuming liquor, officials said on Saturday.

The shopkeepers claim that it is difficult to breathe due to ‘unhealthy conditions”, adding that their businesses have been hit as people do not come due to the foul smell

Constable Sanjiv Kumar said in his statement that he went towards garbage dump near Ludhiana Central Jail on his bike, where the accused were already present

Around 3 km long stretch of road would be constructed at a cost of around ₹5.84 crore; The project is being taken up as a deposit work under Smart City Mission

The protest was staged at 18 Latitude Mall, and subsequently citizens in small groups stood in various areas with banners and hoardings, expressing their disapproval of the proposal

MCD officials said that the library has all the modern facilities including computers, WiFi connectivity and air conditioning

Members of the Association of Trade and Industrial Undertakings protested the decision of the municipal corporation to set up a garbage dump in Focal Point Area phase VI. The association believes it will create a poor image and health issues. They have requested to adopt the park instead.

MC operated tubewell is situatied in the centre of the garbage dump supplies drinking water to residents

Chandigarh municipal corporation House on June 6 had passed the proposal of setting up a new integrated waste processing plant at the Dadumajra landfill

The impact of the explosion was so strong that the window panes of malkhana were shattered. The worker who set the garbage on fire suffered injuries as the shards hit his leg

In 2018, Anuradha had given a loan of ₹7 lakh to Chandramohan, but the latter had not returned the amount despite her repeated requests. He hatched a plan to kill her

Plumes of toxic smoke had spread through the area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, leading to panic among the residents

Minister of state for minorities welfare Danish Azad Ansari also congratulated the people on Eid. He said that the Yogi government is working honestly for the prosperity of the people.

Due to the poor work of this company, so much waste has accumulated at the Shivri plant that no place is left to dump waste. About 25 lakh metric tonnes waste is dumped at the plant and over ₹100 crore will have to be spent on its disposal, says four-time corporator

Second charred body found in Lucknow in as many days; police suspect the deceased, a mentally disturbed man, died due to illness and his clothes caught fire.

Delhi Budget 2023: The focus of the budget was on enhancing capital's infrastructure, sanitation, transportation besides usual focus on health and education.

The blame for not developing clean and green cities rests squarely on the administrative failure and lack of accountability. All that the powers that be seem to be doing currently is passing the buck instead of coming out with a coherent time-bound strategy to improve things

A case was registered under Section 318; three other cases of female infanticide were reported in the city earlier this year

The closure of the toilets has left the differently-abled and pregnant women at the receiving end

Found wrapped in newspaper, the foetus was taken to GMSH-16 for examination; its sex is yet to be detected, police said

Police and municipal workers were left baffled after bodies of two newborn girls were recovered from two different places — a manhole in Sector 56 and a garbage dump in Sector 33 — within a span of half an hour in Chandigarh

Punjab governor and UT administrator VP Singh Badnore inaugurated the long-awaited mining of legacy waste and land recovery project at Dadumajra here on Friday. The work of bio-mining is slated to be complete within 18 months from the date of start by M/s SMS Limited, Nagpur.

A garbage dump close to historic Sikh shrine is an eyesore ahead of opening of Kartarpur corridor

The report of inquiry into the retaining wall collapse in May last year clearly stated garbage dumps below bridges should be removed to protect them from damage by rats

Says work on two valleys near DAV School in BRS Nagar and Lodhi

The murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kasganj comes a month after a three-year-old girl was murdered and her mutilated body was thrown on a garbage dump in Aligarh.

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