
Himachal Pradesh


State-of-the-art early warning system to save more lives in Shimla, Kullu, Manali during extreme climate events

Tourism and local industries at a standstill, will infrastructure revive Himachal’s urban economy?

Shimla: Hunger looms large as jobs fall prey to COVID-19
Sirmauris, as natives from Shillai are known, have been living for years in Shimla working as porters, tourist guides, taxi drivers, private security and waiters. So have the roughly 8000 porters from Kashmir. But none of them have faced such a financial crisis ever before, unable to meet even their basic food needs.

Monkey business: The oft-ignored menace in our cities
Did you know that the Prime Minister’s vision of a free-wifi Varanasi faces major disruption because of monkeys that chew up the cables regularly? Or that even the elite in Lutyens’ Delhi have to battle the menace every day? Here’s a look at a pressing urban problem that hardly gets the attention it calls for.

How a small Himalayan town panchayat is showing Shimla the way to effective waste management
Aima panchayat, an urban-rural agglomeration near Palampur, has its own modern garbage treatment park, with the facility to handle all kinds of waste, including plastic. Inspired by it, Shimla has now set up its own waste-to-energy plant, expected to help the capital in sustainable waste management.