Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
SHIMLA: The popular summer holiday-retreat township, also known for its Victorian architecture, is not the cleanest among all million plus and capital cities of India after all. Shimla has ranked 27th in the first ever cleanliness ranking of cities done under the Swachh Bharat Mission survey. It has got an …
The Shimla MC has been asked to submit a report by February 4. WITH CHANDIGARH receiving an additional 90 tonnes of garbage from Shimla, Solan and Baddi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Delhi Wednesday sought a status report from the Shimla Municipal Corporation asking when their garbage plant would …
Taking a cue from Delhi, the Shimla authorities are contemplating implementing odd-even vehicle number scheme to regulate traffic and check pollution, an official said on Wednesday. "If the plan is successful in Delhi, we are planning to introduce odd-even scheme to regulate traffic in Shimla too," Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar …
‘Consider implementing one-way traffic on Cart Road and Circular Road’ The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to take steps to reduce air and noise pollution in the State capital. The State has been ordered to impose Rs.500 as “green tax” on each vehicle emitting pollution …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to take a slew of steps aimed at reducting air and noise pollution in the state capital. The state has been ordered to impose Rs.500 as "green tax" on each vehicle emitting pollution on Shimla's restricted roads, including the …
SHIMLA: Other than tourists spots, Shimla, now has few "troubled" spots to add to the list. These spots are affected by monkeys,making areas in the city highly troublesome for the public. The city forest department with the help of a team of experts from Bengaluru will be taking charge of …
Pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the messy solid waste management in the capital, the fund-starved Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has zeroed in on the Rs 42 crore “waste to green energy” project at Bariyal out of the three proposals it has received from private players to …
Voicing concern over rapid construction activity in Shimla and its adverse affect on the ecology, the National Green Tribunal has constituted an expert committee to study forests, sewage system, water supply and carrying capacity strength of the hills. "The committee shall submit its report giving utmost priority to environment, ecology, …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh high court on Monday directed the HC appointed committee to submit its report on Shimla airport within one week. The high court had formed the committee to suggest and take steps to make Shimla airport operational as early as possible. The matter will be listed on October …
Himachal Pradesh high court Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir today flagged off the "clean Shimla drive" with a clarion call to make children aware about importance of cleanliness and environment. The rally, organised by HP State Legal Service Authority with the help of other government departments, started from historic Ridge …
The HP High Court today issued notices to the Central and state governments on the issue of exclusion of Shimla city from “Smart City Mission”. While issuing notices, a division bench comprising the Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary further directed Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban …
Close on the heels of the Himachal Pradesh high court ordering a ban on the registration of new vehicles without adequate parking space to show for them, the municipal corporation is all set to turn Shimla into a cycle city. Shimla has 80,000 registered vehicles while parking space is available …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yogendra Mohan Sengupta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding construction in the city of Shimla of Himachal Pradesh in relation to 17 green areas. The Tribunal in the present order noted that "despite our orders no study …
Dark streets in the capital city will be a thing of the past. Now these will be illuminated by LED lights through a smart streetlighting project launched here today by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Virbhadra named the project as the Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement on his …
The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has unearthed a “domestic water connection racket” run by hoteliers in connivance with a few officials of the civic body for decades. The hotels corner a major chunk of water supply through an illegal chain of multiple domestic water connections from the main pipeline right …
SHIMLA: Shimla would fancy its chances of becoming a 'carbon negative' city as municipal corporation has qualified for a project —Carbon Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory', implemented by ICLEI and United Nations (UN) Habitat. A team of International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) would visit Shimla in the first week …
City to get water from Kol Dam, improved sewerage system The Ministry of Economic Affairs has given its nod for Rs 643.06 crore projects. In the projects, Rs 335.77crore is for the Kol Dam lift drinking water scheme, Rs 136.93 crore for improving and plugging leakages in the city water …
In a race between 100 cities picked up from states and union territories across the country, only 20 will start their 'smart' journey this financial year. The remaining 80, in the proposed 100 smart city plan, will join the club in two equal batches of 40 each in the following …
Shimla’s 36-year-long wait for a development plan may finally end with the state government initiating the process for getting a document prepared which will regulate the haphazard growth of the town and have components like satellite township and decongestion plan. The growth of the town, facing serious traffic, civic and …
The symptoms of climate change were discussed during an interaction between a team from City of Boulder, Colorado (USA), which has been paired with Shimla under the CityLinks Climate Adaptation Partnership Programme (CAAP), funded by the USAID, with officials of the state government and the Shimla Municipal Corporation (MC) today. …
