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 …
Even four months after the public hearing on the Himalayan Ski Village (HSV) was held, the government is dithering to take a final decision over the issue even though the report with inputs from various departments has been finalised. The secretary (tourism) who is the chairperson of the high-powered committee, …
Shimla: Thousands of precious green trees will be saved from the axe every year with the state government approving new timber distribution (TD) rules to rationalise allotment of trees to right-holders on the directions of the Himachal High Court. Under the new rules, villagers will not be allotted standing trees …
Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta yesterday requested the Centre to formulate a separate policy for food processing industry for hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view typical and uniform geographical and topographical conditions of these states. While speaking at the first meeting of States Food …
Express News Service A 16th century castle in Kargil, a 17th century monastery in Ladakh, a historic civic centre in Shimla and a palace in Uttar Pradesh figure in the list of 93 heritage sites in 47 countries which the world is at the risk of losing. The list
Notwithstanding the sustained campaigns launched by the Government to create awareness about AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), the number of AIDS cases is on rise in Himachal Pradesh. At present there were 3,530 HIV positive cases (detected till March 2009) of which 608 were full blown AIDS cases. The Government …
Facing huge financial losses on account of disruption in generation due to excessive silt and ensuring the mandatory 15 per cent water discharge, the Satluj Basin, Forum of Hydro Power Producers have sought the holding of a cumulative impact study to assess the problem. The issue of ensuring 15 per …
The Union Ministry of Power has approved a loan of Rs 81.07 crore for upgradation of power infrastructure to help reduce energy losses of 14 major towns of the state under the restructured accelerated power development and reform programme. The funds will be utilised by the state power utility to …
Shimla: The State-level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority cleared 13 new industrial projects and five expansion proposals involving an investment of Rs 330 crore and having a potential to create employment for 2,017 persons. The main projects included second unit of Reddy
With apple production down to almost half, the Horticulture Department has now laid thrust on replacing the existing apple trees with American rootstock, which will not only help increase production, but also enhance quality. Out of a total of 94,000 hectares under apple cultivation in the state, almost 25 per …
A two-day apple festival-09-cum-conference on apple and stone fruits will be organised here on October 3 by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with the state government. This was decided at a meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop. The festival is being …
Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged the Centre to bring crop protection from wild animals under ambit of NREGA as farmers are suffering huge losses on this account. He raised this issue in a meeting with Central Rural Development Minister CP Joshi at a high-level meeting in Delhi today. He …
Harvesting of apple has picked up belatedly with over 500 fruit-laden trucks leaving the state for various markets over the past two days. The drought-like conditions prevailing for most of the year had severely affected the crop and growers had delayed harvesting in the hope that rains during monsoon will …
Shimla: Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has called upon non-government organisations and voluntary agencies to take up afforestation drive in a big way to help combat climate change. Addressing a public meeting at Nehra in Shimla(rural) subdivision after planting a sapling of 'Deodar' at a plantation programme organised by the …
Shimla : The Union Ministry of Renewable Energy has agreed in principle to develop Shimla and Hamirpur towns as solar cities and Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, and National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, as energy parks. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to stop construction work at the Parbati Stage-II site (Kullu) till further orders. While passing this interim order, the court observed that visual impression of the photographs annexed with the petition showed that debris had been thrown …
The government has posed the Rs 1197.60 crore Pabbar gravity drinking water scheme to the World Bank for funding to cater to the water requirement of the state capital for the next 35 years. This was stated by Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Ravinder Ravi in reply to a …
