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 …
The state government is not averse to setting up of a joint committee with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), which could meet frequently to solve the problems faced by entrepreneurs. This was stated by Chief Minister PK Kumar Dhumal while addressing captains of industries at a seminar organised by …
The Centre has approved a sum of Rs 72 crore for remodelling and augmentation of water supply scheme in the state capital for replacing old pipes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Giving this information in reply to a query about the grants received under JNNURM, Urban Development …
Despite being a major food producer India is lagging far behind in food processing with a global share of just 1.3 per cent, according to JP Maurya, industrial adviser to the union ministry of food processing.
Shimla: The report of the 13th Finance Commission has brought to fore a harsh reality that Himachal Pradesh has been lagging far behind in protecting green cover in comparison to other Himalayan states. It is quite embarrassing that the state, which has been projecting itself as a leader in preserving …
The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities. The government also revealed the poor condition of sewerage disposal in the town and stated that of the nearly …
Shimla: Fragrance of flowers produced in the hill state is spreading across the northern region as more and more farmers have been diversifying to floriculture from traditional crops. Floriculture has indeed made a headway over the past decade and it is today generating an economy of about Rs 28 crore …
More than 160 persons in the state capital have tested positive for hepatitis E --- a liver problem caused by consumption of water contaminated by sewerage --- since the outbreak of the disease in mid-January, according to officials.
It is said that old habits die hard, but the hill state is surging ahead on the path of becoming completely free from open defecation by the end of 2010. The state had started various programmes, schemes and sanitation awareness campaign in this direction, the results of which were now …
Shimla: The World Bank (WB) has in-principle agreed to sanction Himachal Pradesh a Development Policy Loan (DPL) of $450 million for sustainable environmental growth, keeping in view the record of the state on the environmental front. This was revealed by Chief Minister PK Dhumal after a meeting with the World …
The Shimla Municipal Corporation has proposed to hike the charges of drinking water by Rs 2.69 per kilo litre, supplied to over three lakh consumers of the town. The present rate of water in the town is Rs 4.24 per kilo liter, which is likely to go up to Rs …
With the rain and snow becoming increasingly scarce and irregular, the government has decided to expand irrigation facilities to help protect farmers from the vagaries of weather. Out of the total geographical areas of 55,672 sq km only 5.42 area is under cultivation due to the hill topography. Further, almost …
These villages co-own the drinking water schemes with IPH dept, decide tariff, bylaws The villages that once struggled to get quality drinking water and always looked towards the government
2 dead; state reels under severe cold, goes without power for long hours Heavy snow and rainfall continued across the state on the fourth consecutive day, cutting off many areas in the higher reaches. Traffic movement to Manali resumed on Tuesday evening after remaining cut off due to an avalanche …
Himachal Pradesh will install a fire alarm system in its forests to limit the damage to forests due to fires. A similar system is in place in MP . The system works on the pattern of GPS through remote sensing and would provide fire alert message quickly, Additional Chief Secretary, …
Precise characterization and inventorization of soil resource of Moolbari watershed was undertaken using satellite imagery and Survey of India toposheets to generate several layers of maps such as watershed boundary, drainage, soils, land use and land cover, physiography, slope and soil erosion using Geographic Information System technique.
An enchanting spectacle of over 42,000 common pochards at a single site near Haripur at the upper end of the sprawling Pong Dam Wetland was the highlight of the three-day winter bird count from January 15 to 17 during which a record number of 1,44,000 migratory winged visitors were enumerated. …
Shimla: Introduced as a cash crop to supplement the meagre income of farmers from small landholdings, mushroom cultivation has started suffering a decline over the past three years. The official data published in the economic review reveals that the production has declined from 4,318 tonnes in 2006-07 to 3,417 tonnes …
Acting on the directions of the High Court following a massive fire at the landfill site, the Forest Department has moved the case for diversion of nine hectares land at Baral village on the Tutu-Tara Devi bypass for scientific dumping of non-biodegradable waste. It was only yesterday that the Forest …
