<p>Report by the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board regarding illegal cutting/uprooting of khair trees in Rail Beat area falling in Dada Seeba forest range, district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.</p><a
To tackle climate change and restore monkeys and wildlife to the wilds, the state government is implementing a Rs 310-crore afforestation project that aims at growing broad-leafed trees and oak species
The solid waste being collected from the Dharamsala Municipal Council is being disposed of in an unscientific manner despite the fact that the council is spending lakhs for the purpose. The solid waste
The state government has approved detailed project reports (DPR) of five Rural Water Supply Schemes amounting to Rs 860.22 lakh for the districts of Kangra, Mandi and Shimla for funding under NABARD during
After failing to control illegal mining in the State, Himachal Government on Tuesday decided to go for open auction of all quarry sites. “Not only would it check illegal mining activities, it would
To counter the increasing incidents of illegal mining for sand and gravel and their smuggling to Punjab and Haryana, the hill state is gearing up to check it by strengthening the hands of the Mining Department.
An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit the Kangra valley last night. Dr Susheel Kumar, Head, Geophysics Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, said tremors were felt at 11.01 pm. The epicentre
Una sizzles at 45ºC after 25 years Lower hills of Himachal reeled under a heat wave with Una sizzling at 45 degree Celsius after a lapse of 25 years. The mercury had touched 45ºC in Una in June 1989.
Despite the fact that there is a complete ban on mining and quarrying in the Neugal river and other tributaries of the Beas, large-scale illegal mining and quarrying is going on unchecked in Palampur.
The encroachment of forest land on the McLeodganj-Dharamkot road has become a threat to reserve forests and rare deodar trees. Encroachers have been carrying out a systematic procedure to do away with
The ban on the sale of tea gardens is a bane for small farmers of Kangra. The state government has made it a point that tea gardens in Kangra district cannot be sold for other agricultural purposes. Owners
