Adverse hydrology apart, generation from projects of the State Electricity Board has been declining due to indifferent management and unplanned and poor maintenance, resulting in loss of revenue amounting to more than Rs 150 crore over the past five years.

Shimla: In a bid to harness solar energy in a big way, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to develop Shimla and Hamirpur as

Shimla: The hydropower developers will not be able to shift the sites of dam and power house as per the new project allotment policy, under which boundaries will be marked on the ground. They will be required to provide more free power to the government as royalty in case the capacity of the project is enhanced beyond 20 per cent after the preparation of detailed project report.

L&Tis going in for a major change in its energy business focus. The country

Solan: With the Ministry of Commerce according its principle approval to Rs 60 crore Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) at a meeting in Delhi today, the pollution woes of the area would be eased.

Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character.

The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents consider them as unproductive and fill it with debris.

Set up more than a year ago to put in place an effective mechanism to regulate and monitor the fast growing hydropower sector, the directorate of energy has virtually failed to take off due to indifferent attitude of the government.

By distributing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 16.5 lakh households, Himachal Pradesh conserved about 270 million units of energy worth Rs 1 billion (Rs 100 crore) in a year.

BY DISTRIBUTING compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 16.5 lakh households, Himachal Pradesh conserved about 270 million units of energy worth Rs 100 crore in a year.

Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to file a supplementary affidavit before the Supreme Court supporting the claim of Himachal for 7.19 per cent share in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) power projects commissioned before 1990 in the state.