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 World Bank has agreed, in principle, to sanction US $ 450 million programmatic development policy loan for sustainable environmental growth of Himachal Pradesh, in view of its track record on environmental growth. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who reached Delhi last evening, said,
The Shimla Municipal Corporation has proposed to hike the charges of drinking water by Rs 2.69 per kilo litre, supplied to over three lakh consumers of the town. The present rate of water in the town is Rs 4.24 per kilo liter, which is likely to go up to Rs …
With the rain and snow becoming increasingly scarce and irregular, the government has decided to expand irrigation facilities to help protect farmers from the vagaries of weather. Out of the total geographical areas of 55,672 sq km only 5.42 area is under cultivation due to the hill topography. Further, almost …
Solan: With the Ministry of Commerce according its principle approval to Rs 60 crore Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) at a meeting in Delhi today, the pollution woes of the area would be eased. Officials of the BBN Industrial Development Authority, who held …
Cold conditions intensified in north India, with Jammu and Kashmir witnessing a fresh spell of snowfall and Himachal Pradesh a tragedy in which six persons were killed and 14 injured when a landslide washed out temporary sheds of labourers at a village in Kinnaur district, 150 km from here, on …
SHIMLA: Five Nepali labourers and an Indian girl were killed when boulders fell on their hutments in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, police said. Two people are still missing. The dead included a 17-year-old girl who worked in an eatery. The incident took place at Kaksthal near Wangtoo, …
Dharamsala: Palampur Agriculture University (PAU) has come out with a booklet to help common farmers compute economics of their crops using simple methodologies. Dr Tej Partap, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, while releasing the bulletin, said it was imperative to provide precise knowledge and technology to farmers right from seed selection stage to …
Three persons were buried alive under an avalanche and three others were injured at Hudan Bhatori, a remote tribal village in Pangi valley of the district, Resident Commissioner (RC) of Pangi Gopal Chand said today. The RC said the deceased had been identified as Amar (56), Prem Raj (20) and …
These villages co-own the drinking water schemes with IPH dept, decide tariff, bylaws The villages that once struggled to get quality drinking water and always looked towards the government
The State-Level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority has approved the setting up of two industrial units with a total investment of Rs 18.15 crore and employment for 84 persons. The authority which met here yesterday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister PK Dhumal granted approval for setting up of …
2 dead; state reels under severe cold, goes without power for long hours Heavy snow and rainfall continued across the state on the fourth consecutive day, cutting off many areas in the higher reaches. Traffic movement to Manali resumed on Tuesday evening after remaining cut off due to an avalanche …
With RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) spearheading a campaign against introduction of Bt brinjal and Sangh boss Mohan Bhagwat too speaking out against it, BJP-ruled Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh went the Uttarakhand way today, announcing a ban on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said …
The Forest Department is desperately hoping for a good spell of rain and snow over the next two days to break the persistent dry spell in the hill state which has thrown the winter plantation programme out of gear. The local met office had forecast heavy rain and snow from …
Himachal Pradesh will install a fire alarm system in its forests to limit the damage to forests due to fires. A similar system is in place in MP . The system works on the pattern of GPS through remote sensing and would provide fire alert message quickly, Additional Chief Secretary, …
Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character. The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents …
This paper presents a method for deriving the snowline altitude using a combined analysis of terrain elevation and multispectral Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data from the RESOURCESAT-1 satellite, launched by India on 17 October 2003. AWiFS is a unique instrument capable of acquiring imagery of the world repeatedly every …
