With chlorinated water being identified as a key reason of residue problem, scientists have suggested the use of chlorine-free water for spraying in mushroom cultivation.

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Kol Dam project authorities to reduce the height of the dam to help avoid submergence of a large part of the forest area under the Majathal wildlife sanctuary in Solan district.

The ministry has withheld the clearance to the project midway during implementation and directed it to come out with a fresh proposal to save the area under th

In a bid to make the state a global tourist attraction, Himachal Pradesh government has said it will set up its first international airport near Shimla, with about Rs 1,000 crore investment, under PPP mode.

The state government has initiated a slew of steps to promote tourism to increase its contribution to GDP to 10% from the present 8.5%, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said on Monday.

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Solan: With little check on the distribution of water, residents of Garkhal and its surrounding areas near Kasauli have been made to go without water for days together. Though the long dry spell had reduced the water level in the natural sources reducing its availability to almost once a week, it was the lackadaisical attitude of field officials which made matters worse.

Solan: The manner in which liquor distilleries located in various parts of the state have been polluting the environment habitually proves their lack of concern for the environment and the local community.

The Tourism department has bailed out nearly 60 entrepreneurs, who had obtained Essentiality Certificates (ECs) to set-up tourism projects but did not do so despite obtaining land clearances in 1998-99.

Solan: Jain Irrigation Systems Limited, world

With water sources drying up fast due to deforestation and excessive construction on the hills, environmentalists have raised the pitch for scrapping the Himachal Pradesh Apartment Regulation Act which has opened floodgates for colonisers.