Warangal: 4,000 hens die from heat
The poultry farm localted in AK thanda of Rayaparthy mandal is owned by one Modu Chukru. Warangal: As many as 4,000 hens succumbed to intense heat inside a poultry farm in Warangal Rural district on
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PCB pulls up 97 hospitals over waste rules
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has directed 97 healthcare establishments with over 100-beds capacity to submit bank guarantee within a week, assuring that they would conform to Biomedical Waste
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India's forest cover declines, blame on Naxals in Andhra Pradesh
India's forest cover shrank by 367sq km with the maximum 80 per cent loss recorded in Andhra Pradesh mainly due to Naxals felling trees in Warangal and Khammam districts, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Forest and tree cover of the country as per the biennial assessment report released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is 78.29 million hectares, which is 23.81 per cent of the geographical area. This includes 2.76 per cent tree cover.
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Forest cover down, industries to face pressure
New Delhi India’s forest cover has shrunk marginally, says the latest government report. The reduction of 367 sq km (about the size of the Ranthambore National Park) means that the total forested land in the country is 23.81% of the geographical area. The reduction implies the ministry of environment and forests will be even more uncomfortable with industrial projects in green areas. The ‘India State of Forest Report, 2011’ shows that while 12 states registered a fall in forest and tree cover, 15 states — led by Punjab – showed an increase.
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AP to streamline sand mining activity, may open up new quarries
The Andhra Pradesh Government plans to further streamline the sand mining process in the State to ensure there is no pilferage. The Mines and Geology Department may consider a crackdown on those violating
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Dengue and other unknown viral outbreaks in Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh, South India
All the villages and tribal hamlets of Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Adilabad and neighbouring districts have been affected by viral outbreaks, with hospitals of various regions being flooded with patients
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Constructing agrarian alternatives: The case of non-pesticidal management in Andhra Pradesh
This article studies the development of the Non-Pesticidal Management Project (NPM) that emerged in the late 1980s in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district of the semi-arid region Telengana as a response
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Profit and loss
<p>This cover story in Down To Earth online charts the growth trajectory of India’s microfinance institutions and consists of a special report on the microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh who grew rich by lending insured loans to the rural poor.</p>
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Rare trees axed for construction
Warangal, Sept.21: Around 100 species of trees lovingly nurtured for a decade at the Kakatiya University arboretum were mercilessly cut down by the district medical and health department to make way for an unplanned construction. Ironically, the forest department, which helped raise the trees for conservation and research, did not even raise a murmur of protest though 2010 is the international
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Farmers sweat it out for a bag of fertiliser
<p>Warangal, Aug. 25: Policemen standing guard during distribution of subsidised fertilisers to farmers has become a common sight in almost all mandals of Warangal.<br /> <br /> Local police are said to be under pressure, especially in those mandals where irrigation facility for farmers is made available through medium and hundreds of minor irrigation tanks.<br />