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 main garbage dump of the city at Darni ka Bagicha went ablaze mysteriously, a day before Chief Minister PK Dhumal was to launch a campaign to remove plastic waste. A column of thick smoke rose from the dump and soon enveloped the city, completely obscuring the skyline. People complained …
The special economic zone (SEZ) project in Una district, wherein an international airport and aircraft industry was to come up, has been abandoned. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal who was here today admitted that Skil Infrastructure Ltd Company has withdrawn from the project. He alleged that the company has withdrawn …
Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to give incentives to hydro electricity projects in the state, which are completed ahead of the schedule period, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal told the state assembly on Thursday . The incentive system has been introduced to motivate the party to complete the …
Shimla: Encouraged by the success of the pilot project, the state government has decided to utilise plastic waste for surfacing of roads on a large scale to help find a cost-effective and lasting solution to the problem of non-biodegradable waste disposal. Plastic waste, littered across the state, will be collected …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Sunday invited scientists and environmentalists to suggest ways and means to popularise water harvesting schemes in the State. He said that once the system was adopted by people in totality, the water crisis would come to an …
Throat swabs of 2 IGMC docs, 2 Solan residents sent for testing Tribune News Service Shimla, December 10 A 32-year-old businessman is the seventh confirmed victim of swine flu in the state. Admitted in a private hospital at Manali, his condition worsened yesterday and he passed away. His blood samples …
The total number of deaths in Himachal due to swine flu has risen to six, forcing health authorities to launch a fresh information and education campaign with active involvement of private practitioners and hoteliers, especially in view of the tourist season. A 56-year-old priest of the nearby Junga area, who …
Bringing cheer to conservationists and animal lovers, a census has found four to five highly endangered snow leopards on Kibber plateau in Himachal's Lahaul Spiti district. The census, undertaken as part of the centrally sponsored project for conservation of snow leopard being implemented by NGO National Conservation Foundation (NCF), used …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project has caused the Himachal Pradesh gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to shoot upto 9 per cent. The watershed project has been launched in the State by the World Bank. A recently released report on the implementation of Mid-Himalayan development project …
Under the professional Institutional networking (PIN) of Ministry of Rural Development,United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sanction Appraisal of impact assessment study, in the three districts namely Sirsa in Haryana, Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh and Hoshiarpur in Punjab. NREGS was started in the first phase in these selected districts. Study has …
Large areas of Himalayas covered with seasonal snow during winter are rapidly changing during summer, significantly affects the stream flow of many rivers originating from Himalayas. This necessitates the efficient time series monitoring of seasonal snow cover in the rugged mountainous region throughout the winter and summer periods for weekly/monthly …
Passive solar heating of houses is a clean technology which was made mandatory in the government/semi-government sector in 1994 in the Western Himalaya state of Himachal Pradesh. HP is the first state in India to take such a policy decision for promoting energy efficiency in buildings. A Solar House Action …
A study was undertaken in the Kothi watershed of Himachal Pradesh with a view to understand the patterns in vegetation distribution and impact of livestock grazing in the mountain ecosystems of the higher Himalaya. The study results in the documentation of 243 species of vascular plants distributed over 57 families …
Climate and its variability have been and continues to be the principal source of exceptional fluctuations which wreaked havoc on forests. In Chamba, up to an elevation of 1,800 m chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sargent) is the main naturally occurring coniferous tree in forests. Plantations of Chir pine are also …
Nodal agency for supply of fertilisers in the state, the public sector Himfed, has been hit hard due to inadequate and irregular supply of fertilisers from IFFCO and other manufacturing companies, forcing it to diversify into trading of other commodities. In fact, the supply of fertilisers is fast turning into …
After a spate of deliberations with experts on climate change, Himachal Pradesh has finally outlined a first-of-the-kind research project in the country to study the impact of climate change on the state
With the Centre sanctioning Rs 70 lakh for the development and maintenance of Dal Lake, situated in the lap of Dhauladhar ranges at Naddi in upper Dharamshala, the efforts of the district administration to bring the lake back to life have borne fruits. Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister and local legislator …
Bipin Bhardwaj The weather has delayed the migration of winged visitors to this part of the region. It could be because of global warming or gradually increasing human interference in the birds
Two fresh cases of swine flu have been detected in the district in the last three days, which has taken the toll of swine flu patients to seven in the district so far. The first case was detected at Dagshai Public School where a student who had gone back to …
