Environmentalists surprised at Uttarakhand nod to two cement plants
byDehradun : Uttarakhand has yet to recover from the after affects of the devastating tragedy that hit the Kedranath valley in June this year….
Environment
Forest fire destroys precious forest wealth at Manali
byManali: Come winters and the annual incidents of forest fires have started in kullu Valley. In the latest incident to this series, for the…
Green activists oppose Satluj Basin Study Consultation process
byJhakri: Environmentalists and green activists were up in arms, forcing their agenda of holding a cumulative environment impact study of the Satluj Basin to…
Manali to set up first mordern Himalayan monal breeding centre
byManali: The endangered but majestic pheasant bird Monal is to soon get an advanced breeding centre in Manali as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA)…
32 hospitals booked for mismanagement of biomedical waste
byShimla: For not adhering to proper management of bio-medical waste, anti pollution authorities have hauled up 32 hospitals, which include government institutions, and served…
Air Qualty of Dehradun going down hill
byDehradun: The air quality in the Doon Valley, capital of Uttarakhand, which along with the climatic conditions was a major reason for retired people…
Declare Kinnaur disaster affected – Tribals
byRekong Peo: Scarred by freak rains and snow in June that also did wreck havoc in neighbouring Uttarakhand, highlanders from tribal Kinnaur have sought…
Flora terrorism of spreading ‘Congress Grass’ haunts Himachal lands
byManali: Propagating from US to Maharashtra, then many other southern and northern states of India, the invasive and poisonous weed “congress grass” (parthenium) is…
Himachal’s vanishing rivers, damaging original habitats – German study
byShimla: Faulting the myopic Indian practice of project level environmental impact assessment (EIA) for extensive hydropower development in river basins of Himachal Pradesh, a…
Himachal power minister pitches for renewable energy to contain climate change
byShimla: Dipping into states hydropower potential by incentivizing generation through privatization of rivers and streams, at huge environmental cost, power minister Sujan Singh Pathania,…