Marginal relief from cold wave in state
Biting cold wave conditions abated in the state as the minimum temperature increased by a few notches and the weather remained dry due to overcast skies. Higher reaches in tribal areas of Keylong,...
View ArticleCement plant forced to scale down operations
The Darlaghat-based cement plant of Ambuja Cements Limited (ACL) has been forced to shut its operations since Monday following pending clearance of its mining lease. The action follows the issuance of...
View ArticleHearing on industrial pollution
Nearly 50 per cent of the 2,063 units operating in the state are working without valid consent, thus adding to pollution in industrial areas. As per a report compiled by NGO "Him Dhara", the State...
View ArticleAfter drawing flak, pollution control board devises strategy
The state Pollution Control Board is finally devising a strategy to deal with the situation in the state's industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN). The move comes in the aftermath of flak from
View ArticleGovernment to initiate action against JP Cement
To deal sternly with any kind of violations by cement plants, the state government today directed the Mining, Excise, Forest and Environment Departments to initiate action against JayPee Cement company
View ArticleDept to get more power to check illegal mining
To counter the increasing incidents of illegal mining for sand and gravel and their smuggling to Punjab and Haryana, the hill state is gearing up to check it by strengthening the hands of the Mining...
View ArticleUnscientific disposal of waste worrying residents in Solan
With few facilities for the safe and scientific disposal of municipal solid waste in various semi-urban and rural habitations in Solan district, people here are a worried lot. Reason: Pungent smell
View ArticleGram sabhas fail to identify families for national food security scheme
Solan, December 23: With gram sabhas failing to identify eligible families that are supposed to benefit from the centrally-sponsored National Food Security Scheme introduced in October last year in the
View ArticleSolan pharma unit’s waste water samples collected
Officials of Paonta Sahib regional office of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) today collected samples of waste water of a pharmaceutical unit following complaints by local villagers that the...
View ArticleCold wave conditions persist in state
Biting cold wave conditions persisted in most parts of Himachal as minimum temperatures stayed close to freezing point. The state capital Shimla and Solan experienced coldest night of the season with...
View ArticleGovt apathy led to jaundice outbreak, says NIV report
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
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding water scarcity in Tehsil...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 06/06/2016
View ArticleBBN area to have solar lights
Various villages falling under 41 panchayats in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority (BBNDA) will soon be illuminated with solar lights as the Ministry of Non-Renewable Energy, Government
View ArticleBan on tree felling hits work on Parwanoo-Solan stretch
Four-laning project already behind schedule due to bad weather The Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project has suffered a major setback with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a ban on the felling
View ArticleFour-laning of NH-22: Norms to cut heavy dust emissions overlooked
With the private construction agency, GR Infra Limited, failing to use water sprinklers to reduce the dust emissions while four-laning the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of National Highway-22, commuters...
View ArticleWhat are you doing to the hills?' NGT to Himachal Government
NGT chairperson posed question to the officials after the additional solicitor general, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that bore-wells were permitted in an area where water levels have dipped
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding hotels being constructed...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 17/01/2017
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding unauthorised constructions in...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Bird’s View Resort & Others dated 30/01/2017 regarding unauthorised constructions
View ArticleOnline system to cut down environment clearance delays
In a bid to cut down delays and introduce transparency and accountability in granting environmental clearance, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced an online...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a hotel by...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. & Others dated...
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