Shimla, April 8, 2026

In a significant environmental ruling, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has issued stringent directions regulating desilting operations at the Shanan Hydroelectric Project in Barot, holding that unscientific discharge of silt into the Uhl River has caused serious ecological damage, including fish mortality and degradation of a nationally important trout habitat.

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