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 …
Solan: Apart from their brilliant academic track records Ankit Chaudhary, Rajinder Rana, Anchal, Devi, Anjali and a bunch of others like them in Nauni, a picturesque town nestled in Solan, 45km from Shimla, have one more thing in common. They are all workers labouring under NREGA.
The hill state has been, so far, free from the H1N1 virus, though there were two cases of suspected contact with infected persons which only caused a false alarm. State surveillance officer Dr Vinod Mehta said all 12 district hospitals and two government medical colleges at Shimla and Tanda had …
Scientists are trying to protect a traditional rice variety that is on the verge of extinction in Himachal Pradesh. The red rice is more disease-resistant and hardier than strains cultivated commercially over most of India and can lend that through cross-breeding. Rice grown in Himachal Pradesh. Inset: a preparation of …
The initiative taken by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in collaboration with Coke India Limited to create awareness and educate the hotel industry about the need to conserve water turned out to be a wasteful exercise as only a handful of hoteliers attended the event. The CII had invited …
Rakesh Lohumi The hype created by the government over the proposed ban on polythene bags and other plastic wares notwithstanding, the environemtntally-sensitive hill state has a dismal track record in solid-waste management. Hundreds of tonnes of garbage, generated daily by the 56 urban habitations in the state, is dumped on …
Even though the estimated population of the snow leopard in Himachal is barely 15, encouraged by spotting of the animal by locals as well as wildlife staff in Spiti the government has sent a Rs 1.50 crore action plan to the Centre for protecting the highly endangered animal. It is …
Shimla: The categorical statement of Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that replacing polythene bags with paper was not an eco-friendly solution, has put a damper on the state
The euphoria over improvement in the imbalanced sex ratio at birth has proved to be short-lived for the hill state. Though the sex ratio at birth is looking up, but what is more disturbing is the fact that the infant mortality rate (IMR) has shown a decline, indicating that if …
In Himachal, climate change is precipitously here-and-now---- In nearly 500 km of meandering through the Solan, Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh, on National Highway 22, and off it, it's a 17 km detour off Jeori to picturesque Sarahan. Not very far from the exquisite Bhimakali temple is a …
The tiny hill State of Himachal, with difficult topography and limited irrigation sources, is heading towards a silent green revolution by adopting precision farming practices for production of cash crops and polyhouse cultivation and diversification of agriculture through micro-irrigation. The about Rs 353 crore Pt Deen Dayal Kissan - Bagwan …
Himachal Government has prepared an ambitious plan to connect all villages with road, having a population of over 250 people, by 2010 and improve overall connectivity by building a network of National and State highways and arterial roads, Public Works Minister Gulab Singh Thakur said on Friday. Thakur said villages …
Shimla: The monsoon has finally arrived but the low offtake of fertilisers, particularly urea because of the prolonged dry spell, continues to be a matter of concern to the state. Till June 30, about 10,000 tonnes of fertiliser had been lifted by farmers as against the normal 30,000 to 35,000 …
With the water level in all sources being drastically reduced, the local municipal corporation (MC) has been forced to start rationing of water as the delayed monsoons have made the situation grim. The water supply position in the state capital is the worst this summer as the supply being given …
Facing serious space constraint coming in the way of its expansion plans, the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) will approach the High Court to seek permission for felling of trees so that construction could be undertaken to have more accommodation. With serious space limitation, expansion plans of the premier medical …
There has been little expansion of the rail network in Himachal Pradesh since Independence and almost all projects, except the Nangal-Talwara rail link, being pursued by the state government, have not gone beyond survey work. Work on the 86-km Nangal-Talwara rail link has been progressing at a snail
A high-powered team of Commerce and Industry Ministry would visit Himachal Pradesh within two weeks to hold talks with senior State Government officers to study the industrial growth potential of and make suitable recommendations for providing incentives, Union Minister Anand Sharma said on Sunday. Talking to mediapersons here he said …
Swarleen Kaur Chandigarh: In a move that would boost the economy of Himachal Pradesh, the state Cabinet has given its nod to the Rs 142-crore road-widening project. The 72-km stretch from Kumarhatti to Nahan would be widened and strengthened under the World Bank-aided project, which would link the Kalka-Shimla road …
