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 …
willow trees are drying up in the Lahaul valley of Himachal Pradesh. The Himalayan Forest Research Institute (hfri), Shimla, says that in the past decade more than 3,000 trees have died from aphid attacks, monoculture plantations, old planting stocks, decrease in water flow, wrong choice of planting sites, rise in …
The proposed Rs 13,000-crore Khab Dam in Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh, which would have been the highest in India at 275 metres, has been shot down by the defence ministry because it is "too close to the Indo-China border'. The dam was proposed to protect the 1,500 MW Nathpa-Jhakri …
The present paper reviews recent developments in methodology for valuing the role of wetlands in supporting economic activity. The study brings out several issues related to conservation and management of the Pong Dam wetland. For the protection of aquatic biodiversity of the wetland, integrated management plans are required. The main …
Medicinal and aromatic plants are critical to Himachal Pradesh's rural economy. Twenty four of the 100 most important medicinal plant species traded in the country are found in the state. The state exports some 2,500 tonnes of medicinal plants and their parts. The legal annual trade in medicinal plants in …
in march 2006, Himachal Pradesh gave the go-ahead to proposals denotifying four sanctuaries and redrawing boundaries of 15 areas, including protected areas. Not surprisingly, the areas are required for either mining or hydro-electric projects or roads. Ridden by controversy The Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary in Shimla district is still caught up …
the Himachal Pradesh High Court recently ordered the expansion of Ranbaxy's fermentation plant in Ganguwala village in the Sirmaur district to be stopped. The order came after residents of the village filed a petition. Villagers alleged that the company was violating environment norms as well as the land laws of …
A local deity of villages in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh recently ordained that the construction of a hydroelectric power project should be stopped. Bowing to the divine importunations of Maheswar devta , the gram panchayats of Chagaon, Urni, Ula, Meeru, Punang and Choling villages denied clearance to Jaypee Karcham …
Surely chunks of solid earth on which we stand cannot drift easily about the surface of a water body. But floating islands do indeed exist on six of the seven continents and sometimes in the oceans between them. These islands are kept buoyant by the light spongy tissues of certain …
If the Indian paper industry has to grow exponentially, it must upgrade the quality of its product with one simple input: the increased use of pcc or precipitated calcium carbonate, which is found in abundance in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh or continue to face the threat of imported high …
Hathli is sub-tributary of river Beas in outer Himalayas. It is getting polluted due to wastewater of Hamirpur town in Himachal Pradesh, India. The pollution impact is severest in the low flow months. Steep slopes, pools, riffles and small waterfalls thus characterize the stream. the streambed consists of stones and …
Can a town be overweight? Shimla, capital of Himachal Pradesh, has managed to become just that. The load, as always, has been piling on over the years. In this case, storey by storey. The erstwhile summer capital of the British empire, once hailed as the Queen of Hill Stations, has …
on march 20, 2005, the Institute of Economic Growth (ieg) organised a seminar to gain an insight of issues pertaining to calculation of Net Present Value (npv) of forests. The matter has been debated ever since the Supreme Court (sc) called for a system on September 26, 2005, to evaluate …
Bhoomi, Karnataka: computerised 20 million records and fully implemented in all 177 talukas Tamil Nilam, Tamil Nadu: covers 206 talukas and provides additional services of birth/death certificate, old age pension particulars, etc. e-Dharni, Goa: computerised and digitalised and records Bhuyan, Chhattisgarh: fully implemented in 98 tehsils Apna Khata, Rajasthan: implemented …
the Himachal Pradesh forest department plans to denotify four sanctuaries in the state and redraw the boundaries of 15 others. Authorities say the move will rationalise protected areas in Himachal Pradesh. The sanctuaries to be denotified are Norgu in Chuhar valley, Darlaghat and Sili in Solan district, and Naina Devi …
people in the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh, near Manali, were summarily ordered by their multitude of gods to protect a swathe of land earmarked for a tourist resort at a somewhat bizarre ceremony. The reason was, from all accounts, that they inhabited that area, having presumably descended from their …
A blast at an illegal pharmaceutical unit in Solan in Himachal Pradesh recently has brought the issue of safety and pollution in residential areas to the forefront. The January 18, 2006, blast shook the nearby buildings, one of which developed cracks. Numerous illegal pharmaceutical units are situated amid the town's …
This book explores two principal contradictions in environmental politics in India--between conservation and large-scale development projects, and between short-term electoral politics and long-term imperatives of environmental conservation. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, north-western India, is home to the western Tragopan--an endangered pheasant. It shares its habitat …
