Ban on plastic packaging for junk food products in Himachal Pradesh upheld

High Court vacates stay; says ban must be enforced from coming January 26

HC frowns at felling

Construction halted

High court overruled

Poplar demand

Trees take centrestage in Himachal Pradesh

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 19, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

Desertification in India: Less snow, more rain ail Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur

Water guzzling apple orchards and rampant tourism is affecting the state

Extinction threat

Extinction threat

Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

The kuhls of Kangra by J Mark Baker

Book>> the kuhls of kangra by J Mark Baker Permanent Black New Delhi, 2005

Supreme Court approves Shimla Development Plan, activists call it ‘unfortunate’

The NGT’s November 2017 verdict had prohibited construction on buildings above two floors and the attic floor in the Shimla planning area

North India Deluge 2023: Development projects compounding destruction in Himachal Pradesh, say experts 

Losses of Rs 4,000 crore in the state after 3 days of torrential rain 

Trends in high places

Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village

TURN DOWN VOLUME

In dire straits

Pollution prototype

Industry's impact on Baddi may soon be repeated across Himachal

Firefighters all

Rhododendrons losing ground

14 species native to Himalayas are critically endangered

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples

Weather anomalies driven by climate change cause scanty rain, snow in post-monsoon India

This can affect the yield of Rabi crops in these regions and also availability of water in the mountains in general

North India Deluge 2023: Lahaul-Spiti’s cold desert receives a third of seasonal rain in a day

A village in the district has also received snow in July, a highly unusual phenomenon

Half of all snakebite cases in the world from India, finds study

ICMR finds only 30% of snakebite victims in rural India reach hospital

Monsoon 2022: Himachal sees 7 cloudbursts, 31 flash floods in a month

Cold desert region affected; 133 deaths due to calamities reported in state

Small farmers, daily wagers take to vegetable retail selling in Himachal due to lockdown

The development is being seen as a positive outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown