Rakesh Lohumi
The central empowered committee (CEC) of the SC will visit the state to inspect khair forests to ascertain whether or not the felling practices being adopted were leading to regeneration.
The study conducted on 120 rural and urban homemakers in two randomly selected panchayat wards and two municipal council wards of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh revealed their knowledge regarding indigenous resource management practices. Results showed that knowledge levels vary among rural and urban homemakers which were tested with Z- test at 5 percent level of significance.
Nurpur: In order to explore possibilities of the Carbon Credit Project (CCP) in Kangra district a World Bank (WB) team visited a number of gram panchayats in Nurpur and Jawali subdivision last evening.
The sanitation week concluded here on Tuesday with a special drive for cleaning all wards of the panchayat. Members of the Mahila Mandal of Anoh Gram Panchayat in this subdivision along with panchayat representatives participated in the drive.
Palampur: The large-scale sale of tea gardens in Kangra valley has virtually become a big scam. It has posed a threat to the existence of tea industry.
The back door sale of tea gardens in connivance with revenue officials is going on unchecked and causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.
Chief Minister PK Dhumal announced that Rs 500 crore aluminium project would be set up in the industrial area of Kangra district in the near future. It would boost the industrial activities in the area and generate employment avenues for the educated and skilled youth of the area.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONGC) being an operator in the block PEL Kangra-Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) requires to carryout the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study. The purpose of such study is to assess the environmental impacts arising due to the exploratory drilling proposed in the Kangra-Mandi block (HP).
Kangra valley experienced tremors last night. Some people left their houses in panic during the chilly night due the earthquake.
Dr RS Negi, in charge, Seismology Laboratory, said the earthquake was experienced at 1.54 am and continued for 10 seconds. He said it was measured 5.9 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in the North West Himalayan Hindukush Region.
