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 today became the 11th district of the state to be declared smoke-free under Section 4 of COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products - Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution - Act). Tribal Kinnaur district is the only one yet to become smoke-free. …
With the ambient air quality of Ambuja Cements Limited and JP Cements above prescribed norms in the latest sampling reports compiled by the State Pollution Control Board, the board has issued a notice to the two units to adopt measures to control pollution, failing which further action will be taken. …
Announcing the state capital of Himachal Pradesh as “smoke free” at a function organised here by by HP Voluntary Health Association and district administration, Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Malhotra said a survey was conducted on scientific methodology by IGMC Shimla on five indicators and the report by the agency indicated 92.17 …
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikarhas said he would bring about a law in the next session of the assembly to prevent the sale and conversion of agricultural land as part of his efforts to protect the identity of Goa, with or without special status. Today if a person buys a plot …
Heavy rain continued to lash several parts of Himachal Pradesh for the third day on Wednesday, triggering landslips in Chamba district and causing a sharp fall in temperature. Jogindernagar in Mandi district, which received 113 of mm rain, was the wettest place in the State. Elsewhere, Dalhousie recorded 86 mm …
Being one of the biggest river channelisation project in the country, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has approved a Rs 945.48 crore project for taming the remaining 55 tributaries of the Swan river in Una district. The project, which is expected to reclaim about 6,060 hectares of land, will be …
The Queen of the Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British, has been shortlisted for a global project to lower greenhouse gas emissions on the pattern of European cities, a municipal official said. The Shimla Municipal Corporation is one of six Indian cities selected for implementing the "Promoting …
To move towards harnessing eco-friendly sources of energy and to reduce dependence on electricity from the state power corporation, the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is planning to set up a solar power plant on its campus. The 50 kilowatt (KW) solar power captive unit will be set up soon, said …
The senile but healthy plants in old apple orchards will be rejuvenated under a new Centrally aided project to be launched soon in the state. Ageing has severely affected the productivity of old orchards planted in the 60s, which accounts for about 15 per cent of 1,03,000 hectare area under …
The Forest Department has tied up with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for using remote sensing technology to monitor the forest wealth and water resources and land use planning. The NRSC will provide technical guidance and training to the manpower deployed at the Green India Mission Lab here to …
21 lakh renewable energy certificates lie unsold with project developers Renewable energy projects — once lucrative enough to attract even alcohol makers and farm traders — are feeling the heat as a key attraction, the market for green certificates issued to developers, has collapsed alarmingly, casting a shadow on India’s …
Shimla, May 31: There will be a complete ban on fishing in all general reservoirs of the state from June 1 to July 31 and the sale of fish will not be permitted. Director of Fisheries Gurcharan Singh said today that special staff had been deputed to keep a strict …
With the efforts of veteran horticulture scientist Chiranjit Parmar from Mandi, apple cultivation no longer remains the exclusive domain of Himalayan hill areas. The scientist has helped farmers in Karnataka to grow the fruit. He established an apple plantation alongside palm trees in an alien environment and the plants started …
Shimla, May 29 : Experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have advised the state government to go for control release of water from the Geepang Gath glacial lake in Lahaul to avoid a Parechu lake-like situation in view of its fast increasing size. A team of the GSI, …
If Delhi government has to make sure that residents don’t eat pesticide laced food, it will have to push neighboring states to reduce their pesticide usage. Most of Delhi’s fruits and vegetables come from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Agricultural experts say that while High Court-appointed panel’s recommendations on …
Declaring that dams are the only possible source of water to meet the city’s future drinking needs, Delhi wants work related to the construction of dams on the Yamuna to be expedited. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told the Centre that work on Renuka, Lakhwar Vyasi and Kishau dams …
Dharamsala, May 26: With temperatures increasing beyond 35°C in the hills, the pine tree bio-waste spread in the Dharamsala forest range is becoming a major source of forest fires. A fire broke out in forest areas around Dharamsala and damaged a transformer and power lines. Since the fire broke out …
Solan, May 26: In a bid to rein in mining mafia operative in the industrial belts of various bordering areas, the state government will soon prohibit vehicles carrying quarry material from leaving the state from 8 pm to 6 am every day. Vehicles carrying illegal quarry material after the stipulated …
Shimla, May 26: With the vulture population in the state going up from a mere 30 to 800 in the last one decade, the wildlife wing of the Forest Department has decided to identify new protected areas and set up vulture restaurants for the natural scavengers whose number had plummeted. …
WWF India has developed a “low carbon growth policy tracker” to help assess low carbon policies across the country. The objective of the study is to outline a low carbon transformation across the states keeping in mind the government’s stated aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 per cent …
