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 …
As many as 67 government schools are without toilets in Chamba district as per the data posted on the website of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD) recently. There are 999 government schools in the state, which are functioning without toilets. According to the information available on the …
A flock of threatened vulture species — Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) — has been spotted at Kalatop Khajjiar Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh by a team of researchers. A team of Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN), a branch of the Bombay Natural History Society conducted a two-day …
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned the use of plastic containers for primary packaging of drugs. The ministry has issued a draft notification on September 29 to invite objections and suggestions from the pharmaceutical industry within 45 days after which a final notification will be issued, banning …
For more than two hours on the morning of September 1, a motley group of city councillors, police officers and civil servants in Shimla listened with evident fascination as the former general officer commanding of Uttarakhand Sub Area recounted details of the unprecedented rescue operation in the wake of the …
A Rs 320-crore Germany assisted project to study the eco-system, climate change and its impact in Kangra, Palampur and Chamba has been sanctioned by the German government. Under the project, experts from Germany will guide in studying the eco-system, climate change — its impact and mitigation — and reclaiming the …
No disposal plan, waste being dumped in rivers, on highways The disposal of garbage has become a big problem in Baijnath and Paprola as there is no land available for dumping it in the twin towns of Palampur. Baijnath SDM Rigved Thakur said despite best efforts, no suitable land was …
The entire Dhauladhar range falls under the sensitive earthquake zone-V and haphazard and unplanned construction here has become the order of the day. State government agencies dealing with urban development and planning of towns in Himachal Pradesh have failed to streamline the system because of the fact that notifications of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ajmer Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/10/2014 regarding illegal mining activities coming up on the river bed and even in the river itself, Himachal Pradesh.
The 126-mw Chhatru hydroelectric project, the world’s highest project at 11,326 ft, on the Chandra river in Lahaul-Spiti, has got the environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, setting a stage for the first-ever run-of-the-river project in the country. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the ministry at …
The Urban Development Department of Himachal Pradesh has signed an agreement with a Dutch company Nexus Novus for making itself a “waste free State” in the coming years. It would be a feasibility study agreement, said Rutger De Brujin, Managing Director of the private company, supported by the Netherlands government. …
The chances of grant of mining lease on river beds in the state are remote as the constitution of the state Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Committee has been delayed due to the non-finalisation of the name for the post of chairman. Also, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed the …
The southwest monsoon on Sunday withdrew from Himachal Pradesh, but remained 38 percent deficit, the weather bureau said. This was the driest monsoon in the decade, it added. “The monsoon remained deficit in most parts of the State that witnessed 38 percent deficit rain,” meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told …
Shortfall unlikely to stoke inflation in foodgrains; rice acreage made up Bangalore September 30: The South-West Monsoon, lifeline of country’s agriculture, has ended with a shortfall of around 12 per cent for the year. The four-month monsoon season ended officially on Tuesday with the country receiving a total rainfall of …
Two massive landslides have struck the Dharamsala region since 2012. Last year, Terra lines village was finished in a massive landslide. All residents lost their houses and had to be shifted by the district administration. This year an entire habitation in Chola village had to be shifted out after a …
A target has been set to establish solid and water waste management units in all 473 panchayats of the district by 2019, said Rural Development Minister Anil Sharma, while launching the Swachh Panchayat Week and Rashtriya Swachhta Abhiyan under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan here today. He said in the first …
Himachal Pradesh will begin the process of Green Accounting under Inclusive Green Growth Sustainable Development from district Mandi and later cover the entire state. It has already prepared the blueprint for assessing the real value of its forests. A workshop was held here yesterday for officials from various departments of …
Reliance Power's estimated `. 12,000-crore deal to acquire the Jaypee Group's hydropower assets may face hurdles as an official body determines if the capacity of one of the projects exceeds the approved level. This has implications for the valuation of the deal and tariffs. A fact-finding committee with representatives from …
A Pakistani delegation will visit the Chenab basin in Himachal Pradesh on September 20 to see that there is no diversion of the river waters. During the visit, the first-ever since the Indus Waters Treaty was signed between former Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru and former Pakistani President Ayub Khan in …
It will provide additional water supply of 51 MLD per day The ambitious Kol Dam water augmentation project for the Shimla Municipal Corporation has been given technical approval by the Union Urban Development Ministry and its cost has been further reduced by Rs 60 crore in the revised detailed project …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday urged his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Virbhadra Singh to jointly put up an effective monitoring mechanism for the cleaning up of Ghaggar river. Badal, in a letter to Virbhadra Singh, informed him about the deterioration of the water quality of Ghaggar in Punjab. …
