Chandigarh is among 25 states/UTs that failed to submit the action plan and may have to pay environmental compensation of Rs 1 crore. In a bid to make Chandigarh completely plastic-free, the Department
Villagers question logic behind giving water to Delhi by submerging Himachal
Kinnow growers in Abohar have been forced to switch to cultivating vegetables; houses in villages have developed cracks
Making sweeping changes in the state
Continuous damage to standing crops due to intrusions by blue bulls (nilgai) in several villages in the Shivalik foothills has forced the state government to relax the norms and allow killing of the animal. The permission will apply only to the areas falling under the forest divisions of Una, Bilaspur, Nurpur (Kangra), Paonta and Nalagarh.
The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities.
44-day Budget Session of Assembly gets under way Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh has set the agenda for an all-round development and faster growth of the state, without disturbing its fragile ecology. She said she wanted to see Himachal as a star performer in the field, not only among the hill states, but also in the country.
A 30-year-old patient of swine flu was admitted in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla on Tuesday. Roshan Lal, a resident of Rohru, had got his swab sample tested, which confirmed swine flu, said officials of the health department
Power surplus in 3 yrs
In a setback to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, legal experts have shot down its proposal to apply for certified emission reduction credits (CER). The civic body was contemplating applying to the United Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change for CERs and had sought legal opinion on the issue.
The 28th national workshop on clinical pharmacology, organised by the Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, began on Monday. Nearly 65 delegates from across the country and Nepal are participating in the weeklong workshop.
