Himachal PWD Engineer violates Forest law to cut down 71 trees
byShimla: A case has been filed against a Himachal Pradesh PWD Engineer, V.K. Awasthi, for felling of 71 trees without the permission during the…
Environment
Poor stone fruits crop shock growers
byKUMARHATTI: It is yet another lean year for stone fruit growers of this area. The unfriendly weather conditions have again added to woes to…
The Bleeding Shivaliks
by(By Dr. Vandita Verma) It is a treat to the eyes to drive uphill from Kalka to Simla into the ranges of the Shivalik…
Quest for the Western Tragopan in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)
byOn Wednesday April 30, 2008, my wife Kimberly and I set off on an overnight bus from New Delhi to Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Though…
Himachal to revise TD Allotment Policy
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, while presiding over a meeting of Forest Department said that state government would be considering…
First IPL, now cool weather hits tourist season
byThe tourism industry here is in distress. First it was IPL T20 Cricket Championship and now the comparatively cool weather conditions in plains having…
Water supply schemes damaged by hydel companies in Himachal
byPALAMPUR: How the companied involved in executing hydel projects in the state in general and Palampur in particular by caring a hoot and flouting…
Rs 101 Crore For Himachal’s Total Rural Sanitation Program
byShimla:Though the total rural sanitation program was launched late in the hill state but it had bettered the national average in targets achieved. Deva…
Forest Deptt’s watchtower a white elephant?
byThe helplessness of Forest Department to check the forest fire in summer has come to fore when a devastating fire engulfed the area surrounding…
HP to be a ‘cleaner state’-Deepak Sanan
byShimla: Addressing the two-day long state level workshop on ‘Total Sanitation Campaign’ organized by the Rural Development Department and Water and Cleanliness Programme-South Asia,…