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Jan 11, 2025 · Himachal is gradually slipping into a financial sink-hole, with a debt of Rs.85000 crore and almost 60% of its annual budget going to pay just employees’ salaries/pensions and debt servicing. The Union government, for vindictive political reasons, is further nudging it into the hole by denying it ...

Aug 16, 2023 · Manali Flood. The floods that ravaged the state in July this year left over 130 dead, thousands displaced, and more than 1,200 roads blocked due to landslides, erosion, and damage.

Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north,…

Jan 16, 2023 · Shimla: Most buildings, due to illegal construction and hanging precariously on to steep slopes and clinging to one another in the quake-prone erstwhile summer capital of the British, Shimla and other tourist resorts such as McLeodganj, Kasauli, Manali, Palampur, Mandi, Solan and elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh cannot withstand a high-intensity quake and can collapse like a house of cards, warn ...

Nov 25, 2024 · First snows on the majestic Dhauladhar Ranges Need for Mandatory Registration and Data Collection. To better manage high-altitude tourism, it is essential to implement a mandatory registration system for tourists entering remote mountain areas.

Jul 25, 2024 · Pic Credits: Poonam Kirpal) Unlike Shimla and its neighbouring town Sanjoli, which have become extremely crowded due to widespread construction, Mashobra is still quite unspoiled.

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Mar 7, 2024 · Calls for democratic and decentralized governance and policy shift in the Himalaya based on sustainability, equity and climate justice. Over 50 different social and environmental organizations and individuals from the Himalayan states and other parts of the country came together to release a declaration under the ‘People for Himalaya’ campaign.

Aug 31, 2024 · Camp site below Hampta Pass. Photo by author. The Hampta Pass incident raises some important questions. One, this trek is through the Inderkilla National Park which was so notified in 2010 : it is a protected area where entry is supposed to be regulated: did these trekkers have the permission of the Forest department for the trek?