Passive solar heating of houses is a clean technology which was made mandatory in the government/semi-government sector in 1994 in the Western Himalaya state of Himachal Pradesh. HP is the first state in India to take such a policy decision for promoting energy efficiency in buildings. A Solar House Action Plan was formulated and is being implemented effectively in the state.
Shimla: While asserting that the situation with respect to glacier melt and climate change was not as alarming as being projected by the western world, Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology, today said India would not be bullied by dictates of the western world in achieving high development index without exceeding the global emission levels.
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening.
The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr Ashok Tagra.
Even four months after the public hearing on the Himalayan Ski Village (HSV) was held, the government is dithering to take a final decision over the issue even though the report with inputs from various departments has been finalised.
Shimla: Thousands of precious green trees will be saved from the axe every year with the state government approving new timber distribution (TD) rules to rationalise allotment of trees to right-holders on the directions of the Himachal High Court.
Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta yesterday requested the Centre to formulate a separate policy for food processing industry for hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view typical and uniform geographical and topographical conditions of these states.
