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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girdhari Lal Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding M/s. Devdham Cafe running without consent of the State Pollution Control Board. The Counsel appearing for the State submits that the hotel has been issued Notice by the …
The Himachal Pradesh forest department has planted around 87,000 saplings in the forest range of Parwanoo, Dharampur and nearby areas as compensatory afforestation, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) informed the National Green Tribunal on Thursday. NHAI’s counsel informed a Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar that around …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Counsel appearing for the NHAI upon instruction from Col. Ram Swarup Puri, RO-cum-Project Director, …
Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday called on Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave, in New Delhi and discussed various issues of environmental clearances particularly the issue of delegation of powers to the State Government to accord environmental clearance for all run-of-the-river …
Climate change is impacting apple cultivation, the mainstay of orchardists in Shimla, Kinnaur, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba, Sirmaur and Lahaul-Spiti, casting a shadow on production. The apple marketing season is at its peak, but the production is likely to dip this year and experts attribute it to climate change. “The production …
Himachal Pradesh government has set a target of planting over one crore saplings this year to increase the depleting green cover in the state. Himachal Pradesh was the first state in country to earn carbon credit. Accordingly, a sum of Rs 1.93 crore has been received from the central government …
The Forest Department has planted about 70,000 saplings of various medicinal and other species over an area of 123 hectares in lieu of axed trees for the four-laning of the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of the National Highway-22. The forest staff has undertaken this plantation over an area of 42, 41 and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girdhari Lal Vs. State & Others dated 04/08/2016 regarding constructions on the river bed of Beas, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the State of Himachal Pradesh to submit before the court on how hotel M/s. Devdham Café is being run right …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has the higher number of landslide prone or unstable zones among the north Himalayan states including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a report submitted in Parliament recently. As per the report, submitted on July 27 by YS Chowdary, minister of state for earth sciences, science …
"Time is not far away when people will have to carry oxygen cylinder", the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said, pulling up authorities in Himachal Pradesh for not planting a single tree after clearing a forest area for a road project. "Half of the country is facing floods and half …
Four-laning project already behind schedule due to bad weather The Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project has suffered a major setback with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a ban on the felling of trees. Against the target of 10 per cent, only 8 per cent work has been completed so far. “The …
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh high court has directed the chief secretary to ensure that a State Agriculture Commission is constituted, notified and made functional within a period of three months. The court has also directed the chief secretary to take up the matter again with the concerned ministry of the …
The population of the golden mahseer, a popular freshwater sport and food fish, is going to prosper in the rivers of Himachal Pradesh, with the state fisheries department succeeding in breeding it in captivity for the first time. Besides its rehabilitation and conservation, the breeding technology will turn out to …
State-level panel for implementation of Rs 20-cr Centrally aided project A state-level steering committee has been constituted for the implementation of the Rs 20 crore Centrally aided project obtained under the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC) by the Department of Environment, Science and Technology. Under the project, sanctioned …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Problem of fluoride contamination in drinking water in Himachal Pradesh, 25/07/2016. As reported by the States into the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry, as on 20/7/2016, the problem of excess fluoride in rural drinking water sources is reported by 17 …
Seeking to put at rest certain controversies pertaining to reports that the central government has allowed "killing" of animals to protect agricultural farms, new Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said "no such orders" have been given by the union government. "I want to make it clear that neither centre …
New Delhi: Releasing the report, "The State of Female Infanticide in Himachal Pradesh" (http://www.stopfemaleinfanticide.org/files/HimachalPradesh.pdf), Asian Centre for Human Rights stated that child sex ratio (CSR) has seriously declined from 982 females per 1000 boys (0-6 years) in 1971, the period before the use of the ultrasound machines for sex selection …
Manali: While a multi -function weather tower failed to come up at Marhi near Manali which can sense cloudbursts or flash floods to a large extent, people in Kullu are continuously living with the fear of natural calamities that cannot be forecast prior to damage. Nearly half the population in …
Recommends early implementation of relief, rehabilitation plan Paucity of funds for acquiring land for settling the displaced families is the biggest hurdle that is coming in the way of effective and speedy implementation of the relief and rehabilitation plan for the families facing displacement due to the coming up of …
Shimla: To overcome the problem of traffic jam and decongest the roads of Shimla town, the district administration is thinking of introducing the odd -even formula for vehicles. With a rise in the number of vehicles, including those of tourists, the town is witnessing traffic jams, and the problem aggravates …
