Himachal apples ready for harvest
byShimla: Early apple varieties fast reaching maturity, the fruit harvest in Himachal Pradesh is ready to start with the first batches already having hit…
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Road, Encroachments Trouble Apple Heartland Jubbal Kothkai
byShimla: Passing through rich apple orchard lands, it is one of Himachal’s worst roads that has fruit growers and opposition BJP agitated, who are…
World Bank To Inspect Himachal’s Rs 1000 Cr Horticulture Funding Project
byShimla: Intent upon pushing up fruit crops productivity and upgrading post harvest management infrastructure the Himachal government has sought international funding for it’s ‘Special…
Muck Dumping, A Threat To Beas River Valley
byMuck 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.
Himachal settles for auction of mining sites
byShimla: Having failed to control illegal mining in the state, the government earlier today decided to go for open auction of all quarry sites….
Himachal CM Bats For Big Chain Hotels To Scale Up Tourism
byShimla: To list out on a global map of sustainable tourism destinations, chief minister Virbhadra Singh stressed that big chain international hotels would prove…
Himachal CM Launches ADB Funded Shimla Mall Road Conservation Project
byShimla: Traditional glory of state capital would be restored and preserved, chief minister Virbhadra Singh stated here today after laying the foundation stone of…
Great Himalayan National Park a World Heritage Site
byShimla: The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA), part of the River Beas basin in Kullu valley of North India, has been accorded…
Trouble In Uttarakhand Hills
byOn June 16, it will be a year since Uttarakhand experienced its worst natural disaster. It was also a year of loss, of grief,…
Death On The Beas – Many Questions, One Cover Up
byIt is quite evident that the Larji project has not been following the prescribed safety and environmental protocols that its licence imposes on it, and that the practices it does follow are harmful and damaging to the environment and the residents of that area.