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 state government has suffered a loss of lakhs of rupees because of connivance between hydel power companies executing power projects in the Kangra valley and officials of the state Forest Department. The fact has come into light following information gathered under the Right to Information Act (RTI) by Onkar …
Lack of proper sanitation and safe drinking water facilities have pulled down Tamil Nadu's human development index. Despite achieving a remarkable growth in the human development index between 2000 and 2012 due to better performance in education and income index, the dismal growth in the health index has hampered the …
The construction work on the 25-MW Keiu Hydro Project being executed on the Lamba Dug river in the Chhota Bhangal area of the Palampur region came to a standstill today following a massive protest by local residents. Reports reaching here said residents assembled at the project site in the morning …
The Himachal Environment and Scientific Technology Department has taken note of alleged violation of the Environment Protection Act by promoters of Maharshi Markendeshwar University (MMU) near Kumarhatti (Solan) and asked them to stop work. After it was noticed that large-scale constructions were being done at the 47-acre site, the MMU …
A final agreement of the second development policy loan under the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) will be signed with the World Bank this week. The second policy development loan of Rs 620 crore is likely to be received by the end of March. While the first loan of Rs 600 …
Lesser white-fronted goose, an endangered migratory bird from Scandinavia and Arctic Russia, has been recorded for the first time in the region. It was recorded at the Pong Dam wetland at Nagrota Surian by Devinder Singh Dhadwal, Assistant Conservator of Forests. The bird has been listed as endangered on the …
Brij Behari Lal Butail, Speaker of the state Assembly, said in the current financial year the state government had allocated Rs 170 crore for different irrigation projects in Kangra district. He stated this while inaugurating an irrigation water supply scheme at Bundla village, 4 km from here, this evening. He …
After receiving a notice from the Ministry of Environment and Forest, limestone mining operation was kept in abeyance Ambuja Cements will resume mining operations in Himachal Pradesh with the High Court granting a stay on the Ministry of Environment and Forest's order to keep them in abeyance earlier this month. …
Mountains are early and important indicators of climate change wwhic depict far-reaching consequences on our ecosystem, agriculture and livelihood of the farmers. The Himalayan mountain ecosystem is also facing serious challenges posed by climate change due to increasing aridity, warmer winter season, and variability in receiving and variability in receiving …
The Union Law Ministry’s opinion is that the food security legislation covers not just Indians but also foreign nationals and refugees. The ministry’s legal affairs department gave this opinion in the backdrop of a 2012 petition by the Mool Pravah Akhil Bharat Nepal Ekta Samaj, saying that “the provisions of …
Proposing a new “empowerment line” that aims to measure the minimum economic cost for a household to fulfil eight most basic needs, a global research organisation has estimated that 680 million Indians, or 56 per cent of the population, lacks the means to meet their essential needs. Health care, drinking …
The state Pollution Control Board has yet to adopt new norms of ambient air quality standards notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Now with the CPCB having made online monitoring of air and water quality mandatory, the state board will have to upgrade its infrastructure to meet the …
Shimla, February 19: The government today cancelled the licence issued to JP Cements for a cement plant in Chamba district for failing to show satisfactory progress. The decision was taken by the Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, here today. The Cabinet today monitored the progress of five companies …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the state Pollution Board to install online quality monitoring systems within 90 days. The aim behind this is to ensure effective compliance and strengthening of monitoring mechanism of 17 categories of highly polluting industries. These 17 categories include cement, paper and pulp, …
The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department has received about 50 objections and suggestions towards the final decision on the relaxation of ban on construction in the 17 green belts in the state capital. The department will shortly start hearing the suggestions received till January 31. The hearing will be …
Concerned over several posts lying vacant in medical services in scheduled areas, the Group of Governors recommended that ministries of health and tribal affairs should declare all tribal sub-plan (TSP) districts as 'high priority districts' under National Rural Health Mission. This would provide medical staff working there a lump-sum incentive. …
Soil Gas Meters installed at various locations A research team of Career Point University has undertaken a project expected to open new frontiers in earthquake detection in the region. Under the project, headed by Dr Naveen Thakur and Dr Jitender, assistant professors in the university's Physics Department, Soil Gas Meters …
Non-renewal of Mining Lease The Darlaghat-based cement plant of Ambuja Cements Limited (ACL) has been forced to shut its operations since Monday following pending clearance of its mining lease. The action follows the issuance of a notice by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on January 22 where the …
The government has allotted 37 hydropower projects in Lahaul and Spiti district with a capacity of 22.92.50 MW, including the 420-MW Reoli Dugli project allotted to L&T; and the 400-MW Seli project to Seli HEP Company, Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania told the Assembly during Question Hour. Replying to a …
The German Development Financial Institution, KfW, has agreed to finance Rs 1,700 crore for the 191-MW Thana Plaun Hydroelectric Project on the Beas in Mandi district under the "Himalayan Development Programme", Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania today said. The minister disclosed that the funds were in addition to its existing …
