Himachal Pradesh’s Environmental Crisis and Highway Construction

• Archana Vaidya, a natural resource management and environment law consultant, advocates for the High Court of Himachal Pradesh.

• The Supreme Court of India’s observations on Himachal Pradesh’s state of affairs have sparked environmentalists’ concern.

• Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan expressed concern over the ecological disaster in the State.

• The Court directed the Registry to register a writ petition in public interest, highlighting severe ecological imbalances and environmental conditions leading to natural calamities.

• The intervention could be a harbinger of a new era of development in the State.

• The Court needs to ensure the State implements the collective mandate for environmental governance across various laws, policies, rules, regulations, strategies, and vision documents.

• Questions raised include whether hydropower projects fragment a river’s ecosystem, alter nutrient and sediment transportation, and impact the socio-economic life of people around the river.

Himachal environmental crisis is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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