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 …
In the light of its failure to enforce the existing ban on plastic bags, the Delhi government now plans to stop its manufacture in the Capital as easy availability of the product is blamed for its popularity among the public. Senior environment officials say they have prepared a Cabinet note …
Shimla: The government will spend Rs 10.39 crore on creating various infrastructure facilities at the Pong Dam lake in the first phase under the Asian Development Bank-funded Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism. Director of Tourism Arun Sharma said his department would also promote community-based tourism activities for generating employment …
Shimla: Thwarting the march of the invasive alien species, which pose a major threat to the indigenous flora, will be the main focus of the state Forest Department during the International Year of Forests. Weeds like lantana, ageratum, parthenium (Congress grass) and eupatorium have over the years usurped several lakh …
A fresh headcount of monkeys to make the latest assessment of the extent of human-monkey conflict on the ground is on the cards, after increased demands from affected farmer groups for need to review the state wildlife department
The widening of the Kumarhatti-Nahan state highway under the World Bank will entail a huge environmental cost as 11,606 trees are being felled to widen the carriageway. Under the project, the existing single lane of 72.73 km is being widened and strengthened at a cost of Rs 142.22 crore. Forest …
Bhel, NTPC & IGCAR Join Hands For Project A 800-MW coal-fired power project based on more efficient advanced ultra supercritical thermal power technology is being set up jointly by BHEL, NTPC and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). The . 10,000-crore plant being developed by IGCAR would be 5% …
Under pressure from large corporate houses, environment minister Jairam Ramesh admits his ministry is in the process of reviewing all the major environmental laws of the country. Amongst the laws set to be modified are those that deal with solid waste management, air pollution and on the imposition of a …
First Unit Of . 7,000-Crore Project To Be Completed Six Months Ahead Of Schedule JAIPRAKASH Power Ventures Limited will commission the first unit of its 1,000 mw hydroelectric power project in Himachal Pradesh in March, six months ahead of schedule. The first unit of the . 7,000-crore Karcham-Wangtoo hydro project, …
Hamirpur: Officials of the state wildlife department have spotted a new migratory bird named pied avocet in the famous Pong Dam wetlands this season, for the first time. This bird was spotted on January 17 by range forest officer DS Dadwal of the department located at the Pong Dam. Divisional …
Shimla: The Centre has sanctioned 44 projects worth Rs 356.47 crore under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme in all the districts of Himachal for 2010-11. The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Jai Ram Thakur today said 2,37,651 hectares area would be covered under the programme and the amount was …
Solan: Dr KR Dhiman, Vice-Chancellor, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, today inaugurated a one-day training camp for mass awareness on
Companies to lose earnest money Unlike past, it will not be easy for independent power producers (IPPs) to surrender projects after allotment as the government has finally incorporated a provision for forfeiting the earnest money in such an eventuality. The provision will be enforced for the 18 hydroelectric projects with …
The state chapter of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has approached the state government to take up with the Centre the matter of extending capital investment subsidy to industries in Himachal, on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states. The CII today submitted pre-budget recommendations to Chief …
Besides the famous rock-cut Masroor temple, hydro-electric projects, apple orchards and dam sites will now be publicised as new tourism destinations among schoolchildren of Himachal and other states. During a seminar held at Dharamsala on Masroor temple of Kangra district on Tuesday, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the state …
The Finance Ministry today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $208 million for the third tranche of the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program. According to a Finance Ministry statement, this facility is for a series of loans to provide funding for four hydropower …
Keeping in mind the cloudburst tragedy of Leh in 2010, experts from various fields studying changes in Himachal in relation to climate change have voiced common concerns about high-altitude areas of the state that have already thrown up alarming signals
Nangal: The second bird census at national Nangal wetland would be held on January 22. Bird watchers from all over North India would count the birds, especially migratory ones that come knocking every winter from Siberia. This is for the second consecutive that census exercise is being undertaken to study …
A day after the first significant snowfall of the year, the city woke up to temperature below freezing point, frozen water pipes, slippery roads and stranded vehicles. The minimum temperature in Shimla at 5.30 am on Sunday was minus 3.3 degrees Celsius. Even with bright sunshine in the later part …
