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 …
Having overcome teething troubles organic farming has finally started making headway in the hill state with more and more farmers securing the mandatory
The total number of deaths in Himachal due to swine flu has risen to six, forcing health authorities to launch a fresh information and education campaign with active involvement of private practitioners and hoteliers, especially in view of the tourist season. A 56-year-old priest of the nearby Junga area, who …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project has caused the Himachal Pradesh gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to shoot upto 9 per cent. The watershed project has been launched in the State by the World Bank. A recently released report on the implementation of Mid-Himalayan development project …
Two fresh cases of swine flu have been detected in the district in the last three days, which has taken the toll of swine flu patients to seven in the district so far. The first case was detected at Dagshai Public School where a student who had gone back to …
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening. The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr …
The Union Ministry of Power has approved a loan of Rs 81.07 crore for upgradation of power infrastructure to help reduce energy losses of 14 major towns of the state under the restructured accelerated power development and reform programme. The funds will be utilised by the state power utility to …
Joining issue with villagers of 10 panchayats, the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan has also lent support to the cause of villagers who are opposing the 30 MW captive thermal plant being set up at Bagheri by the JP Associates. This organisation was a coalition of environment activists and community movement leaders …
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.
Even as the Jay Prakash Associates (JPA) has moved an application for seeking environment clearance of a captive thermal plant at Bhagheri, villagers have joined hands to oppose it tooth and nail. Coming forward to register their protest a local NGO, Himparivesh, has openly denounced any such move and has …
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 present investigation was carried out to study the distribution of biomass in different land uses viz., chir pine, ban oak, deodar, other broadleaves, culturable and un-culturable land uses, distributed in five forest ranges i.e., Dharampur, Parwanoo, Solan, Kandaghat and Subathu along altitudinal gradient from 900 to 2100 of Solan …
A study was conducted to assess the oil content variation in Jatropha curcas seeds collected from seven sites varying in altitude and at different fruit maturity stages from wasteland and cultivable land.
While the forest department had published new maps of sanctuaries in the state, the proposal for rationalisation of these protected wildlife areas has not been cleared by the Centre so far. The final clearance will be subject to the report of the team visiting the state from April 16. The …
The state electricity board today disconnected power connection of two industrial units, Rama Steel at Jharmajri and Affi Pharmaceuticals at Thana, in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area after these were found erring on pollution-control norms. The steel unit was reportedly given an opportunity to rectify the lapses as, during a surprise …
Solan: The current spell of rainfall and snow in the upper and middle hills of Himachal Pradesh may translate into some respite for farmers and orchardists who are grappling with the impact of five long months of dry winter. The last rain in the region was recorded at 10.4 mm …
A team of the state pollution control board raided an industrial unit at Malpur village in the Baddi industrial area here today and ordered to stop production work there. The unit was reportedly operating without requisite
Solan: In preventive action against possible forest fires, the Forest Department has launched a campaign to educate masses about safety measures needed. Contact programmes to spread awareness about the Himachal Pradesh Forests (protection from fire) Rule, 1999, are being organised, with the help of panchayats and mahila and yuvak mandals. …
Solan: Emulating the theme of environment and global warming, a group of Swedish painters today organised an art workshop to create awareness among the people at the Victoria Continental Inn, near Dharmapur. Secretary to the Chief Minister BK Aggarwal and Solan DC Amandeep Garg inaugurated the workshop which witnessed the …
