Heavy Silt in Satluj River Shuts Down 3 Hydropower Plants
by2400 MW outage in northern grid due to silt in Satluj river Shimla: High silt levels have shut down three major power project in…
Industry
Himachal Govt subsidy absorbs power hike shock
byShimla: Cushioning the impact of power tariff hike announced for domestic consumers by HP State Electricity commission on yesterday, the government stepped in today…
Cabinet nod for inking $ 95.16 million Asian Development Bank funded tourism project
byMarket intervention scheme for buying Apple at Rs 5.25 per Kg approved Shimla: The Himachal cabinet today stamped the $ 95.16 million tourism infrastructure…
Power companies exploiting tribal forest lands – ST Commission
byShimla: Pulling up the state government for tardy implementation of Forests Rights Act, 2008 in tribal areas, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes asked…
SJVN reports 20% profit increase in first quarter
byShimla: Public sector power generating company SJVN on Friday reported an of Rs 348.21 Cr for the April-June 2011 quarter, which is an increase…
Himachal At The Crossroads
bySome years ago Himachal Tourism had a catchy slogan – ‘A state for all seasons and all reasons.’ Over time, it appears that this…
Tribal’s lock horns over green nod for hydropower project
byShimla: Forest rights in high altitude tribal district of Kinnaur has become a bone of contention between the state and the natives who are…
SJVN generates 38 % years target in 1st quarter
byShimla: Mini-Ratna power generation company SJVN in the first quarter has already achieved 38 percent of the years generation target of 6900 million units…
CPI-M for comprehensive Hydro Power policy for the State
bySHIMLA: The State Committee of Communist Party of India- Marxist has justified the action of local residents against the private company officials in the…
Himachal High Court asks police to protect to Hydropower Company
byShimla: The HP High Court has directed Shimla district administration to provide adequate security to a power company for executing two small hydro power…