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 Act as been enacted in Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Mizoram and Delhi The Centre will review preparations for implementation of the National Food security Act with the States and UTs in a meeting here on Tuesday. The Act which got accent of President Pranab Mukherjee on September, 12 after …
Congress-ruled states like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Delhi have already started implementing the National Food Security Act The United Progressive Alliance government will on Tuesday review with states preparations for the implementation of its flagship National Food Security Act Tuesday, a statement said Monday. The bill, a …
The commissioning of two units of 130 MW capacity each of the 520 MW Parbati-III hydropower project, which is already running four years behind schedule, is in trouble. The water discharge in the Sainj river has receded drastically and “is just enough to run one unit”, which is likely to …
Government of Himachal Pradesh vide Notification No. FFE-B-E (3)-43/2006-Vol-II dated 28-09-2013 has notified the Himachal Pradesh Forest (Timber Distribution to the Right Holders) Rules, 2013 for inviting objections/suggestions from the general public.
Encouraged by the success of the vulture propagation and conservation project, the wildlife wing of the Forest Department has decided to broaden the ambit of the project by bringing other species like eagles, buzzards and falcons under it. The dwindling population of vultures in the state has registered an appreciable …
The draft document to amend the timber distribution policy proposes to allot standing trees instead of converted timber to right holders. The draft amendments in the Himachal Pradesh Forest (Timber Distribution to the Right Holders) Rules approved by the Cabinet today provides for grant of 7 cubic metre of standing …
American and Norweigian wildlife experts will help the Forest Department in mapping the sites where leopard attacks have been common. This will enable the department to prepare a baseline data on man-animal conflict. The Wildlife wing of the department will undertake a five-year study (2013-2018) in collaboration with experts from …
As many as 318 villages falling in the five wildlife sanctuaries of Chamba district have been excluded from the sanctuary areas under the rationalisation policy of the Government of India. In an official communiqué, Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri stated that the much-awaited exclusion of these villages would enable the …
Shimla, September 23: The government has set up an 11-member committee to address the problems faced by small hydropower projects developers, as the state has been able to realise only 225 MW of the total 1,500-MW small hydropower potential in the past two decades. In all, 475 projects with aggregate …
Minister for Housing and Urban Development Sudhir Sharma has said the state government has sanctioned developmental projects worth Rs 50 crore for Dharamsala. Sudhir, who listened to public grievances here today, said the town would finally get relief from water shortage. The Union government had cleared the Rs 31-crore water …
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has urged the Centre to provide an additional 1,000 buses to it under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for Himachal to improve its services in the hill state. Addressing a press conference here today, Transport Minister GS Bali said of the …
Nahan, September 18: Chief Minster Virbhadra Singh today directed officials to inquire into allegations of encroachments on forest land by Asaram Bapu’s trust in Kunja Madralia village in Paonta Sahib sub-division where an ashram had been constructed. The issue was brought to his notice by media persons here today during …
Rural Development and Animal Husbandry Minister and Mandi Sadar Legislator Anil Sharma today said water would be lifted from the Uhal river to provide portable water the 24X7 to residents of this temple town after the Rs 100-crore gravity scheme was sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Urban Development. Speaking …
To restore the renowned Khajiar lake in Chamba to its original shape, principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Shimla on Tuesday formed a seven members team headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests with the direction to file a report within four weeks suggesting steps to save the …
Taking cognizance of pollution taking place in Beas river, National Green Tribunal ( NGT) has ordered to close 34 hotels, located in Kullu-Manali along river banks, found throwing its waste material in the river. Tribunal had found that these hotels were causing pollution in the river through dumping of waste …
Taking a tough stance on the issue of causing environmental pollution in the Beas and its tributaries by hotels located in Kullu and Manali, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) to close down 34 hotels operating without obtaining the consent of …
Ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress government in Himachal Pradesh is all set to implement the ambitious food security programme of UPA government by launching the Rajiv Gandhi Ann Yojna in the state on September 20 from historic Ridge Maidan in Shimla at the hands of chief minister Virbhadra …
An Act further to amend the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (Act No.12 of 1977). This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2013.
To put an end to the monopoly of outsiders in the river-bed mining in borders areas and to provide employment to local youth, the state government is all set to reserve the mining leases only for Himachalis.With the crackdown on the illegal river-bed mining in the state following the directives …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/09/2013 regarding the condition of the Khajjiar Lake.
