Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Industrial units in Himachal Pradesh continue to discharge toxic industrial waste into the tributaries of Beas and Sutlej rivers.
Dharamsala: The state government will motivate the youth from the state to form cooperative societies for running micro-hydel projects.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said this while addressing a gathering of the co-operative members and public at Haled village in Jaisinghpur subdivision of Kangra district today.
Shimla: Major players in the power sector are in the race for 18 hydroelectric projects with the aggregate generation capacity of 1385.5 MW for which global bids have been invited by the government.
Companies eyeing stakes in the booming hydropower sector in the state include like Reliance Power, Essar Energy, Adani Power, Larson and Toubro and GVK Energy.
Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has come out with an Rs 4,668-crore integrated watershed management perspective (IWMP) plan for treatment of 31,12,472 hectare in the state.
Using a field survey, this paper examines the empowerment effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on rural women in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 145.72 crore for the construction of carriageways along nearly 89 kilometres of road on two major national highways, mainly in the districts of Kangra and Sirmaur.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he received a communication on this from Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath on Monday.
The Tourism department has bailed out nearly 60 entrepreneurs, who had obtained Essentiality Certificates (ECs) to set-up tourism projects but did not do so despite obtaining land clearances in 1998-99.
