Marble slurry should be reused: NGT
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of S. Srinivas Rao & Others Vs State of Andhra Pradesh dated 28/09/2022.</p> <p>The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was directed by the
Srikakulam (D)
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High Court stays land allotment for NCC's power project in AP
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended the operation of the Government Order allocating 972.69 acres of land alienated in favour of NCC Ltd (formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd) for setting up of a thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Mr Justice N.
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Kovvada nuke plant gets nod
The Central government has finally given the go-ahead to the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant in Kovvada in Srikakulam after a review of the safety aspects following the tsunami-linked nuclear disaster in Japan.
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AP to go slow on Kovvada plant
Bowing to pressure from environmental groups and Opposition parties, the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has decided to go slow on the controversial 2,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Kovvada in Srikakulam district. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has made it clear that his government would consider giving its nod for the mega plant only after satisfying itself about the safety o
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Pesticides on vegetables, a killer recipe
In Uddanam in Srikakulam district, an estimated 10,000 people have died in the last seven years of just one ailment
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Pro and anti-nuke campaigns in Andhra Pradesh town
Both are in campaign mode. Not to win an election or canvass votes for a candidate.
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
THERE’S A haunting image from 2010 that many Indians might have missed. Tucked inside a newspaper was a picture of an elderly farmer in a white kurta, slumped defenceless on his knees against an emerald
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Mid-course green hurdles give jitters to infra lenders
The financial institutions are worried about the eleventh hour objections expressed by the environment ministry in the projects that are on the verge of becoming operational. Power Finance Corporation (PFC), director, Mr M.K.
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Environment Ministry Stops Work at Srikakulam Power Plant
The Environment Ministry has asked East Coast Energy, promoters of the Bhavanapadu power plant, to immediately suspend work at the project site in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. The order issued on Tuesday evening comes in the wake of police firing near the project site in Kakrapalli village on Monday resulting in the death of two persons and injuries to 50.
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Nirma whitewash
<p>Read this special report published in Down To Earth on Nirma, the detergent company that gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra.</p>
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Two die in Srikakulam protest
Visakhapatnam: Two persons were killed and five injured when police opened fire to control villagers protesting against setting up of a thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district on Monday. "Two persons were killed and five sustained injuries in the incident at Vadditandra village," said Srikakulam SP KVV Gopal Rao, adding some several policemen were also hurt. The situation