The encroachment of forest land on the McLeodganj-Dharamkot road has become a threat to reserve forests and rare deodar trees.

The ban on the sale of tea gardens is a bane for small farmers of Kangra.

Residents of Sakoh village near Dharamsala are up in arms against the supply of contaminated water. They alleged they were getting water infested with pests in taps.

State govt fails to deposit Rs 1.6 crore with authorities

Residents of Khaniara are likely to lose their right on slate mining in Dhauladhar hills. The state government has failed to deposit about Rs 1.6 crore as the net present value (NPV) of 25 hectare forest land that was to be diverted for mining purpose with the Compensatory Afforestation Monitoring and Planning Authority (CAMPA).

Unscientific mining and lack of mining policy based on scientific data was creating a situation for natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh.

The situation was such that on the one hand, the debris being created from infrastructure projects such as power and road constructions was being dumped in rivers, thereby raising their water levels, especially during monsoons, while on the other, illegal mining was destroying the ecology of many rivers and threatening national infrastructure.

Lesser white-fronted goose, an endangered migratory bird from Scandinavia and Arctic Russia, has been recorded for the first time in the region.

Illegal mining is continuing along the borders of Punjab in Una district. In many areas, hills are being destroyed and rivulets getting choked due to illegal mining.

Continued illegal mining in the Chaki river along the Punjab-Himachal border is threatening national and state infrastructure, including railway bridges, roads and water supply schemes.

The state government will order an inquiry and initiate action against route permits issued in violation of transport policy from 2008 to 2013.

Illegal mining is continuing unabated in various parts of the state despite a complete ban on it by the National Green Tribunal.

Sources said stone-crusher owners were deceptively indulging in illegal mining in the guise of the permission given to them by the state government for stock clearance.