Council of Ministers Himachal Pradesh 2013

Name                         Designation          Addl. Charge            Room  No.

Office Phone             Phone   Residence                   E-mail

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1.  Shri Virbhadra Singh         Chief Minister          All other Departments, which are not allotted          E-101        2625819    2627803       cm-hp@nic.in

2.  Smt. Vidya Stokes  Irrigation & Public Health Minister       Horticulture, Information Technology E-131         2621196              iphmin-hp@nic.in

3.   Shri Kaul Singh Thakur     Health & Family Welfare Minister         Revenue, Law &   Legal Remembrance, Medical Education       E-115 2621938     2880701                    

4.  Shri G. S. Bali           Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister     Transport, Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training   E-229A          2622464                  fcsmin-hp@nic.in

5.  Shri Sujan Singh Pathania            MPP & Power Minister     Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Agriculture   E-123 2621580                   

6.   Shri Thakur Singh Bharmouri     Forest Minister       Fisheries        E-328 2621581                    forestmin-hp@nic.in

7.    Shri Mukesh Agnihotri      Industry Minister   Labour & Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information & Public Relation   E-215  2621599                  indmin-hp@nic.in

8.     Shri Sudhir Sharma           Urban Development Minister     Housing, Town & Country Planning     E-202A         2620623                        

9.      Shri Prakash Chaudhary  Excise & Taxation Minister           Printing & Stationery        E-221                                       2620191                   

10.    Shri Dhani Ram Shandil    Social Justice & Empowerment Minister         Sainik Welfare         E-321                     2621004                  minsje-hp@nic.in

11.    Shri Anil Kumar       Rural Development Minister       Panchayati Raj, Animal Husbandry       E-21G             2621017                  rdmin-hp@nic.in

12.   Shri Neeraj Bharti  Chief Parliamentary Secretary   Education (Attached with Chief Minister)       E-224            2621903                        

13.   Shri Rajesh Dharmani       Chief Parliamentary Secretary   Forest (Attached with Forest Minister)            E-24G                       2620687                    

14.   Shri Vinay Kumar   Chief Parliamentary Secretary   Public Works (Attached with Chief Minister) E-318                2621865    

    

OVERVIEW about The Great Himalayan National Park of Himachal Pradesh

The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is located in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Initially constituted in 1984, GHNP was formally declared a National Park in 1999, covering an area of 754.4 sq kms. In 1994, two major changes were made in land use around the Park. A buffer zone of 5 km from the Park’s western boundary, covering 265.6 sq km. and including 2,300 households in 160 villages, was delineated as a Cosine. Most of the population in the Cosine is poor and dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods.

The second change was the creation of the Sainj Wildlife Sanctuary (90 sq km) around the three villages of Shagwar, Shakti, and Marore. On the southern edge of the GHNP, another Protected Area (PA) was declared, known as Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary. This covers 65 sq km and is without habitation. More recently, in 2010, both the Sainj and Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuaries were added to GHNP, but will not be formally incorporated until a process known as settlement of rights has occurred. Thus the initiated merger of Sainj and Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuaries with GHNP will be followed by a process of settlement to relocate inhabitants and make the area free of traditional pressures, which may take some time. The total area under Park administration (National Park, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Ecozone) is 1171 sq km, which is together referred to as the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA).

In 2010, an area of 710 sq km of the Parvati river catchment contiguous to the northern boundary of GHNP was initially notified as the Khirganga National Park, adding significant biological diversity, conservation value, and physical protection to GHNP. The boundaries of GHNP are also contiguous with the Pin Valley National Park (675 sq km) in Trans-Himalaya, the Rupi Bhabha Wildlife Sanctuary (503 sq km) in Sutlej watershed and the Kanawar Wildlife Sanctuary (61 sq km), adding additional protection and conservation value and opening up extended wildlife corridors.

OFFICIAL ADDRESS OF DIRECTOR, GHNP

Director,

Great Himalayan National Park,

Shamshi, District Kullu,

Himachal Pradesh, 125126

India

+91-1902-265320