12 Municipalities to have waste treatment plants in Himachal
byTo manage problems of mounting urban garbage, 12 municipalities in Himachal Pradesh were being provided with solid waste management plants. Deepak Sanan, principal secretary…
Environment
Himachal CS calls on industries to follow pollution control measure
byBADDI: Mr. Ravi Dhingra the Chief Secretary has exhorted the industries to meet the pollution control standards. He said there was an urgent need…
Battle to save axe of forest wealth goes on in Himachal
byT.D. allotment alone swallowing nearly 50 thousand of green trees every year. Nahan: Battle to save green forests of Himachal Pradesh is still going…
NGO blames administration for Chiknipul collapse
byNALAGARH: Even as PWD was contemplating the idea to put up the Bailey bridge across the Chikni River near Nalagarh the locally based environment…
Rain damage put at Rs 1000 crore
byHuman toll 36 dead Taking stock of the rain damage, the government has said put the loss to infrastructure, crops and private property at…
Himachal to have new State Animal, Bird and Flower
byShimla: Snow Leopard would be the new State Animal, Western Tragopan (Jujurana) (Tragopan melanocephalus) to be State Bird and Pink Rhododendron (Rhododendron campanulatum) to…
Rain plays havoc in Himachal
bySeven person stranded in the Markanda River on Haryana side were rescued by Himachal Police after a struggle of three and half hours. NAHAN:Continued…
People raise voice against environmental damage by mini hydel construction company
byPEOPLE RAISE VOICE AGAINST THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND PALLAR BRIDGE BY THE CONTRACTOR COMPANY CONSTRUCTING MINI HYDLE PROJECT It seems that…
Grain’s Biodiversity Regulation – Legality & Reality at Bir, Himachal Pradesh
byBir is a small village in the Kangra district of the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is in the Deer Park Institute…
‘Haseen Sapna’ of Sheela Dixit to take Renuka water to Delhi before commonwealth games may not come true
byNahan: During her recent visit to Shimla, Delhi Chief Minister Mrs Sheela Dixit had expressed hope that Delhi would get drinking water of Giri…