Pine woods drive Himachal villagers businesses
byShimla / Bhoraj: Pine needles, a major cause of forest fires in Himachal Pradesh, are now helping villagers earn money. The inflammable needles, which…
Environment
Monsoon showers break long dry spell in Himachal
byDharamsala: At long last it looks the monsoons have touched Himachal for almost every important station in the state experienced rain since yesterday night….
UNEP-GEF Rs 46 Cr biodiversity project to develop benefit sharing methods
byShimla: To preserve biodiversity, payment for environment services, green bonus and other norms were being devised under a sharing of benefits concept to enable…
Huge environment costs question Renuka dam viability to meet Delhi water needs
byThe huge costs other than construction costs involved have put a question mark over the very viability of such a project which will only produce 40 MW of electricity but is expected to supply about 270 million gallons of water to meets growing needs of the national capital region.
Debris dumping along Beas, tributaries, alarms Kullu Manali residents
byManali: Contractors and villagers engaged in construction of private houses and government works resorting to dumping debris and junk in River Beas and along…
UNFCCC registers 1000 MW Karcham Hydro project for CDM benefits
byShimla: The 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydropower project situated on Sutlej river has been registered by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
Environment vs Development: Cost-benefit audit to get stricter
byNew Delhi: With development projects taking a toll on the country’s green cover, the environment ministry is tightening the audit process that would evaluate…
Eight foreign tourists airlifted from landlocked Pin Valley in Himachal
byShimla: Eight marooned foreign tourists in Pin Valley of Spiti were airlifted to safety by state authorities after opening of a land route to…
Spiritual group prepares to clean entire Ganges
byHaridwar: A spiritual group here is conducting a survey on how best to clean the entire 2,525-km Ganges, the holiest of all rivers for…
Hydropower in Himachal, not at the cost of community, ecology – Sudripta Roy
byShimla: A growing confrontation between hydro power developers and the local people in the state led chief secretary Sudripta Roy point out that projects…