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 …
Farmers will be able to fell trees standing on their private land not covered under the forest conservation act, with the Supreme Court accepting the state government
Record hydroelectric power generation in Himachal Pradesh due to thawing of glaciers and frozen lakes is good news for Delhi and the rest of northern India. The 20 state-owned run-of-river projects currently generate 7.6 million units daily, "the maximum generation during the peak season", said Sunil Grover, Himachal Pradesh State …
SHIMLA: A large number of tourists who had made a beeline for Shimla and other hill resorts in Himachal Pradesh to escape from the torrid heat of the plains are now beginning to leave because of a severe shortage of water. Many other tourists from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana have …
With the interested companies seeking certain modification in the conditions for the execution of proposed aerial ropeways in the state, these projects are not likely to take off before next year. These projects of the Tourism Department have already suffered delay due to the coming into force of the election …
Concerned over the increasing incidents of forest fires in the state, the government has decided to put in place a satellite data-based advanced system to detect, monitor and effectively combat such blazes. The digital data available from the moderate resolution imaging spectro-radiometer (MODIS) onboard various satellites under the international earth …
With a view to providing accurate information about the weather forecast to the people of the state, the Meteorological Department has planned to set up 22 automatic meteorological centres in the state. With this, the entire information about the weather forecasts will be made available through the satellite. The recent …
Shimla: The Rs 64-crore Giri Lift Water Supply Scheme has come under a scanner even before it could achieve its full capacity to supply 20 million litres of water per day to the state capital. The government suspects a big scam in the implementation of the project commissioned last year …
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to prepare a detailed report after extensive survey to identify the industrial units not observing the laid down pollution control standards to check emission of greenhouse gases and imposed carbon tax on them. The industrial units would be required to observe the standard …
With lifting of the model code of conduct, the state electricity board has decided to resume distribution of the energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), which are being supplied to the domestic consumers free of cost. Superintending engineer, operations, Rattan Thakur said supply of CFL packs would commence from tomorrow in …
Despite there being a low prevalence of the disease in the state, Himachal has adopted a very vigorous approach to check HIV/AIDS epidemic while ensuring that there is no discrimination of infected persons in the mainstream medical services. This was the observation of the six-member World Bank team along with …
Hamirpur: Residents of Bari village under the Pharnol panchayat, where 124 persons had developed symptoms of diarrhoea on Monday, have said that there might be residues of some dead animal or bird in the bowli water that led to its contamination. Meanwhile, 59 fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported today. …
Hamirpur: A local environment activist Ratan Lal Verma has expressed his concern on the environmental degradation and threat of global warming. In a press release issued here Verma said,
The Right to Information (RTI) Act has exposed encroachment on three bighas of forest land, involving a former forest official and now pradhan of the Barswan gram panchayat in Balh block. According to information sought under the RTI Act by the villagers, the said pradhan allegedly used his clout as …
Famous for its delicious apples, Himachal Pradesh itself is now flooded with imported varieties of the fruit. Chinese and Australian apples, known for their natural sweetness, colour and succulence, are selling well in the state, often referred to as India
Environment impact assessment and other screening processes have evolved into methods of rubber stamping all proposals, both good and bad. The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, met people in 32 villages of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh last year and asked …
Ravinder Sood Palampur, May 12 Despite the fact that the state government has restricted the use of tractors to agricultural purposes only. In Palampur, a large number of tractors are engaged in mining, quarrying, extraction of sand stone and transporting quarrying material from local streams and rivers to different towns. …
