Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Shimla: Major players in the power sector are in the race for 18 hydroelectric projects with the aggregate generation capacity of 1385.5 MW for which global bids have been invited by the government. Companies eyeing stakes in the booming hydropower sector in the state include like Reliance Power, Essar Energy, …
In April 2010, panchayats of five villages in Chamba district had rejected the proposal of GMR to shift the location of its mega hydel project at Bajoli Holi. GMR had proposed to shift the location of this 180 MW project from the right bank of Ravi river to the left …
Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has come out with an Rs 4,668-crore integrated watershed management perspective (IWMP) plan for treatment of 31,12,472 hectare in the state. Highly placed official sources told FE that
Himachal Pradesh Forest department has taken up an ambitious project to save Chilgoza trees, a valuable non-wood forest trees found only in Kinnaur and some parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. Dr Rinki Sarkar, a noted social economist and visiting fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary …
On 14 February, 2010 activists of the "Saal Ghaati Bachao Sangarsh Morcha" were subjected to unprovoked and armed attacks by goondas of the contractors of the Hull I hydropower project of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. This attack was to scare the people who had opposed this project since 2005 …
Three persons were buried alive under an avalanche and three others were injured at Hudan Bhatori, a remote tribal village in Pangi valley of the district, Resident Commissioner (RC) of Pangi Gopal Chand said today. The RC said the deceased had been identified as Amar (56), Prem Raj (20) and …
The proposed project by GMR Bajoli Holi Power Pvt. Ltd. is located in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh and is one of the projects that are being developed in Ravi River basin. Ravi River is one of the four major river systems of Western Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh, the other …
All mega cement plants, except one, coming up in the state have fallen well behind schedule due to problems in acquisition of land, opposition from local people and failure of the promoters obtain various mandatory clearances. The only exception is the cement plant being set up at Bagha in Solan …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project has caused the Himachal Pradesh gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to shoot upto 9 per cent. The watershed project has been launched in the State by the World Bank. A recently released report on the implementation of Mid-Himalayan development project …
In the wake of recent viral infection, nearly 200 patients have reportedly been affected with the outbreak of diarrhoea in different parts of the district. This was stated by health services joint director Dr Vinod Pathak, who is also looking after the charge of Chief Medical Officer of Chamba district, …
The World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has started making a positive impact on the quality of life of the people. The Rs 365-crore project has, over the past three years, increased returns from farmland and solved the problem of fuel and fodder to a large extent. According to a …
Bimlo Devi, like any other woman of Sherpur Village in Chamba District, would wake up before dawn and trek almost eight kms of hilly forest terrain every day to get fodder for her cattle. This daily grind had left the village women folk with little time to attend to other …
An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude on Richter scale hit Kangra valley this evening. Sources available here told The Tribune that the epicentre of the quake was in the Bharmour area of Chamba district. The quake started at 4.37 pm and its aftershocks were still being felt on the Richter scale …
Chamba: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is currently spending nearly Rs 60 crore on construction and widening of roads, including bridges, besides environment management plans in Chamba district. According to official sources, the widening of 46-km Jarangala to Kharamukh tribal highway was in full swing for which Rs 16.04 …
With a view to providing accurate information about the weather forecast to the people of the state, the Meteorological Department has planned to set up 22 automatic meteorological centres in the state. With this, the entire information about the weather forecasts will be made available through the satellite. The recent …
Dalhousie: The Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY) launched in Chamba district is a major contribution of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre. MP Chander Kumar claimed this while addressing a series of election rallies in the Dalhousie and Bhattiyat assembly constituencies. Taking credit of the prestigious scheme in …
The upper Manali region experienced a fresh spell of snowfall, while the lower parts of the areas were lashed by rain on today. This brought the temperature substantially down in the region. The higher reaches in the Kullu area, including Rohtang Pass, Pir Panjal ranges, Chanderkhani Pass, Hamata ski slopes, …
