Farmers will be able to fell trees standing on their private land not covered under the forest conservation act, with the Supreme Court accepting the state government

Water polluting industries in the state will no longer have the advantage of personal hearings to

Record hydroelectric power generation in Himachal Pradesh due to thawing of glaciers and frozen lakes is good news for Delhi and the rest of northern India.

The 20 state-owned run-of-river projects currently generate 7.6 million units daily, "the maximum generation during the peak season", said Sunil Grover, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board's director of generation.

SHIMLA: A large number of tourists who had made a beeline for Shimla and other hill resorts in Himachal Pradesh to escape from the torrid heat of the plains are now beginning to leave because of a severe shortage of water. Many other tourists from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana have cancelled their bookings from various suburban points as the water is being supplied now on alternate days only.

With the interested companies seeking certain modification in the conditions for the execution of proposed aerial ropeways in the state, these projects are not likely to take off before next year.

These projects of the Tourism Department have already suffered delay due to the coming into force of the election code of conduct for the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Concerned over the increasing incidents of forest fires in the state, the government has decided to put in place a satellite data-based advanced system to detect, monitor and effectively combat such blazes.

Every government school in the state will be provided a hand pump in a phased manner to supplement the centrally funded

With a view to providing accurate information about the weather forecast to the people of the state, the Meteorological Department has planned to set up 22 automatic meteorological centres in the state.

With this, the entire information about the weather forecasts will be made available through the satellite.

Shimla: The Rs 64-crore Giri Lift Water Supply Scheme has come under a scanner even before it could achieve its full capacity to supply 20 million litres of water per day to the state capital.

The government suspects a big scam in the implementation of the project commissioned last year in view of the constant leakage in the 43 km pipeline and the high cost of execution.

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to prepare a detailed report after extensive survey to identify the industrial units not observing the laid down pollution control standards to check emission of greenhouse gases and imposed carbon tax on them.