Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pratap Singh Vs Himanchal Pradesh Public Works Department & Others dated 25/11/2019 regarding cutting of trees during construction of road from Chirpurche onwards to Fochitang- Ramni in District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The applicant has alleged that forest clearance has been …
With a total headcount of 68,56,509, the latest Census reveals an appreciable decline in the decadal growth rate and a marked improvement in the key indicators like literacy and female sex ratio in the hill state. The decadal (2001-2011) growth rate came down to 12.81 from 17.54 (1991-2001), which was …
Shimla: Over 9,600 trees will face the axe for laying the transmission line for evacuating power from the 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo power project in Kinnaur, which is likely to start generation by June this year. In reply to a query during Question Hour in the assembly by Congress MLA …
With intermittent spells of rain and snowfall continuing for the last three days in Himachal Pradesh, there is no let-up in the prevailing cold conditions. While the pace of life in the higher reaches of Kullu, Shimla, Chamba, Kangra, Mandi and Kinnaur has been disrupted, the gripping cold has also …
The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh continued to receive snowfall on the second consecutive day today, leading to disruption of road traffic and life in many parts of the state. In Shimla district, after snowfall at Kharapatthar and Narkanda peaks, the Shimla-Rohru Road and the old Hindustan-Tibet Road leading to …
The Finance Ministry today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $208 million for the third tranche of the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program. According to a Finance Ministry statement, this facility is for a series of loans to provide funding for four hydropower …
Keeping in mind the cloudburst tragedy of Leh in 2010, experts from various fields studying changes in Himachal in relation to climate change have voiced common concerns about high-altitude areas of the state that have already thrown up alarming signals
A day after the first significant snowfall of the year, the city woke up to temperature below freezing point, frozen water pipes, slippery roads and stranded vehicles. The minimum temperature in Shimla at 5.30 am on Sunday was minus 3.3 degrees Celsius. Even with bright sunshine in the later part …
So far 81 people have died in the State due to the cold Snowbound:A locality at the Sangla Valley in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. New Delhi: Thirteen more people perished in Uttar Pradesh as the intense cold wave sweeping north India maintained its grip over the region, …
It was 3 pm. I was on top of a mountain in the middle of the only green expanse in the cold desert in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. For the last 50 km I saw only mountains of stones and sand, and I would see only desert for the …
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on December 18, 2006. It has also been called the "Forest Rights Act", the "Tribal Rights Act". The law concerns the rights of forest-dwelling communities to …
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
New Delhi: Reversing its earlier position, Himachal Pradesh has informed the Supreme Court that it would give 960-mw Jangi-Thopan and Thopan Powari power projects to Brakel Corporation and rejected the allegation of
Satya Devi’s 35 apple trees have borne few fruits this year. The 60- year-old blames it on too little moisture in the soil and too much dust in the air that settles on the leaves. The horticulture department of Hima chal Pradesh agrees. Construction of dams on the Sutlej in …
THE food inflation might be worrying the consumer, but apple prices are currently 35-40% less than the previous year, hovering at Rs 35-50 a kg in the retail market. Apart from the low quality of fruit, the availability of the mango crop in the market is also curtailing the price …
In the peak of June as tourists make a beeline for the interior villages of Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh, locals have no time to chat with them or pose for pictures.
The governments of the Himalayan hill-states and the international donor agencies have consistently advocated disbursal of funds for improvement of road connectivity in keeping with the mandates of a
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 …
Shimla: Over 2,000 tribals of Kinnaur today came out strongly against the hydroelectric projects on the Sutlej and termed these as a threat to environment and also a cause of concern for national security, being close to the Chinese border. A joint conference of project-affected people held a meeting at …
