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 …
Large hydro power projects held up for want of clearances would get a leg-up soon. The Planning Commission and the Union ministry of environment & forests have reached an informal understanding that the projects found to have little potential for environmental damage under preliminary assessments can be allowed to take …
This document contains the CERC order dated 9 Nov 2010 (Petition No. 256/2010 (suo‐motu)) on "Determination of generic levellised generation tariff (FY 2011-12) under Regulation 8 of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2009 and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Kol Dam project authorities to reduce the height of the dam to help avoid submergence of a large part of the forest area under the Majathal wildlife sanctuary in Solan district. The ministry has withheld the clearance to the project …
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on December 18, 2006. It has also been called the "Forest Rights Act", the "Tribal Rights Act". The law concerns the rights of forest-dwelling communities to …
Bilaspur: Himalayan eco-system is very fragile and sensitive. Any large-scale mining activity, as is presently going on in Himachal Pradesh under the garb of development, is not only dangerous but is potentially disastrous also for the future. This clear warning was served both to government and people by Shridhar Murti, …
An independent monitoring report released by the local environmental NGO Himparivesh and Community Environmental Monitoring Campaign has implicated two cement plants in the Nalagarh area of emitting hazardous pollutants in the air. The lives and the health of people living in their vicinity have been put to grave risk, the …
PEOPLE displaced by the Pong dam are still waiting to be rehabilitated, forty years after the dam was built. They were promised canal-irrigated land in Ganganagar district, but the Rajasthan government is now offering them semiarid land in Bikaner. The dam in Himachal Pradesh supplies water to Punjab, Haryana and …
Shimla: Concerned over the huge cost overrun and tardy implementation of the Rs 1,365 crore State Road Project, the World Bank has put on hold a contract pertaining to the upgradation of the 41.9 km Sarkaghat-Ghumarwin section. The progress of the project was evaluated by the World Bank mission which …
Canadian Consul General in India Scott Slessor has, on behalf of the Canadian government, extended offer of cooperation to Himachal Pradesh in hydro power generation, food processing and tourism sectors. In a meeting with Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Wednesday, Slessor talked about possibilities of more trade from Himachal. …
Centre fails to resolve power-sharing issue, next hearing on Nov 16 R Sedhuraman Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh today informed the Supreme Court that they were left with only the judicial option to resolve the dispute over sharing the power generated by the Bhakra Nangal and Beas projects …
In a bid to make the state a global tourist attraction, Himachal Pradesh government has said it will set up its first international airport near Shimla, with about Rs 1,000 crore investment, under PPP mode. The state government has initiated a slew of steps to promote tourism to increase its …
SHIMLA, 18 OCT: The Rs 3,000 crore Renuka Dam project hanging fire for the last two decades has received a fresh set-back. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has turned down the request for using about 775 hectares of forest land and felling of 1.5 lakh trees for its …
Himachal* Renuka dam, Tidong hydel plant, cement units among projects awaiting environment clearance The Renuka dam is the latest in a series of projects in Himachal Pradesh that have been either scrapped or delayed due to environmental concerns. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) rejected the state government
Solan: With the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) directing induction furnaces and steel units to get their non-hazardous slag treated through the Shiwalik Hazardous Waste Plant, investors resent that the board had made it compulsory to get this waste treated from the hazardous plant which was contrary to the laid …
Mandi: The high-profile Raid-de-Himalayas motor sport rally that reached today at Keylong in snowbound Lahaul-Spiti raised the ire of environmentalists, farmers and tribal writers. They said an ear-blowing convoy of over 140 vehicles had created havoc. Highlighting the impact of the motor rally in the peaceful sylvan valleys of Himalayas, …
In April 2010, panchayats of five villages in Chamba district had rejected the proposal of GMR to shift the location of its mega hydel project at Bajoli Holi. GMR had proposed to shift the location of this 180 MW project from the right bank of Ravi river to the left …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the proposal of the Himachal government to use 775 hectares of forestland for the Renuka Dam project in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The project was categorised as one of national importance. Once completed, it was supposed to provide 275 million …
Nalagarh: DGP Dr DS Manhas said the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) area was fast emerging as the centrepoint of wildlife poaching. And a well-organised network is being operated in the area, he said while talking to mediapersons at Nalagarh today. Manhas said the police was making efforts to unearth such networks by …
