Kuldeep Chauhan
Residents in this temple town have demanded that the government should expedite the Rs 130-crore dam project downstream near the town to restore its ecology destroyed allegedly by the Beas Satluj Link (BSL) project, commissioned by the Bhakhra Beas Management Board (BBMB) in 1970s.
Truck used to smuggle deodar; policemen acquitted on april 22, the conservator of forests, Mandi district, ordered the confiscation of a police vehicle used to smuggle deodar wood seven years ago. The police truck registered in the name of Mandi
Sundernagar, June 7
Eleven green trees were axed by the staff of Government Senior Secondary School, Bharari (Sajupiplu), in Sarkaghat subdivision of Mandi district on World Environment Day. The act was committed despite protests by students.
The Right to Information (RTI) Act has exposed encroachment on three bighas of forest land, involving a former forest official and now pradhan of the Barswan gram panchayat in Balh block.
The influential people who had, over the years, managed to get public taps installed at government expense for their personal use are being finally made to pay the water charges.
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).
The stage has been set to develop a modern satellite town at Nalsoh as the Himachal Housing Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA) has started the process to acquire about 1,200 bighas of land for this town that would provide housing for over 10,000 residents.
