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 …
Shimla, March 17: The state has suffered a loss of Rs 832 crore following heavy rain and snowfall this winter season. It also claimed 59 lives. This was stated by Revenue Minister Kaul Singh Thakur while replying to a question on damage to Math colony in Kullu, raised by Maheshwar …
The economy of Himachal Pradesh is expected to grow 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, a notch less than the national growth of 7.5 per cent. The latest Economic Survey report was tabled in the state Assembly here on Tuesday. In recent years, the state has grown a …
Bidding for the 960-mw Thopan-Powari-Jangi project in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district proved to be a non-starter on Tuesday as the lone firm that placed a bid chose to withdraw. The project has been mired in litigation for nearly a decade and saw a tepid response as developers turned risk-averse. The …
Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday said 20 swine flu deaths have been reported in the state, while 79 patients are still admitted in different hospitals of the state. After leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal raised the issue in the state assembly today and sought government’s attention to an alarming …
The Himachal Pradesh government is doing little to implement an order to ply CNG buses on the majestic Rohtang Pass, an area that is staring at ecological destruction. In a written reply to the assembly on March 12, State Transport Minister G.S. Bali said there is no proposal to start …
The economy of Himachal Pradesh is expected to grow 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, a notch less than the national growth of 7.5 per cent. The latest Economic Survey report was tabled in the state Assembly on 17 March, 2015. In recent years, the state has grown …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Yogendra Mohan Sengupta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/03/2015 regarding non-forest activity in forest areas of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Access to energy is an important determinant of quality of life. Inequality of access to energy for cooking, lighting and livelihood purposes has engaged the attention of researchers, policy planners and activists in recent years. In 2005, India launched the ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana that aimed at universal …
Snow depth is an important parameter for avalanche forecast and hydrological studies. In the Himalaya, manual snow depth data collection is difficult due to remote and rugged terrain and the severe weather conditions. However, microwave-based sensors in various satellites have the capability to estimate snow depth in all weather conditions. …
After unveiling its big plans for harnessing solar energy and wind energy, the government has turned its focus towards small hydro sector as well, finalising a national mission that will aim at setting up 5000 MW of small hydro projects in the next five years. Small hydro is the classification …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 09/03/2015 regarding cutting of 200 trees near the Tara Devi Temple, Shimla. The Court in its order directed the State of Himachal Pradesh and …
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), a government-owned hydro power producer, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to consider its plea for grant of environment and forest clearances to its three proposed hydroelectric projects coming up in Uttarakhand. The SJVNL, a 75:25 joint venture between the …
Kangra district now has the highest population of Asian white-backed vulture in the country. The bird has been enlisted as a critically endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. In 2004-05, the Wildlife Department of Himachal had recorded about 33 nests of white-backed vultures …
To meet drinking water requirement of Delhi The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has finally given clearance for the diversion of 909 hectare forestland which was the biggest hurdle in the way of the 40-mw Renuka Hydro-Power Project in Sirmaur. With this, the project will meet the drinking …
While sedentary lifestyle is believed to have put urban India under high risk for cardiovascular diseases, a recent survey has found that heard diseases are on the rise even in the tribal population. A survey conducted in Kinnaur district last year revealed that amongst patients with high blood pressure, about …
Water supply pipelines of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department have got “mixed” with septic tanks in the periphery areas posing a serious threat to several lives. Six jaundice cases were reported from the outer areas of the city on February 19, while 13 HRTC employees suffered from jaundice …
The Environment Ministry is likely to take a call this week on giving a green clearance to Jindal Power Ltd for setting up 3,097 mega watt hydro electric project in Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. It is also expected to decide on granting green nod to two major irrigation projects …
Himachal Pradesh government has rejected the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) proposal to only ply compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet high ), a famous tourists destination, 51 km from Manali. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who was in Manali last week said “a world exists even beyond …
Want land back from JP company *Threaten jail bharo andolan on February 26 Thousands of tribals, including project-affected people, workers and farmers from Kinnaur district, today gave a clarion call to get back the land that has allegedly been acquired illegally by the JP company. Farmers, workers and leaders, cutting …
MANALI: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has rejected the proposal to ply CNG buses on the Manali-Rohtang route saying that the idea was not feasible as Rohtang was not the dead end of the highway and environment concern was not the problem at only Rohtang pass. Hoteliers, taxi operators, …
