New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- The Supreme Court has warned that the state of Himachal Pradesh may vanish from the Indian map due to severe ecological imbalance in the region.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan stated that revenue cannot be earned at the cost of the environment and that it's high time for the State authorities and the central government to take action in order to ensure that the ecological imbalance in the State does not get disturbed any further.

"We want to impress upon the State Government and the Union of India, respectively, that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of the environment and ecology. If things proceed the way they are as of date, then the day is not far when the ...