Nahan, September 18: Chief Minster Virbhadra Singh today directed officials to inquire into allegations of encroachments on forest land by Asaram Bapu’s trust in Kunja Madralia village in Paonta Sahib sub-division where an ashram had been constructed. The issue was brought to his notice by media persons here today during …
Nahan, September 18: Chief Minster Virbhadra Singh today directed officials to inquire into allegations of encroachments on forest land by Asaram Bapu’s trust in Kunja Madralia village in Paonta Sahib sub-division where an ashram had been constructed. The issue was brought to his notice by media persons here today during …
Shimla, May 26: With the vulture population in the state going up from a mere 30 to 800 in the last one decade, the wildlife wing of the Forest Department has decided to identify new protected areas and set up vulture restaurants for the natural scavengers whose number had plummeted. …
Notwithstanding the implementation of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, the measure has failed to check overexploitation of groundwater due to limited usage. The Act is being implemented only in eight civil subdivisions, which are Solan and Nalagarh in Solan district, Nahan and Paonta …
The much revered Markanda river, which finds mention in the ancient Hindu scriptures, has come under a threat from the unplanned industrial growth in the neighbouring Nahan town of Himachal Pradesh. With a number of multinational companies setting up units there, huge quantities of effluents are being released into the …
Shimla: Forest fires in Himachal Pradesh have destroyed more than 20,000 acres of forest land and caused a loss of more than Rs 2.6 cr of green property in three weeks. The fires, which first started in the Hamirpur circle, were later also reported in the forests of Shimla, Nahan …
Focus On Displacement & Loss Of Green Cover New Delhi: So far Delhiites have been concerned with the refusal of environment clearance to the Renuka dam as that means a serious water crisis for the city. Now antidam voices generating from the Nahan district in Himachal Pradesh, home to the …
The widening of the Kumarhatti-Nahan state highway under the World Bank will entail a huge environmental cost as 11,606 trees are being felled to widen the carriageway. Under the project, the existing single lane of 72.73 km is being widened and strengthened at a cost of Rs 142.22 crore. Forest …
Nahan: Setting the tone for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections, Chief Minister Professor Prem Kumar Dhumal today urged the people to vote for BJP candidates in the Lok Sabha elections to help form a BJP-led Government at the Centre and ensure unhindered development. He was addressing a massive gathering at Nahan …
Nahan, Trees in various parts of Sirmour district are being cut for construction of roads, without the approval of the authorities concerned. The state High Court had passed orders that no green tree would be axed without the permission of the Union government and Ministry of Forest Department, but no …
Nahan - Water supply to Nahan town has been disrupted since Saturday due to a disruption in the Khairi drinking water supply scheme. Water supply to residents has been rationed, forcing people to carry water from handpumps. The authorities informed the residents through public announcements that they should limit their …
