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 Himalayas has one of the largest concentrations of glaciers and permanent snowfields outside the polar region. Snow and glacier melt forms an important source for many rivers originating in the Himalayas. Numerous studies suggest that global warming has started affecting snow melt and stream run-off in the Himalayan region. …
Kanwar Yogendra Himalayan Niti Abhiyan wants political parties to implement an agenda for sustainable development The stress is on preventing the destructive utilisation of natural resources The Himalayan Niti Abhiyan, a federation of grassroots environmental movements, has released an alternative vision statement for Himachal Pradesh in the campaign for the …
The weather god has obliged the forest department with a timely spell of rain to help douse numerous forest fires raging in the hill state. Widespread light to moderate rain over the past 24 hours has quelled almost all major fires and also cleared the cloud of smoke and dust …
Dharamsala: A bag of cement costs more in Himachal Pradesh than Punjab despite the fact that a number of cement plants have come up in the state and their functioning is allegedly adversely affecting the natural resources of the state, besides causing pollution. Vikas Nehria, a resident of Bhagsunag who …
The Himachal Pradesh Government is contemplating to empower "Men in Uniform" and other in-line departmental officers to compound the offences under Control of Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. The Government was determined to rid the State of the "tobacco epidemic" and make the State smoke-free, Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop said …
The study conducted on 120 rural and urban homemakers in two randomly selected panchayat wards and two municipal council wards of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh revealed their knowledge regarding indigenous resource management practices. Results showed that knowledge levels vary among rural and urban homemakers which were tested with Z- …
Shimla: Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop said efforts should be made to reduce the quantity of waste generated, besides ensuring its disposal in a scientific manner to protect the fragile hill ecology. She was speaking at the training workshop on
Shimla: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has submitted an action plan to the state pollution control board for carrying out various protection works and stabilisation of muck dumping sites for restoring the damage caused to environment. The board had last week ordered suspension of the work on the 800-MW …
Shimla: Work on the Rs 350.33-crore first phase of the 66-km Bhanupali-Bilaspur rail project will commence soon. As per a communication received by the state government, 20-km stretch of the rail track will be laid in the first phase. As per the approval granted by the Centre, 25 per cent …
Sainj (Kullu): Contractors and subcontractors working at the phase-II of the 2,051-MW Parbati project being executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) continue to dump muck into the Sainj river. The corporation has not stopped work on the project despite a directive to that effect from the State Environment …
Shimla: The plan to transfer various water supply schemes to panchayti raj institutions (PRIs) in a phased manner has not made much headway. Only the partial control of about 1,200 out of the total over 7,900 schemes has been handed over to panchayati raj bodies so far. In such cases, …
Shimla: The Himalaya Niti Abhiyan (HNA), a forum of environment -related movements across the state, has called upon all political parties to state their considered position on environment-related issues. The forum organised the Himalaya Bachao Rally and a two-day conference to focus attention on these issues earlier this month. It …
Larji/Banjar: Writ of mining mafia, not writ of law, continue to run large at the destroyed river beds of the bleeding Tirthan river being protected as an exclusive preserve of the fresh water trout angling, as the heads of fisheries, mining, forests and PWD departments continue to live in their …
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh today cleared a proposal to start a pilot project adopting at least 11 road projects in the state, where waste plastic bags will be used in the construction of roads. The state
WHILE it is known that the adverse impact of global warming on glaciers could unleash food shortages, now comes some more distressing news. A study conducted by Palampur-based agriculture university suggests a shrinkage of apple belt in Himachal Pradesh. The reports, if true, portend a grim picture for Himachal
