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 …
Monsoon session of Vidhan Sabha from Aug 23 to 31 The monsoon session of the Vidhan Sabha will be held here from August 23 to August 31. The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting here. The Cabinet decided to allot Duggar hydro electric project with capacity of 449 MW …
Heavy rain threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the state, triggering landslides, uprooting trees and disrupting power supply. About six roads in the interior areas of Sirmaur were blocked due to landslides and a car was washed away on the Dadahu-Koti-Deman road. Hundreds of vehicles and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/07/2018 regarding dumping of plastic waste in River Ashwani Khud in in Himachal Pradesh which had supplied drinking water to the city of Shimla till last year. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/07/2018 regarding large scale unchecked damage to the environment on account of forest fires specially in the States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Counsel for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chand Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 16/07/2018 regarding hotels operating in the city of Kullu without following the environmental norms. The Counsel for the State of Himachal Pradesh submits that the reports submitted so far covered …
As many as 126 cases of dengue have been reported from Bilaspur while 52 in Parwanoo in Solan, Joint Director, Directorate of Health Services, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta said. A National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) team has been camping in Himachal Pradesh since Sunday after over 150 dengue cases …
SHIMLA: The local traders have welcomed the Himachal Pradesh government's recent notification of banning the use and sale of thermocol cutlery across the state. To save the environment from degradation, governor, Acharya Devvrat, on Saturday banned the use of thermocol cutlery, including cups, plates, glasses and spoons or any other …
With over 110 confirmed dengue cases reported in less than a week from the town of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, a central team is reaching there to deal with the situation, officials said on Sunday. However, no death has been reported so far. "A team deputed by Union Health Minister …
Surge in cases in last one week; 8 more test positive on Thursday As many as 96 persons have tested positive for dengue in Bilaspur till Thursday. However, most of the cases have been reported in the last one week. The first dengue case was detected on May 26. A …
SHIMLA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is not happy with the status report filed by the Himachal Pradesh government on pollution at Rohtang Pass. Rejecting the report, the Tribunal gave the state government one week’s time to either supplement the report filed so far or file a fresh one. “We …
In water-scarce Shimla, where energy ministers from across India flew to discuss woes of the power sector, the host state pushed for immediate and long-term reforms in the hydro power sector. Along with other hydro rich states, Himachal Pradesh asked the government to give hydro power the same status, priority …
Himachal Pradesh government will soon study the vulnerability of all villages of the state towards climate change after which adaptation projects would be carried out. Informing about the development during a workshop in Dharamshala, Special Secretary cum Director, Environment Science and Technology department D C Rana said while the area …
SHIMLA: Three hydel power projects — Renuka dam, Kishau dam and Jispa dam — have seen no progress in the past three years, thus affecting power production in Himachal Pradesh and water and power needs in states like Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Rajasthan. Himachal Pradesh, where these projects would be …
“Of total 21, which were taken up for discussions to remove all hurdles,11 projects ( 339 MW) were at the execution stage and 10 others had not made any progress for years. A total of 21 hydel projects with an installed capacity of 684 MW, which had been stuck for …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh's plans to harness hydropower in a big way have received a jolt with investors reluctant to take up projects. The directorate of energy had invited global bids for 28 hydropower projects on a build own operate and transfer (BOOT) basis with June 19 as the last date …
SHIMLA: With a ban on thermocol cups and plates coming into force in Himachal Pradesh on June 5, the district administration of Sirmaur is planning to rope in self-help groups for producing traditional “pattals” (plates made of dried leaves). Sirmaur deputy commissioner Lalit Jain said they were expecting the demand …
Shimla's story from natural streams to water shortages is also the tale of indiscriminate constructions that turned the summer retreat of the then British rulers into a concrete jungle in the past few decades. Not many people know today that buried under the structures and layers of time is the …
The parched Himachal Pradesh capital is daily losing more than five million litres (MLD) of potable water because of various reasons, including leakages and theft, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed on Monday. Shimla is facing a water crisis almost a month now. Still a majority of localities are getting …
Union Ministry rushes team of experts to Shimla to trace origin of the virus The Centre on Tuesday confirmed the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Himachal, with two children from Solan district testing positive for the mosquito-borne viral infection of the brain. Both children are currently in Indira Gandhi Medical …
With rapid melting of glaciers in the Himalaya region, water level of Beas has increased manifold, prompting the dam authorities of Larji and Pandoh dams to open its floodgates to release additional water. The dam authorities have raised an alert for the residents and the tourists visiting in the region …
