JMCâs illegal activity further deteriorating air quality Mechanism for scientific disposal remains a dream
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Dec 12: Despite blanket ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) several years back, there is no end to the open burning of municipal solid waste in different parts of Jammu, which has already been declared as non-attainment city because of poor air quality.
This is mainly because the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has failed to evolve any mechanism for scientific disposal of garbage/municipal solid waste ever since its creation several decades back.
Official sources told EXCELSIOR that in the month of December 2016, the National Green Tribunal, while dealing with Original Application Number 593, imposed a complete ban on burning of waste in open places across the country and even announced a fine of Rs 25,000 on each incident of bulk waste burning.
Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar
Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar
Nagendra Singh Jamwal
It was an age when the Indian ruling elite was lying prostrate before a scheming East India Company or quarrelling among themselves. In an era marred by shifting loyalties and court intrigues, three great men rose on the historical canvas of North West India. Each one of them – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja Gulab Singh and Wazir Zorawar Singh, had a shared destiny.
Of the three great men, the rise and exploits of Wazir Zorawar Singh were the most adventurous. Born in a hill principality of Kahlur in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, the sixteen year old left his ancestral lands after a family feud. It is said that he came to Haridwar, the most sacred pilgrim site on the banks of Ganges. A holy dip in the Ganges transformed the young man still burdened by the family feud into a fierce warrior but with a calm head. Initially entering into the service of Rana J