Follow us
SMS
Himachali communities
![]()
Features
HimVani Mail |
Log in
|
Register
HimVani Shimla: A dull Sunday morning was lit up with the energy of young students from ten different schools of Shimla who had gathered at Scandal Point at 9 am to stimulate a tree plantation drive as a gift to... (Continue reading)
HimVani British national Jodie Under Hill, popularly known as garbage girl today conferred with a green award for running “Mountain Cleaners Campaign”, a voluntary organization that collects waste left behind by the tourists in Dharamshala hills. Himachal Pradesh Public Works... (Continue reading)
By: Manshi Asher On 23rd June 2010, the Chairman of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) made a visit to the Lafarge Cement and Limestone Mines project site in order to assess the feasibility of the Environment Clearance granted to... (Continue reading)
By: Mohit Behl Dharamsala: A complete ban on use of polythene bags and plastic disposable items like plastic glasses, plates etc. by the government of Himachal Pradesh and collection of fine by the panchayats on throwing garbage in the open... (Continue reading)
HimVani Mandi: With the fresh recovery of 60 deodar sleepers by a team of forest department concealed in a deep cave in the wildlife sanctuary of Shikari Devi in Karsog valley on Wednesday, forest officials are once again on their... (Continue reading)
HimVani Baddi: The ‘unprecedented’ air and water pollution in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalgarh area has been in news ever since the region emerged as a major industrial hub. The area has been identified as a pollution hot spot even by the Ministry... (Continue reading)
HimVani Shimla: The Directorate of Film Festivals under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will organized a three-day Indian Panorama Film Festival here at the Gaiety theatre, in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Information and Public Relations Department, in which feature and... (Continue reading)
HimVani Faced with challenges on multiple fronts, civil society groups within Himachal Pradesh are learning to react timely to issues requiring immediate attention. The interactive session on genetic modified (GM) crops organized under the aegis of National Alliance for Sustainable... (Continue reading)
By: Pankaj Sood Solan: In Himachal, we often hear of ‘Sangarsh Manch’ as a people’s action group formed to oppose a hydel project or some other mega-project, but in the Renuka area of Sirmaur, local people have organized themselves not... (Continue reading)
By: Manshi Asher In Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the largest and fastest of the five rivers of the state, enters the Indian subcontinent from Tibet, where its source Mount Kailash stands tall. Call it Langchen Khambab (Tibetan), Satadru (Sanskrit)... (Continue reading)
HimVani The proposed Renuka Dam Project is one of the largest projects in the backward district of Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh and also one of the most controversial initiatives in recent years. More than 2,200 hectares of land will be... (Continue reading)
HimVani There is a long history of protests and violence at mega project sites in the country and lately in Himachal Pradesh as well, owing to obvious reasons like displacement, compensation, rights of indigenous people and overall ecological imbalance. But... (Continue reading)
HimVani Shimla: The Himalaya Niti Abhiyaan will organize a two-day National Peoples’ Convention on Livelihoods and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology in Kullu on December 27and 28. The convention is intended to bring activists, researchers, ecologists and representatives of peoples’ movements striving... (Continue reading)
By: Nityin The Himalaya Niti Abhiyaan is organizing a two day National Peoples Convention on Livelihoods and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology on December 27 and 28, 2009 at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. The convention intends to bring activists, researchers, ecologists and... (Continue reading)
By: Rahul Saxena The under construction 100 MW Tidong I project in the Kinnaur district is proving to be the latest graveyard for valuable trees that not only act as local climate regulators in this dry zone but also are... (Continue reading)