With a vast green cover and 100-km gravity line proving to be a major impediment in the execution of the Pabbar water supply scheme, the government has decided to meet the water requirement of the capital from the Kol Dam in Bilaspur district.
The scheme from the Kol Dam, for which surveys have been completed, will quench the thirst of a target population of 6.20 lakh in Shimla till 2042.
Fresh stocks of Himachal apples are set to hit the markets next month, but they may spoil the taste of many buyers as more than half of the fruit crops, including cherries, peaches and green almonds, have already been damaged by unfavourable weather conditions.
The worst disappointment to apple growers has come from unprecedented spells of hail storms, which took a heavy toll on the crop, wipin
Rain kept the mercury below normal levels on Thursday in most parts of North India and triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh, disrupting traffic on highways and link roads in the hill State. The maximum temperatures stayed below normal at most places in Punjab and Haryana after rain lashed the two States.
Shimla: The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project will be extended to 102 more panchayats with the World Bank (WB) agreeing in principle to provide $45 million to cover the areas left out at the micro-watershed level and consolidation of the first phase to improve sustainability.
The proposal for the extension of the project has already been cleared by the Planning Commission and the Unio
Under the project, besides targetting 24-hour water supply in town, municipal corporation will entrust the job of revenue collections to private promoters
The government today dispatched teams of the Horticulture Department to assess the widespread damage caused by the intense fury of the hailstorm over the past two days in the entire apple belt of Shimla and parts of Kinnaur with the estimated damage to the apple crop already touching Rs 248 crore.
A strong hailstorm last evening caused major damage to the apple crop in most areas of Shimla dist
The government today gave nod for enhancement in capacity to 23 small hydroelectric projects and allowed IPPs (independent power producers) to dispose of their power in any manner after allowing royalty in the shape of free power to the state.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister PK Dhumal here today.
HC gives another chance to state govt
Pollution board told to file list of offending units
The court cannot be a silent spectator to a situation where a whole new industrial township is set up without giving the proper infrastructure of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), municipal solid waste plant (MSWP) and sewage treatment plants (STP) in the Baddi-Barotiwla-Nalagarh industrial area.
