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 …
‘240 MW Uri-II Hydel Project to be now commissioned in January 2013’ SRINAGAR, Aug 26 : N. N. Vohra, Governor, today took stock of the pace of work on the execution of 240 MW Uri-II Hydel Power Project being constructed by the NHPC on river Jehlum near Uri in Baramulla …
Power officials recuperating from two successive and massive grid collapses had a close shave on Monday morning, offering just another reminder of how close to the brink India’s fragile grid infrastructure is. In a span of just three hours, 16 units of three of the country’s largest hydro stations shut …
New Delhi: With three major hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh being shut down due to rising silt levels in the rivers, the city may face disruptions in power supply in the coming days. Though Delhi Transco assured the three plants combined did not supply much power to the capital …
Shimla: The government will provide 4,337 solar lanterns to nomadic shepherds who keep moving around the state for grazing their sheep. Stating this after flagging off the Akshay Urja Rally, organised to mark the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi here today, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said a …
Solan: With excessive silt leading to the closure of various hydel projects in the state, HP State Electricity Board Limited has been forced to impose power cuts in industrial areas to deal with the power shortage. Power Controller Joginder Singh said various hydel power projects, including Baspa, Chamera I and …
Mandi: A number of roads in areas around Mandi town remained closed for hours due to landslides, triggered by rain, in the last 24 hours. Passengers remained stranded at Dagain Nullah near Dharampur on the Mandi-Sandhol state highway, at Guma on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway and at Duad and Saat …
The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the Tamil Nadu government has conveyed to former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss that the proposal for banning gutkha and paan masala in Tamil Nadu is under active consideration of the State government. Replying to the letter of the …
The needles shed by pine trees had since ages been a cause for worry for hundreds of villages in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. The needles, which contain resin canals making them inflammable, would lead to major forest fires in summers, reducing trees to ashes and charring wild animals to …
To avert a total breakdown of the grid system and prevent a major blackout in future, the northern grid States have formulated a 12-point plan including installation of automatic demand management schemes. At a recent meeting held at the Power Ministry, the plan was agreed upon by a dozen States …
Farmers can now get online information on the amount of fertilizers that they must apply to a particular kind of soil and crop. This will help them overcome the problem of over-use of fertilizer that is eroding soil health. The Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science has developed a web-based …
Their mission is to clean and they too are whistleblowers - literally. Shimla's new cleanliness wardens have been given the job of blowing the whistle on anyone found littering in this hill town in Himachal Pradesh. Armed with whistles, the squad of five - dressed in red - are on …
The hill state has been leading the country by providing drinking water facility with over 90 per cent population getting potable water. This was stated by Chief Minister PK Dhumal while speaking at the State Pradesh Irrigation and Public Health Ministerial Staff Association Annual Conference recently. He said according to …
Touted as the panacea for Delhi's drinking water problem, this dam can only be constructed by breaking a host of forest and environmental laws and riding roughshod over the livelihoods of farmers in about 30 villages of Himachal Pradesh.
The Tamil Nadu tourism department is implementing a Rs 450-crore project along with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In the first phase, the department would take up the East Coast circuit followed by the Southern circuit. The main focus will be on improving infrastructure and safety. The first meeting of …
Solan: Rains have damaged various roads and bridges worth several crores of rupees in Solan and Sirmaur districts. Though several link roads and state highways have suffered damage, the extent of damage on national highways is estimated to be much less. DK Nayyer, Superintending Engineer (SE), PWD, Solan, said losses …
The state government, through an announcement, has said that sheep breeders in Himachal Pradesh will be provided highly subsidised solar lights to make life easier for them. The chief minister, P K Dhumal, said each solar light after being fully charged will work for nine hours. For each such solar …
The department of health, family welfare and food safety, Andhra Pradesh, has issued notices to four fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms for violation of provisions on misleading advertisements. “Misleading advertisements related to food items without scientific basis misguide the consumer. And, such advertisers attract penalty of up to Rs 10 …
Work on the strategic 8.82-km-long Rohtang tunnel has come to a grinding halt as the Seri Nullah flash flood has washed away a 150-metre-long stretch of its approach road and a Bailey bridge on the Beas. The flash flood has come as a third blow to the project after the …
SHIMLA, 4 AUG: The Indian Railways propose to launch a “green initiative” in several trains in the country, if the recent experiment of introducing coaches “operating on solar based power system” in the Himalayan Queen (in sns photo) ~ the famous toy-train running between Kalka and Shimla ~ becomes successful. …
Shimla: The ambitious project of the municipal corporation (MC) to rake funds by way of imposing green tax on vehicles from outside entering the state capital may have to wait. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) does not allow the installation of digitised electronic barriers on its roads. The …
