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 Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the State government whether Shimla still retains the tag of a pedestrian city where the walkers have the right to walk freely. Hearing a petition on vehicular problems of Shimla filed by a city resident, Dharam Pal Thakur, the court asked the government …
With few facilities for the safe and scientific disposal of municipal solid waste in various semi-urban and rural habitations in Solan district, people here are a worried lot. Reason: Pungent smell emanating from garbage strewn all over the roads, including National Highway-22, has become a cause of concern for them. …
A new policy by the Himachal Pradesh Government to allot trees, instead of timber or wood, at subsidised rates for constructing or repairing houses has streamlined the process in the State, an official said. Under the amended rules, `500 per cubic metre standing volume is being charged for deodar and …
To tackle climate change and restore monkeys and wildlife to the wilds, the state government is implementing a Rs 310-crore afforestation project that aims at growing broad-leafed trees and oak species in Kangra and Chamba districts. The project will be implemented in collaboration with the German Government and will last …
Dovetailing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme with ecology, the Una Forest Department has raised a nursery of various forest plant species. Around 10 men and women daily wagers have raised 1.3 lakh saplings at the Ghandawal nursery of the Forest Department. “The process of filling …
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (Act, No. 12 of 1977), the Governor of Himachal Pradesh proposes to make the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014 and the same are published in the Official Gazette …
Global bids will be invited for the 960-Mega watt (Mw) Jangi-Thopan-Powari hydro-electric project, proposed to be built on the Sutlej in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district. In 2006, the project was allotted to Brakel Corporation, which was challenged in court by other companies. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, gave …
The implementation of Rs 225.30 crore Swan River Integrated Watershed Management Project (SRIWMP) has been rated “very good” by an independent evaluation panel of experts from the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI), Dehradun, which conducted the “Study on Impact Assessment of Soil and Water Conservation …
The ambitious Rs 3,600-crore project was aimed at providing 275 million gallons of water to Delhi every day The long-pending Renuka Dam project, which has been facing environmental clearance hurdles, and has been entangled in legal and political spats for over 20 years, has been allocated Rs 50 crore by …
Untreated sewage, open defecation from project sites and townships, dissolved solids and faecal coliforms (bacteria) have emerged as the largest polluters contributing to the deterioration of the Sutlej river water quality, a recent study has revealed. The study has also raised a question mark on the proposed Rs 515-crore lift …
Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri today sought the intervention of the Centre for relaxing a ban on mining in riverbeds in the state. Talking to reporters after a meeting with mining officers, the industries minister said the Centre should intervene for relaxing the blanket ban imposed by National Green …
The first-ever Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) study of 38 hydro power projects in the Sutlej basin has recommended that the government should designate “the fish-rich khuds, mid-Sutlej, eco-sensitive Spiti, Upper Kinnaur area and 10 other protection areas as no-go zone for hydro projects”. The study further seeks to implement …
Sets up Cabinet sub-committee to take final decision Despite the stand taken by Irrigation and Public Health Minister Vidya Stokes on getting drinking water for Shimla from the Pabbar in Rohru, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the government could not waste more time in taking the final decision which …
The construction of a large number of hydel projects along the riverbeds of the Beas and its tributaries have become a major concern for environmentalists and social activists in the Kullu valley. The damage caused to the reservoir of a 4.8-mw small hydel project at Aleo near Manali in January …
Though the government has taken several measures to check illegal mining of sand and gravel in different parts of the state, stopping it completely is a challenge. Illegal mining is continuing unabated in major rivers and rivulets of the state, despite a country-wide ban on mining of sand and gravel …
The monsoon has advanced rapidly and reached Kashmir after stagnating since June15, and is poised to cover the remaining parts of northern India in two days, raising hopes that the season's rainfall deficit of 43% will contract, farm output would not suffer and prices will be stable. The rapid movement …
The project aims to double fruit production in five years and check the erratic production pattern A nod is awaited from the World Bank for an ambitious Rs 1000 crore project to boost horticulture sector in Himachal Pradesh. This is expected to add Rs 1,500 crore to the GSDP of …
The solid waste being collected from the Dharamsala Municipal Council is being disposed of in an unscientific manner despite the fact that the council is spending lakhs for the purpose. The solid waste is being dumped at the site earmarked for the purpose on the Dharamsala-Chari road. As per the …
The state government has approved detailed project reports (DPR) of five Rural Water Supply Schemes amounting to Rs 860.22 lakh for the districts of Kangra, Mandi and Shimla for funding under NABARD during the current financial year. A spokesperson of the government disclosed here today that the schemes include improvement …
