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 …
Blocked roads and sub-zero temperatures in Himachal affect normal life Winter chill returned on Sunday in most of the northern States as the cold wave pushed mercury to record lows in Shimla and Pahalgam and claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh. Two more persons died -one each from Hardoi …
Funds to be used for building 24,000 km of roads The World Bank will offer a loan of $1.5 billion (about `6,800 crore) to India for building 24,000-km of all-weather roads in the rural areas of seven economically poor and hilly states like Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. This is …
Success attributed to State's aggressive campaigning last year NEW DELHI: Setting an ambitious target of attracting 1.5 crore national and international tourists this year, the Himachal Pradesh Government is happy that tourist arrivals in the hill State saw a rise of over 16 per cent during 2010 compared to 2009. …
An official team from Himachal Pradesh, headed by Narendar Chauhan, on Tuesday visited Villupuram district to study the implementation of the IAMWARM Project (Integrated Agriculture Modernisation and Waterbodies Restoration and Management Project). After visiting Vizhukkam in Tindivanam block and Thiruvampattu in Ginjee block, the team hailed the officials for having …
Claiming wide acceptance of its programme targeted to reduce environment hazards due to the use of plastic, the government announced on Wednesday that sale and use of disposable plastic plates and glasses were likely to be banned in the state. Till now, under the
Charcoal is perhaps the best example of biochar. Considering the interest that has been generated by Jha et al. many readers would be interested in knowing how actually charcoal is made. During one of our recent field surveys to Kasera locality in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, (Correspondence)
So far 81 people have died in the State due to the cold Snowbound:A locality at the Sangla Valley in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. New Delhi: Thirteen more people perished in Uttar Pradesh as the intense cold wave sweeping north India maintained its grip over the region, …
STATE-RUN NMDC has received the nod from the environment ministry for its `274 crore limestone project in Himachal Pradesh provided it fulfills certain conditions, including necessary forest clearances under the Forest Act. Both NMDC and steel major SAIL had inked a pact in 2009 to jointly develop the project to …
Initiating action to save the centuries-old Baijnath Temple from sinking due to illegal mining in its vicinity, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has sought a detailed report from the state government. The ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Kangra district is built in the Nagara style of architecture …
Larsen & Toubro will execute the 420-MW Reoli-Dugli hydel project in the Chenab basins, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet decided today, ending a controversy that had seen the government once awarding the contract to L&T; and then cancelling it, and the company moving court. L&T; had been at fourth place in …
Shimla: The Cabinet today decided to give the 420 MW Reoli Dugli hydro power project, allotted earlier to Moser Baer Projects Ltd in Lahaul-Spiti, to Larsen and Toubro.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister PK Dhumal here today. The Cabinet decided to allot …
Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Industrial units in Himachal Pradesh continue to discharge toxic industrial waste into the tributaries of Beas and Sutlej rivers. Samples recently collected by a team of Punjab Pradesh Pollution Control Board (PPCB) from Hoshiarpur prove that contamination of the river waters continues due to discharge of effluents. The …
Mooting a proposal to shift from the old concept of micro-level implementation of catchment area treatment (CAT) plans of hydro power projects, the state government is likely to approach the Centre to seek more liberty in spending of the huge funds received under such plans. The spending of CAT plan …
As part of their subsistent farming operations farmers in Himachal Pradesh have been traditionally dependent on organic ways of farming. Consequently, the farming communities in low hills, valleys and high mountains alike still maintain a rich pool of indigenous technological knowledge of organic agriculture practices. Under this backdrop, over the …
This Detailed Project Report has been prepared by Mott MacDonald to present the development of the proposed Luhri hydroelectric project on the Satluj River. The project lies downstream of the proposed Rampur hydroelectric project and upstream of the Koldam project which is currently under construction. http://sjvn.nic.in/projects/projects_luhri.asp
The Objectives of the City Sanitation Plan in Shimla are: To adopt a demand-based strategy and community participation in planning, implementation and management of sanitation infrastructure; To adopt locally suitable methods, technologies and materials, and provide necessary facilitation support to the Municipal Corporation; To encourage community and private participation and …
For the first time in 15 years, Shimla is set to turn white ahead of the New Year celebrations, even as adjoining Kufri and Narkanda are already covered under a thick blanket of snow. In Shimla, the first light spell of snow started around 6 pm on Thursday, after moderate …
