Shailee Dogra

The STRIDe (Sustainable Transport, Resilience and Integrated Development in Himachal Pradesh) project, funded by the ADB, aims to relieve Shimla from the long-standing issue of traffic congestion

Shimla, July 14 -- To improve the traffic system in Shimla, alternative roads, flyovers, and tunnels will be constructed at a cost of Rs.2,200 crore and the project will be funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

DC, Kinnaur-cum-Trade Authority, Amit Sharma made the announcement after presiding over a meeting. The trade will continue until November 30, he added.

Read this exciting story from Hindustan Times Lucknow July 15, 2026 issue. The cross-border trade between India and Tibet through the Shipki La pass near the Actual Line of Control (LAC) will resume from August 1, according to Amit Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur-cum-Trade Authority.

Himachal Pradesh is finalising a new industrial policy focused on green manufacturing and clean energy

Meeting for the first time since December 2024, the committee, chaired by Shimla member parliament (MP) Suresh Kashyap, concluded that the existing airport's geographical constraints make further expansion unfeasible

The structures include India's Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, Petra (Jordan), Machu Picchu (Peru), the Colosseum (Italy), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), and Chichen Itza (Mexico)

The tribunal observed that although the state has 78 sewage treatment plants (STPs) with an installed treatment capacity of 149.248 million litres per day (MLD), only 88.293 MLD of sewage is currently being treated

Aditya Sharma, 23, a merchant navy cadet from Himachal's Hamirpur district, was killed after the US military struck Palau-flagged MT Settebello near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman on June 10

Describing the RDG halt as injustice to state, Sukhu said it Himachal had continued to receive the grant, the state would have had greater resources for the development of the university and other institutions