Families to be given plots at Khaniara village, Rs 3 lakh as compensation
Minister for Housing and Urban Development Sudhir Sharma today announced a compensation package for the 23 families of the Terra Lines area who were evacuated from their houses after a landslide a few days ago.
A couple and a child were killed due to a landslide in the Jaisinghpur area of Kangra district, while property worth more than Rs 1 crore was damaged in a cloudburst at Baijnath today. Heavy rain that lashed the region caused flash floods in rivulets. Sources here said a seasonal rivulet swelled due to a cloudburst and washed away government buildings and 1-km stretch to Madher village in Baijnath subdivision of Kangra district.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh and Ors. Vs State of HP ors dated 30/07/2013 regarding stone crushing activity in Himachal Pradesh.
Saplings of different plants, including the 45 lakh of medicinal variety, will be planted on 17,500 hectares in the state during the current financial year.
This was stated today by Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri while addressing a public meeting at Dhaulatpur, near here, after he inaugurated the 64th circle-level Forest Maha Utsav by planting a medicinal plant "harad".
Ajit Bhardwaj, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Kangra, has recovered a fine of Rs 1 lakh from miners indulging in illegal mining in the subdivision during the last two months and impounded hundred
The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has approved the diversion of 1.80 hectares of forest land in the Sultilla area of Nurpur for constructing the proposed building of the local Arya Governme
The Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department will undertake a monkey census on June 29 to see whether the sterilisation of 68,000 simians in the state has succeeded in putting a much-needed check on
