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: The European Union (EU) has approved a Rs 7-crore city sanitation project for the state capital along with capacity building and awareness in four other municipalities in Himachal Pradesh. The erstwhile summer capital of the British, a pale shadow of its glorious past, was ranked at the 293rd position …
The hill state of Himachal Pradesh known for its scenic beauty has emerged as one of the popular destination to foreign tourists, mainly form the US, UK, France and Australia with the state recording the arrival of nearly five lakh tourists from these countries last year. Since foreigners love adventure …
Despite the slowdown, hill stations of Himachal Pradesh attracted nearly 5 lakh foreign tourists in 2011, an increase of more than 30,000 than the previous year. A total of 4.85 lakh foreign tourists visited Himachal in 2011 as against 4.53 lakh in 2010, an increase of 32,000 tourists, according to …
If you are planning to drive to Shimla after April 1, be prepared to shell out more, as the Shimla Municipal Corporation proposes to levy green fee on vehicles not bearing Himachal Pradesh registration numbers. While four-wheelers will be charged Rs 200 per entry, two-wheelers will be made to pay …
With pressure mounting on the government to grant “limited” relaxations for new constructions in Shimla’s green belt — where construction work was banned in 2000 — Himachal Pradesh government may waive off certain restrictions for the residents affected by the ban. At least six dozen plot holders, who could not …
Power projects to store water for peak-load requirement during daytime. Diverted from their natural course and buried in tunnels to generate power, major rivers in the state are bound to go nocturnal during the lean period with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) allowing independent power producers to “over-design” power projects …
Himachal Pradesh’s wildlife department has successfully tracked its radio-collared birds to Mongolia, the Caspian Sea, Bangladesh and Siberia, marking a major breakthrough in its pilot project to study the behavior and migration pattern of birds that visit the Pong Dam Lake. Four out of 12 birds that had been fitted …
Shimla: The government has proposed a Rs 3,700-crore annual plan for 2012-13, an increase of 12.12 per cent over the current year’s plan of Rs 3,300 crore. Stating this while initiating discussions with MLAs for finalising the priorities here today, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the growth rate at 9.5 …
Keen on taking advantage of the national solar mission, the public sector Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) will make a foray into the renewable energy sector with a pilot solar power project in the state, to be set up alongside the Nathpa Jhakri project. Pilot Project The pilot project will …
Shimla: The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 74.24 crore for the remaining 37 roads and bridges in different parts of the state. Stating this here yesterday, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he had received a communication from Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh in this regard. He said …
Shimla: The Himachal Seb Utpadak Sangh has urged the government to take immediate steps to protect the interests of apple growers who will be exposed to international competition with the abolition of 52 per cent import and custom duty on apple from 2012-13 under the WTO agreement. Secretary of the …
Shimla: It has been a year of mixed fortunes for farmers with the state recording an all-time high rabi and kharif production and the lowest apple output since 1999. The government took a major initiative to promote sustainable and environment-friendly agriculture and horticulture in the ecologically fragile hill state by …
Shimla: Chief Minister PK Dhumal today said Himachal was not opposed to the proposed Right to Food Security Act provided it did not entail any financial liability on the state government, which was often burdened with the task of implementing central schemes at the cost of its own projects. He …
Concerned over the fast-depleting reserves of the chilgoza pine forests the government has decided to formulate a 10-year action for the conservation, regeneration and sustainable management of the endangered species. Pinus gerardiana for botanists and commonly known as neoza pine the nut- bearing tree species is being pushed towards extinction …
In less than three years, more than 9,500 polyhouses have replaced ‘terraces’ on nearly 100 hectares of cultivable land on the slopes of Himachal Pradesh. The innovative and lucrative method of farming inside polyhouses to grow vegetables has turned out to be ideal in harsh winters when little cultivation is …
The winter is shrinking and the overall precipitation during the season, particularly snow, is decreasing at an alarming rate in the “Queen of Hills”, making a White Christmas and a White New Year for which it has been famous, a rarity in recent years. The disastrous impact of excessive and …
The creation of an agency for the scientific validation and certification of organic produce, introduction of diploma courses in organic agriculture in the two farm universities and providing support services to farmers for the switchover are the main features of the policy approved by the government to boost organic farming …
With no rain since the second week of September, the protracted dry spell is giving sleepless nights to farmers in the hill state, a majority of whom have already completed the sowing of rabi crops. Barring plains like Una and some other pockets, which have assured irrigation, sowing has been …
The implementation of the Rs 85-crore apple rejuvenation project to replace old and senile plantations with new high-yielding varieties will finally commence this winter. Learning from the mistakes of the past when growers neglected pollinating varieties and mostly planted commercial varieties, the Horticulture Department has made it mandatory to have …
The residents of four panchayats in the tribal district of Kinnaur have once again boycotted the electoral process for electing their Panchayati Raj Institutions' representatives. Not a single inhabitant of the 22 wards in these panchayats came to file nominations even on the last day, officials said. There are 3,326 …
