Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The recent decision of the state government to allow hunting of blue bull, commonly known as nilgai, can spell disaster for the population of Asian antelope that is found only in northern India and Pakistan. The blue bull is an antelope species. The state government took decision to allow killing …
Charanjit Ahuja The move will earn HP the tag of first carbon-neutral state in Asia: The World Bank has agreed to sanction $450-million loan for promoting sustainable environmental growth in Himachal Pradesh. The loan will enable Himachal to become first carbon-neutral state in Asia. Officials in the chief minister
This document contains the presentation by Omvir Singh, Anil Beniwal, Milap C. Sharma & et al on Variability and trends in temperature, precipitation and discharge in a lesser Himalayan watershed, presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Climate change and global warming arising from the anthropogenic-driven …
This document contains the presentation by Rupal M. Brahmbhatt, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P. Rathore & et al on "Application of Remote sensing and GIS in glacier retreat: A case study of Warwan sub-basin, Chenab basin", presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. North Indian Rivers originating in …
Jagdish Bhatt | TNN Shimla: A Himachal Pradesh government notification, which now allows culling of nilgai (blue bull), has outraged wildlife enthusiasts and devout Hindus alike. Nature lovers say that the reason given by the government
On 14 February, 2010 activists of the "Saal Ghaati Bachao Sangarsh Morcha" were subjected to unprovoked and armed attacks by goondas of the contractors of the Hull I hydropower project of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. This attack was to scare the people who had opposed this project since 2005 …
Continuous damage to standing crops due to intrusions by blue bulls (nilgai) in several villages in the Shivalik foothills has forced the state government to relax the norms and allow killing of the animal. The permission will apply only to the areas falling under the forest divisions of Una, Bilaspur, …
The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities. The government also revealed the poor condition of sewerage disposal in the town and stated that of the nearly …
44-day Budget Session of Assembly gets under way Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh has set the agenda for an all-round development and faster growth of the state, without disturbing its fragile ecology. She said she wanted to see Himachal as a star performer in the field, not only among the …
A 30-year-old patient of swine flu was admitted in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla on Tuesday. Roshan Lal, a resident of Rohru, had got his swab sample tested, which confirmed swine flu, said officials of the health department
Shimla: Fragrance of flowers produced in the hill state is spreading across the northern region as more and more farmers have been diversifying to floriculture from traditional crops. Floriculture has indeed made a headway over the past decade and it is today generating an economy of about Rs 28 crore …
More than 160 persons in the state capital have tested positive for hepatitis E --- a liver problem caused by consumption of water contaminated by sewerage --- since the outbreak of the disease in mid-January, according to officials.
Bilaspur: The World Bank financed Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project, which is being implemented in 602 gram panchayats of 10 districts in the state with active cooperation of villagers for uplift of their economy, has proved beneficial in solving various problems of the agrarian economy the state. Deputy Commissioner Nandita Gupta …
It is said that old habits die hard, but the hill state is surging ahead on the path of becoming completely free from open defecation by the end of 2010. The state had started various programmes, schemes and sanitation awareness campaign in this direction, the results of which were now …
Shimla: The World Bank (WB) has in-principle agreed to sanction Himachal Pradesh a Development Policy Loan (DPL) of $450 million for sustainable environmental growth, keeping in view the record of the state on the environmental front. This was revealed by Chief Minister PK Dhumal after a meeting with the World …
