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: An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the entire rural Shimla district on Friday. According to the Met Department, its epicentre was at latitude 31.2 degrees North and longitude 78 degrees East. The area falls near Jubbal Kotkahi tehsil in this district. No loss of life or …
Rakesh Lohumi Acting swiftly on the complaints of local villagers, the state pollution control board today issued a show-cause notice to the Wildflower Hall hotel of the Oberoi chain on the outskirts of the city for flouting environmental norms and contaminating natural water sources by discharging partially treated sewage effluent …
Concerned over the failure of the state pollution control board to impose an effective check on polluting units in the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN), a local environment action group, Him Parivesh, has taken initiative to involve the affected people in monitoring of pollution levels. The group organised a three-day …
Hem Lata Verma Nearly a century after it brought in an unprecedented boom in apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, Kotgarh in Shimla district is set to usher in yet another era of sweeping horticulture reforms. A first-of-its-kind
Public opinion plays a vital role in the planning and management of wildlife. The present study explored the effects of habitat, residency, and gender on the opinions of people regarding human-monkey conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. For this purpose an opinion survey of 400 participants was conducted on: (a) …
Summer fires in the wooded areas and grasslands of Himachal Pradesh are nothing new, but long dry spells often turn the hills into a tinderbox. This year priceless forest wealth has been destroyed in more than 400 fire incidents in April alone. A view of the forest fire adjoining the …
Forests have been the key element in maintaining sustainability of many global phenomena. Human dependency on forests is both necessary and unavoidable and hence degradation of this natural resource is inevitable. The study aims to understand the change dynamics over past few decades in the Shimla district, using remote sensing …
With water sources drying up fast due to deforestation and excessive construction on the hills, environmentalists have raised the pitch for scrapping the Himachal Pradesh Apartment Regulation Act which has opened floodgates for colonisers. Vast stretches of once lush green hills have been transformed into veritable concrete jungles with clusters …
With the intention of having better connectivity, especially in the congested core area of the town, the government is exploring the possibility of having elevated rapid transport system, which will also prove to be a major attraction for tourists. Even as proposals to have aerial ropeways and tunnels to improve …
Of the 151 fire incidents reported in last one week, at least 95% were forest fires With the temperatures remaining nearly 10-12 degrees Celsius above normal, amid the extreme dry weather conditions, forest fires are spreading fast across the state. Nearly 150 fire incidents across six districts of the state …
The government has decided to implement MNREGA in the hill state on a massive scale to ensure that its benefits reached the maximum number of people. Stating this while presiding over the meeting of the Thadi panchayat in the Mashobra block, Rural Development Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the government …
After BJP legislator from Shimla Suresh Bhardwaj cornered the government over the issue of violations pertaining to constructions in the green belt of Shimla, the government assured to examine the case in which the promoter of Jagson ropeway project has built a house on the Jakhu hill. The area is …
The Jai Shri Baryogi Joint Action Committee, apex body of various local organisations opposing the cement plant being set up in the Karsog area by the multinational Lafarge company, has urged the government to review the decision in view of its adverse environmental fallout on ecologically sensitive area having a …
Official records show a downward trend of jaundice outbreak in the state capital, but regular reporting of cases has kept the health department on the tenterhooks. Though the frequency of cases reported in the hospitals has reduced as compared to January when the outbreak took place, danger still looms large. …
Shimla: Though summer is yet to set in officially, Shimla has recorded a sharp rise in maximum temperature, which shot eight to 10 degrees above normal. On Saturday, the hill station recorded an all-time high of 25.7 degree celsius this time of the year. It has triggered concern among environmentalists, …
