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 …
American and Norweigian wildlife experts will help the Forest Department in mapping the sites where leopard attacks have been common. This will enable the department to prepare a baseline data on man-animal conflict. The Wildlife wing of the department will undertake a five-year study (2013-2018) in collaboration with experts from …
Taking a serious note on the issue of non-forest activity or construction in forest areas, particularly McLeodganj and Rivalsar (Mandi), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restrained any person from carrying any non-forest activity or construction in the forest areas of the two towns. While holding a circuit court sitting at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishik Rai Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/09/2013 regarding pollution being caused in river Beas and its tributaries and the entire district of Kullu and Mandi by burning biomedical waste.
With the new Companies Act, 2013, making it mandatory for all the companies with a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or net profit of Rs 5 crore or more to earmark 2 per cent of their net profit for the preceding three years on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the state …
Conservationists, who raised voice against the killing of two leopards in Mandi by the hunter authorised by the Wildlife Department of the state, have alleged that the orders were fudged by certain officials of the department to cover up their mistake. A wildlife activist while talking to The Tribune said …
The flash flood triggered by landsides inundated 10 shops in the Bagi bazaar and washed away 12 bighas of land in Mandah and Baha villages in the Shegli gram panchayat in the Kataula area in Drang last night. The flash flood struck a second time in 10 days, wreaking havoc …
Mandi, June 20: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today released Rs 10 crore to provide immediate relief to victims and the Border Roads Organisation for the restoration work on the Hindustan-Tibet Road till Reckong Peo and airlifting of 400 stranded persons in the next two days. Reviewing a high-level officials' meeting …
Shimla, May 26: With the vulture population in the state going up from a mere 30 to 800 in the last one decade, the wildlife wing of the Forest Department has decided to identify new protected areas and set up vulture restaurants for the natural scavengers whose number had plummeted. …
The final Census data has brought out an overall improvement in sex ratio in the state from 968 to 972 over a decade, but a declining trend in the rural areas is a cause of concern. While the sex ratio in urban areas increased from 795 to 853, it came …
Shimla, May 17: The state will import new and healthy genetic strains of trout from countries like Norway and Hungary with advice from experts at the Directorate of Cold Water Fisheries at Nainital so as to enhance its trout production. The State Fisheries Department has approached the Indian Council of …
The state Wildlife Department will get a fresh population estimation of leopards, snow leopards and monkeys done with the help of experts who will suggest ways and means to reduce man-animal conflict resulting in increased attacks by wild animals. Experts from an NGO headed by Vidya Athreya, a wildlife biologist, …
Keen to take advantage of the decision of the United Progressive Alliance regime to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the housing sector, the state government plans to set up satellite townships in the public private partnership mode. The Urban Development Department and the Town and Country Planning Department have …
An earthquake rocked the Kangra valley at 5:51 pm today. It measured 3.6 on the Richter scale and lasted five seconds. Its epicentre was in the Kangra mountains. The impact was experienced in Kangra, Chamba and Mandi districts. No loss of life or property was reported from any part of …
Parts of North India received heavy rain which claimed 18 lives in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours even as a cloudburst washed away many shops and vehicles in Himachal Pradesh. Ten persons died in Gorakhpur followed by three each in Lakhimpur and Amethi and two in Basti in …
The decision of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to bring in mandatory certification of steel and steel products has left small and medium business outfits engaged in steel re-rolling and induction furnaces in Punjab under stress. The guideline was implemented from September 12 and all units have to conform …
Mandi: A number of roads in areas around Mandi town remained closed for hours due to landslides, triggered by rain, in the last 24 hours. Passengers remained stranded at Dagain Nullah near Dharampur on the Mandi-Sandhol state highway, at Guma on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway and at Duad and Saat …
In a new initiative, residents here have demanded that Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) should set up a small dam downstream on the Beas to revive “local ecology and ancient bathing ghats which had been destroyed by the silt ejected by the 990-MW Beas project since June 1977 when the …
Sundernagar: KK Ohja, Additional General Manager (AGM), Kol Dam Hydropower project, said with the kind cooperation of the state government and residents living in the vicinity of 800-MW Kol Dam, the project work would be completed by 2013. He said majority of the project works was likely to be completed …
MANALI: Fresh snow has blocked highways and snapped power in many areas of Kullu, Mandi and Lahaul & Spiti districts. Commuters and tourists are being forced to wade through blankets of snow, though snowplows have been in operation for long. There seems to be no end to the snow blizzard …
