In water-scarce Shimla, where energy ministers from across India flew to discuss woes of the power sector, the host state pushed for immediate and long-term reforms in the hydro power sector.

Himachal Pradesh government will soon study the vulnerability of all villages of the state towards climate change after which adaptation projects would be carried out.

SHIMLA: Three hydel power projects — Renuka dam, Kishau dam and Jispa dam — have seen no progress in the past three years, thus affecting power production in Himachal Pradesh and water and power ne

“Of total 21, which were taken up for discussions to remove all hurdles,11 projects ( 339 MW) were at the execution stage and 10 others had not made any progress for years.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh's plans to harness hydropower in a big way have received a jolt with investors reluctant to take up projects.

SHIMLA: With a ban on thermocol cups and plates coming into force in Himachal Pradesh on June 5, the district administration of Sirmaur is planning to rope in self-help groups for producing traditi

Shimla's story from natural streams to water shortages is also the tale of indiscriminate constructions that turned the summer retreat of the then British rulers into a concrete jungle in the past

The parched Himachal Pradesh capital is daily losing more than five million litres (MLD) of potable water because of various reasons, including leakages and theft, the Himachal Pradesh High Court

Union Ministry rushes team of experts to Shimla to trace origin of the virus

With rapid melting of glaciers in the Himalaya region, water level of Beas has increased manifold, prompting the dam authorities of Larji and Pandoh dams to open its floodgates to release additiona