Nod for cement plant expansion, Himachal cabinet cancels 7 hydro projects
byDharamshala: Having voraciously protested against illegally setting up of a cement plant as an opposition party, the Congress government here today approved expansion of…
Dharamshala: Having voraciously protested against illegally setting up of a cement plant as an opposition party, the Congress government here today approved expansion of…
The 280-km Nand Raj Yatra, including an arduous trek, is keenly looked forward to by not only the participants, but also a number of reputed photographers from all over the world keen to capture the uniqueness of the procession, including the four horned ‘khadu’ (ram) that leads it, and the picturesque locale through which it passes in their cameras.
Shimla: Having tied itself in knots over tight land laws, the government’s move to relax some of its provisions for attracting investments and industry into the state has opposition BJP repay with ‘Himachal on Sale’ slogan; something the congress had deftly used to win the 2012 state assembly elections.
Despite there being a huge demand, the environment ministry has only cleared 17 mining leases for Himachal Pradesh. Even of the 166 ongoing leases, wherever the lease period has ended, it was not being renewed for want of the mandatory environmental clearance that was not easy to get by.
Muck generated by construction of the 24 MW capacity Kanchan Janga hydro power project in Manali valley by being dumped along a Beas River tributary has disrupted its natural course and is posing a threat to downstream habitations and farmlands.
Shimla: Having failed to control illegal mining in the state, the government earlier today decided to go for open auction of all quarry sites….
Shimla: Despite there being a strong anti cement lobby in the Himalayan state, but the state government in defiance of a vibrant green lobby…
So the “supari” that had been issued against Arvind Kejriwal after his filing of the famous Gas FIR has been executed by the BJP…
Not that the heavily leveraged Himachal Pradesh budget has any scope for incorporating much of the public views to make it a public centric…
Dehradun : Uttarakhand has yet to recover from the after affects of the devastating tragedy that hit the Kedranath valley in June this year….