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 company has secured two renovation & modernisation (R&M;) contracts for hydroelectric plants in Balimela (Odisha) and Bairasiul (Himachal Pradesh) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured two renovation & modernisation (R&M;) contracts, worth around Rs 430 Crore, of hydroelectric plants (HEPs). The company has won orders for the R&M; …
With the private construction agency, GR Infra Limited, failing to use water sprinklers to reduce the dust emissions while four-laning the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of National Highway-22, commuters travelling on this road are forced to put up with high air pollution. A visit to the highway revealed that the company staff …
KOLKATA: Solar project developers have found a solution to the land acquisition issue dogging the sector. Instead of buying land for their projects, these developers are entering into 25 to 30 years lease rental agreement with landowners. As part of the agreement landowners are receiving a lump-sum amount of at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding operationalization of waste to RDF plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Director of Waste to RDF plant Vinod Fotedar submitted before the Tribunal that plant would be …
MUMBAI: The sun is finally setting on SunEdison in India. The US company that started the solar power frenzy around the world and especially in India with super high growth projections and super low tariff bids for new projects before it went belly up earlier this year and filed for …
Mining officers have been entrusted with the responsibility of identifying illegal routes leading to riverbeds for carrying out illegal mining activities. The decision was taken while chalking out action plan to be implemented in compliance with previous directions issued by the court and the state to effectively curb illegal mining …
As many as 150 water supply schemes with estimated expenditure of Rs 1716.59 crore under various components of Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) submitted by the Himachal Government are awaiting approval from the Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). The state Irrigation and Public Health Department had sent shelf …
The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) will charge green tax from owners of outside vehicles entering the city from tomorrow and a notification in this regard has been is issued by the corporation. As per the notification issued by the Commissioner, SMC, the collection of green tax will start from tomorrow, …
Eight Of Top 10 Dists From Bengal, Maha Mandi in Himachal Pradesh is the cleanest district followed by Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, according to the firstever survey of rural areas among 75 short-listed districts across the country . The survey was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to amend the Hydropower Policy 2006 in respect to transfer of shares by Himachalis to non-Himachalis. Now Himachalis can sell or transfer 49% equity shares to non-Himachalis at any stage after allotment of projects upto 2 MW capacity and full disinvestment after two …
SHIMLA: Raising questions on the functioning of Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday not only directed the chairman of the board to fix responsibility on the officials for allowing the hot mix plant to run along the river and residential areas without any permission …
Runs contrary to party and Rahul Gandhi's pro-tribal pitch The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the consent powers of tribals under the Forest Rights Act. The move could take the sheen off the Congress central leadership’s recent attempts to burnish its …
The proposed 960 MW Jhangi-Thopan-Powari hydro project in Kinnaur district will once again be taken up for discussion before the Himachal Pradesh cabinet as the company to whom the project was initially offered has not shown any interest. Kinnaur residents are already against the project claiming it would further harm …
Taking a serious note on the issue of encroachments on the forest land, the HP High Court today directed the state government to initiate process to identify the encroachments over the forest land and the persons who have planted fruit bearing trees and to take necessary steps for their eviction. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girdhari Lal Vs. State & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding M/s. Devdham Café restaurant being run right on the river bed of Beas. Photographs have been placed on record to show that there are a large number of vehicles parked near …
Seven years after the Centre’s approval, the forest lands in Himachal Pradesh can now be used for developmental works like building schools or community centre on fulfilling certain conditions. “Under Forest Rights Act 2006 section 3(2), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, has agreed that for 13 developmental acts …
Shimla that has grown haphazardly in the absence of a masterplan is set to face another blow: regularisation of unauthorised constructions — which may number more than 5,000 — in one go. RUDYARD KIPLING was in love with it, spending a month here every year between 1885 and 1888. Shimla …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion & Others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/08/2016 regarding setting up a plant for municipal solid waste and STP in the Beas river bed. NGT in its order noted that the sites …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Himachal Pradesh to file his …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girdhari Lal Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding M/s. Devdham Cafe running without consent of the State Pollution Control Board. The Counsel appearing for the State submits that the hotel has been issued Notice by the …
