SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to amend the Hydropower Policy 2006 in respect to transfer of shares by Himachalis to non-Himachalis.

Runs contrary to party and Rahul Gandhi's pro-tribal pitch

SHIMLA: Raising questions on the functioning of Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday not only directed the chairman of the board to fix responsi

The proposed 960 MW Jhangi-Thopan-Powari hydro project in Kinnaur district will once again be taken up for discussion before the Himachal Pradesh cabinet as the company to whom the project was init

Taking a serious note on the issue of encroachments on the forest land, the HP High Court today directed the state government to initiate process to identify the encroachments over the forest land

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girdhari Lal Vs. State & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding M/s. Devdham Café restaurant being run right on the river bed of Beas. Photographs have been placed on record to show that there are a large number of vehicles parked near the river bed which are buses and cars which have been parked just adjacent to the river bed and the hotel itself appears to be in the flood plain. The hotel is operating without consent of the Pollution Control Board.

Seven years after the Centre’s approval, the forest lands in Himachal Pradesh can now be used for developmental works like building schools or community centre on fulfilling certain conditions.

Shimla that has grown haphazardly in the absence of a masterplan is set to face another blow: regularisation of unauthorised constructions — which may number more than 5,000 — in one go.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion & Others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/08/2016 regarding setting up a plant for municipal solid waste and STP in the Beas river bed. NGT in its order noted that the sites are not even one meter away from the river stream. In fact they are almost touching the water of the river.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Himachal Pradesh to file his personal affidavit in relation to the trees that have already been cut for the project in question, how many trees are proposed to be planted and how many have already been planted. 

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