
City: Shimla

Governance

Environment
Solar energy drive to make Shimla a ‘green’ city

Water Supply
From ‘water-starved’ to ‘water-surplus’: Shimla’s success story inspiring other Himachal towns

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

Society
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.

Health
COVID-19 updates (Updated daily): PM to address nation at 10 am tomorrow | Rapid testing kits from China delayed

Waste Management
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.