The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), under its Green House Gas abetment Project, has offered to install energy conservation and smoke emission regulatory devices in the

Village development planning process is missing in the Gram Sabha meetings of Haryana.The rural development planning in fact, never assumes significance in the agenda and the participation of people,

Himachal Pradesh Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Sat Mahajan yesterday stated that a total of Rs 100 crores wee spent in the state every year by the Central and the state govenments

Manali, one of the famous tourist resorts, and four other towns of the state, have seen a phenomenal population growth during the last one decade ending 2001. While 9.79 per cent of the total state

The Union Ministry of Rural Development and Department of Land Resources has jointly approved an ambitious plan for the integrated development of 5,252 hectares of land falling under 34 villages in

Even as the steel rolling mill owners of Mandi Gobindargh, Khanna and Amloh are lobbying hard with the Punjab Pollution Cobntrol Board (PPCB) to get legalised the use of coal for furnaces, atechnical

On the face of it, this is nothing more than a giant dump where nearly 200 metric tonnes of the Chandigarh city's garbage is deposited every day. It takes a closer and an objective look to realise

Rapid urbanisation in general and coming up of tourists resorts and hotels, particularly on the banks of rivers, not only disturbing the ecological balance but are also having a telling effect on the

At long last, the Himachal Pradesh Government has woken up. Visited by frequent natural disasters, the Himachal Pradesh Police now plan to have four companies, especially trained and equipped to

Ladakh could become India's first tourist spot where foreign tourists would have to pay towards environmental costs. The Leh Autonomous Hill Council has proposed a US $10 "environmental restoration"