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 …
Charanjit Ahuja Chandigarh: Last week's hailstorm in many parts of Himachal Pradesh has damaged apple crop in large tracts of land. According to input received from apple growers, scientists and horticulture officials, the hail storm not only damaged fruit but also apple tree leaves and spur. Over 50% of apple …
This publication lays out a strategy which identifies and presents a broad framework for integrated water resources planning and management, to increase the level of resilience to climate change in Himachal Pradesh. It is based on an assessment of the status of water resources in the state, including the present …
Janjheli (Mandi): The very existence of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary is under threat as the wildlife wing has proposed to take out 110 villages from the sanctuary
Solan: With little check on the distribution of water, residents of Garkhal and its surrounding areas near Kasauli have been made to go without water for days together. Though the long dry spell had reduced the water level in the natural sources reducing its availability to almost once a week, …
In several regions in India farmers are switching crops—some are even abandoning farming. Their choices are not dictated by the agriculture market. They are doing so because they are too close to forests. And wild animals attack their crops and cattle so often that they cannot go on like before. …
SHIMLA: An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the entire rural Shimla district on Friday. According to the Met Department, its epicentre was at latitude 31.2 degrees North and longitude 78 degrees East. The area falls near Jubbal Kotkahi tehsil in this district. No loss of life or …
The soaring mercury beat all available records to make today the hottest day in the Queen of the Hills in 170 years. As the temperature climbed to 32.4
NEW DELHI: The heat wave continued to sweep North India on Thursday with Sriganganagar in Rajasthan sizzling at a high of 49.3 degrees Celsius. The high temperatures in the desert State were compounded by severe dust storms, adding to the woes of residents. The weatherman said Jaipur recorded a maximum …
Mahima Puri NEW DELHI INDUSTRY body CII plans to set up eight new skill development centres across the country with the support of both its member companies and the state and central government in the next one year, said CII director general Chandrajit Banerjee. These centres will impart training to …
The Himachal Pradesh Government has set up a State-level committee to re-estimate ground water resources in the State. The Principal Secretary (IPH) would be the chairman of the committee. Engineer-in-chief, I&PH;, Director of Industries, Director of Urban Development, Director of Agriculture, all chief engineers, superintending engineer (Hydrology), superintending engineer (WS …
Rakesh Lohumi Acting swiftly on the complaints of local villagers, the state pollution control board today issued a show-cause notice to the Wildflower Hall hotel of the Oberoi chain on the outskirts of the city for flouting environmental norms and contaminating natural water sources by discharging partially treated sewage effluent …
Simple methods to monitor pollution levels evolved 200 units in the BBN area operate without a valid licence SHIMLA: The surroundings of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial areas in Himachal could be another Bhopal in the making if the ill-planned toxic units are not discouraged in time; stated a joint group of NGOs, …
Concerned over the failure of the state pollution control board to impose an effective check on polluting units in the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN), a local environment action group, Him Parivesh, has taken initiative to involve the affected people in monitoring of pollution levels. The group organised a three-day …
Kuldeep Chauhan Thanks to the acute shortage of dedicated forest guards and proper monitoring and surveillance, the Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary here faces threat from active
The governments of the Himalayan hill-states and the international donor agencies have consistently advocated disbursal of funds for improvement of road connectivity in keeping with the mandates of a
Hem Lata Verma Nearly a century after it brought in an unprecedented boom in apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, Kotgarh in Shimla district is set to usher in yet another era of sweeping horticulture reforms. A first-of-its-kind
