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 …
The Zirakpur-Parwanoo section of National Highway-22 is scheduled to be opened to traffic by January 2011, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has claimed. In the status report filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday, Anil Dahiya, Project Director, NHAI, said there had been a 87.5 …
With chlorinated water being identified as a key reason of residue problem, scientists have suggested the use of chlorine-free water for spraying in mushroom cultivation. This was one of the key recommendations which emerged during a two-day national seminar on
Shimla: The recent move of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to stall forest clearance to projects involving significant destruction of forests has come rather late for the hill state which has already sacrificed a vast expanse of precious green cover to pave way for hydroelectric projects and roads. …
It was 3 pm. I was on top of a mountain in the middle of the only green expanse in the cold desert in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. For the last 50 km I saw only mountains of stones and sand, and I would see only desert for the …
Forest nod still awaited Nurpur: Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Ravinder Ravi, while addressing a press conference here today, said the long-awaited proposed Finna Singh Irrigation Project had been cleared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and now environment and forest clearance was being awaited. He said the proposed …
Rankings are no pyramid; they are a ladder and there's room for only one at each rung. A historical advantage in infrastructure and its fields of gold may have kept Punjab on the top rung of the India Today State of the States study for long but Himachal has broken …
Shimla: Representatives of various NGOs opposing the construction of the Renuka Dam project have met Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and urged him to scrap the project for which the forest clearance had been rejected. Activists of the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan (HNA) submitted a memorandum on behalf …
Shimla: With reduction in the height of the Renuka Dam not possible, the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation has come up with an alternative proposal to bring down the number of trees to be axed to pave the way for the construction of Rs 3,600 crore project. The corporation has decided …
The industrialists of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh region have been waiting for over a year for the comprehensive master plan to be approved by the Himachal Pradesh cabinet. Since the master plan is expected to rev up the infrastructural scenario in the industrial belt its implementation is long awaited. Even after it was …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal hardened his stand on the Rs 3,300 crore Renuka dam on Monday, asserting that Himachal Pradesh would not sacrifice its forests and damage its mountains to implement the project on its soil, which is meant to supply drinking water to Delhi.
In a significant move to replicate Gujarat's model of space applications and geo-informatics in state's planning and development process, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has sought help of his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi in setting up Aryabhatta Geo-Informatics and Space Applications Centre (AGiSAC) in Himachal Pradesh. The development comes close …
Himachal Pradesh was awarded the best state award on Friday and was also adjudged as the best in investment climate, agriculture, governance, infrastructure and macro-economy. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal received the award from Vice-President Hamid Ansari at a function organised in New Delhi by a media group as 'State …
Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir will for the first time come in the grip of malaria by 2030 while the disease will continue to linger in the Northeast as the country''s temperature is likely to rise between 1.7-2.2 degree Celsius due to climate change. Using the temperature and humidity …
Stone of degree college at Jaisinghpur laid Dharamsala: The state government will motivate the youth from the state to form cooperative societies for running micro-hydel projects. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said this while addressing a gathering of the co-operative members and public at Haled village in Jaisinghpur subdivision of …
Shimla: Major players in the power sector are in the race for 18 hydroelectric projects with the aggregate generation capacity of 1385.5 MW for which global bids have been invited by the government. Companies eyeing stakes in the booming hydropower sector in the state include like Reliance Power, Essar Energy, …
The Himachal government on Sunday announced to enact a law to punish those who leave their animals on the road. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the crime would be defined as a cognizable offence as per the new law that is under active consideration. He said the law would …
