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Himachal Has No Option But To Bite The Financial Bullet
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 ...
Risks of Himalayan Tourism: High-Altitude Sickness Claims Lives
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.
Poor Urban Planning A Curse For Himachal’s Popular Hill Stations
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 ...
Rural Tourism To Gain With Increased Accommodation In …
Dec 20, 2024 · Manali: Applauding the governments decision to increase number of rooms permitted under the homestay scheme, Sanjay Dutta, chairman of Himachal Homestay Association of Kullu said that it will boost tourism in the rural areas.. He said, the state government’s Home Stay Scheme is strengthening the economy of the villagers. He added that to familiarize yourself with local regulations regarding ...
River Didn’t Come To Us, We Went To It - Hill Post
Aug 16, 2023 · Manali: A spate of national highways bending along the Himalayan rivers have cropped up in Himachal Pradesh over the past years.Several of these roads, built by the National Highways Authority of India by cutting up mountains, are deemed “all-weather” but the recent floods have exposed a different reality.
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Overriding reservations expressed by a minister and some legislators, the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Friday (20.12.2024) passed the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings…
Subsidy Cuts Draw Public Ire While Himachal Politicians Perks …
Sep 24, 2024 · The issue of unnecessary political appointments, including chairperson positions, has also been brought into question. Many believe cutting these symbolic expenses would demonstrate the government’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and set …
Himachal Should Regulate Trekking To Make It Safe And Eco …
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?