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: To save the fragile ecology of the town from further degradation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a high-powered expert committee that will ensure that there is no further degradation of environment, ecology and natural resources of Shimla planning area. If anything comes to the notice of this …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh government has decided to develop five model eco villages in the state as eco village is an emerging concept in the process of being developed. Government intends to develop environment sustainable and ecologically oriented eco villages with the active collaboration with villagers to reduce the ecological footprints. …
Under pressure from the MLAs, the Cabinet, meanwhile, decided to process their case for allotment of land to the HP Legislators Coop Housing Society near Shimla Airport. This will be third such land allotment meant for MLAs and ex-MLAs. After a marathon meeting on Monday, the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet turned …
Sawra-Kuddu hydroelectric project (111 MW) today made a major breakthrough as it linked the two ends of 11.365 kilometres long underground tunnel, from the barrage to the power house. The river project is being constructed on river Pabbar, a tributary of Yamuna in Shimla district. The button for the last …
Himachal Pradesh has set up biodiversity management committees initially in 366 gram panchayats in biodiversity-rich Chamba, Kullu, Shimla, Sirmaur, Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts under a United Nations project. These committees have taken the initiative to document all biological diversity available in their respective areas, including traditional knowledge, by way of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on Its Own Motion Versus State of Himachal Pradesh dated 01/08/2017 regarding large scale illegal felling of trees near Tara Devi Temple, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The trees were of Deodar and Oak and were on a private property adjoining …
CHENNAI: Roiled by the heat of May, Indians tend to head for the hills this month but it is not as if the hill stations have been spared of the warming witnessed across the nation. In fact, long-term temperature records show that India’s hill stations are warming up faster than …
Residents allege contaminated water supply; unseasonal rain also suspected cause Hospitals in the capital town saw an unusual rush over the past one week with several hundred people testing positive for jaundice after allegedly consuming polluted water. People from numerous suburbs have now complained about the alleged supply of contaminated …
SHIMLA: While the Central government is targeting to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, Himachal Pradesh government has set the target for 2023 so that it becomes the first TB free state in the country. In Himachal, around 15,000 new cases of TB are registered every year, whereas around 9,000 TB …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Himachal Pradesh to file his …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Counsel appearing for the NHAI upon instruction from Col. Ram Swarup Puri, RO-cum-Project Director, …
Climate change is impacting apple cultivation, the mainstay of orchardists in Shimla, Kinnaur, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba, Sirmaur and Lahaul-Spiti, casting a shadow on production. The apple marketing season is at its peak, but the production is likely to dip this year and experts attribute it to climate change. “The production …
The water woes of the state capital and the suburbs may finally be addressed with the World Bank (WB) giving its nod for the taking up of the Rs 643 crore Kol Dam lift water supply scheme to cater to the growing needs of town and suburbs for the next …
Shimla: Twelve sites have been identified in the past three years for setting up of wind energy plants in Himachal Pradesh, state Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania informed the assembly on Tuesday. He said in a written reply that the sites were located in Kullu, Chamba, Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Shimla …
The reports on the jaundice outbreak in Shimla and Solan submitted to the state government by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have again exposed the systemic failure on part of state agencies and lack of testing facility for virus detection …
SHIMLA: This Himachal Pradesh capital on Thursday reported its first death due to jaundice that has gripped the city with more than 800 cases of the water-borne disease reported in the past few weeks, doctors said. The death of the 29-year-old woman due to jaundice was reported from the Indira …
More than 500 cases of jaundice have been reported from this Himachal Pradesh capital in the past few weeks and their number has been increasing each day, doctors said on Wednesday. Shimla civic authorities suspect that mixing of sewage with the potable water has caused the spread of the water-borne …
Shimla: On the issue of supply of contaminated water to residents in Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the concerned parties to file status report within two days. The court also appointed senior advocate Ramakant Sharma as amicus curiae to assist it in this matter. On Tuesday, …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred Sixty-ninth Report on "Environmental issues of Himachal Pradesh in General and Shimla in Particular". The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests undertook a study visit to Shimla from 14th …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today announced the setting up of a state-level committee headed by him with the Leader of Opposition and experts as its other members to explore ways and means to check the growing monkey menace in the state. The Chief Minister also announced in the Assembly that …