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 …
Deputy Commissioner Ritesh Chauhan has passed an order asking all original Bhakra Dam oustees and their successors to file applications on a prescribed form, giving details of the government land encroached upon by them in Bilaspur by June 20. This has been necessitated due to the High Court order of …
The government today dispatched teams of the Horticulture Department to assess the widespread damage caused by the intense fury of the hailstorm over the past two days in the entire apple belt of Shimla and parts of Kinnaur with the estimated damage to the apple crop already touching Rs 248 …
A severe hailstorm caused extensive damage to the apple crop in the Kotkhai area in the heart of the apple belt. The hailstorm struck in the afternoon and continued to lash the region for about 90 minutes. The maximum damage was reported from Baghi, Ratnari, Baghal, Kalbogh, Khaneti, Tharola and …
Jaiprakash Associates-promoted 1,000-MW Karcham Wangtoo hydel power project in Himachal Pradesh will be fully operational from August 16, three months ahead of schedule, managing director DP Goyal said. The first 250-MW unit of the Karcham Wangtoo project had commenced operations in May this year, he said. The hydel project is …
An inquiry ordered by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal into eco-tourism projects, which are facing charges relating to violations of the Forest Conservation Act, has confirmed glaring lapses in privatisation of the prime forest properties and sites but the government doesn
The first phase of the plan to develop the area near Pong Dam structure as a tourist destination, using the funds sourced from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has drawn criticism from oustees living in the vicinity of the Pong Dam lake. They are sore at not being taken into …
Today is World Environment Day and many statements have been released for protecting ecology. The industrial revolution in lower areas of the state has also raised many environmental concerns. Many industrial units are coming up on riverbeds. A survey by The Tribune in various industrial areas in Una and Kangra …
Chief Secretary Rajwant Sandhu, on Sunday, urged for the inclusion of environmental issues, like energy and water conservation and biomass protection, in the state
Kullu will be the next district in Himachal Pradesh after Shimla to become smoke-free. Deputy Commissioner BM Nanta, while presiding over a workshop here today, revealed that directions had been issued to all educational institutions, government and private offices to strictly follow the notification of no-smoking in the public areas. …
North-western Himalayan region with its wide range of altitudes, topography and climatic conditions, is a rich repository of medicinal wealth, which occupies an important place in Vedic treatise. More than 800 no. valuable medicinal species found in this part of India is extensively used by the locals since time immemorial …
This paper addresses the effect of pollution on dissolved oxygen content (DO) in a Shivalik Himalayan stream during early hours of day in the summer season (May 2009-June 2010). The study showed that the dissolved oxygen in the stream is below 4 mg/L in a stretch of 2600 m and, …
JAMMU, Shri Amarnath Barfani Langers Organisation (SABLO) held a meeting at Chandigarh today in which representatives of various NGOs from Punjab, Haryana, J&K, H P, Chandigarh, Delhi and UP also participated. R K Goyal, CEO, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) was the chief guest on the occasion. While addressing the …
Kullu: The state government will be providing soil health card to each farmer by next year. Chief Minister PK Dhumal said this today while addressing a public meeting at the closing ceremony of the four-day district-level Ani fair at Ani, 200 km from here, after he laid the foundation stone …
The multi-crore Renuka Dam project is on hold, and 800 MW Kol Dam is also under the scanner of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Hul (4.5 M), a private sector project in Chamba, is witnessing daily protests by locals seeking scrapping of all the clearances given to it. …
The delay in setting up a permanent campus for IIT Mandi due to land unavailability will be a thing of the past. The Environment Ministry on Friday cleared the diversion of 308 acres of forest land for the IIT, which will specialise in
Weatherman attributes sudden change in weather to western disturbance Rain lashed several places in Punjab and Haryana during the past 24 hours, following which the mercury dropped by a few notches in the two States, while several parts of Himachal Pradesh were hit by a thunderstorm followed by sharp showers, …
