Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Stressful modern lifestyles taking toll on their health, says expert The change in lifestyle has hit women more compared to men and this explains the reason for higher incidence of diabetes among women, according to endocrinologist A. Mythili. Delivering an awareness talk on: ‘Diabetes – Prevention and Care’, organised by …
Team from New Yorkvisits world’s largest solar power project The 1,000 MW (1 GW) Kurnool ultra mega solar park in Andhra Pradesh, the world’s largest single location solar park, has become a centre of attraction and case study for global renewable energy companies. A team of Natural Resource Defense Council …
This paper is one in a series of briefings that analyse how the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) builds rural households’ resilience to different climate shocks. This paper examines how MGNREGS is helping households in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India, build resilience to cyclones. The goal of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Kasala Malla Reddy and Others VS State of Andhra Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding pollution caused by the industrial units especially the pharmaceutical industries in Patancheru and Bollaram, Medak District of Telangana. The Highlights of the …
AMARAVATI: People of Andhra Pradesh seem to have become environment conscious. The purchase of Diwali fire crackers across the state has drastically come down in the current year compared to last. With the youth, particularly students, distancing themselves from the purchase of smoke-emanating, earbursting crackers, the sales are have nose-dived …
The fevers in Darsi, Addhamki, Marturu, Markapuram, Talluru, and Pedda Dornala as these areas are near Nallamala forests. TIRUPATI: The increased fever cases worries district administration in Prakasam. More than 1.37 lakh fever cases were registered in the district this year, in which 452 dengue and 149 Malaria cases were …
MNRE in August told seven wind energy producing states that wind power projects, which have already signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and were commissioned before March 31, should not face problems in selling power due to lack of regulatory consent. Karnataka’s electricity regulator has refused to approve the power purchase …
This is considered a crucial step The State government is all set to announce the final list of Project Displaced Families (PDFs) of the Kovvada atomic power plant in couple of weeks. The final declaration will have all the details of the properties of the displaced persons. This is being …
This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk procurement prices has featured as a key demand. Their demand reflects a grave crisis underway in the Indian milk market, which is threatening to undermine the multifunctional role of livestock and the way …
Solar-powered LED lights to be installed. Visakhapatnam: The decision to have solar-powered street lights has given a boost to green energy, in the city. Solar-powered LED poles will soon light up the road to the beach. Under the Smart City Project, 4 to 6 metre, standalone street lights with a …
The IGBC has already done the ‘green audit’ of the Puttamarajuvari Kandriga village. Nellore: The village adopted by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar—‘Puttamraju Vari Kandriga’ of Gudur Mandal, SPSR Nellore district, has been chosen as the first ‘Green Village’ in the state of Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Green Building Council …
Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually be accelerating the invasion of India’s forests by big corporations, in collusion with a permissive state, by legitimising the destruction of forests, greenwashing the land …
Following pressure from the GoM on energy, the state government has taken this decision. Vijayawada: The shutdown of two units in Dr Narla Thatharao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) two days back is part of the state government’s mechanism for regular checking, according to sources from the energy department. Deccan Chronicle …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of M/s.Subrahmanyeswara Swamy Rice Mill Vs Andhra Pradesh State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/09/2017 regarding consent to operate for Subrahmanyeswara Swamy Rice Mill, Maruthi Nagar, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Tribunal directs Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control …
TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) obtained a food safety licence like any other Food Business Operator (FBO) for the famed Tirupati laddu.The TTD applied for food safety licence in May and in August it got licence from FSSAI with an annual fee of `7,500.Bengaluru-based activist T Narasimha Murthy filed …
VIJAYAWADA: Those who are accustomed to using polythene bags and disposing wastes directly into the water bodies may soon face the music from Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) as the civic body has passed a resolution to impose a complete ban on the procurement, storage, and sale of all kinds of …
Social activist Bolisetty Satyanarayana on Saturday appealed to the National Green Tribunal to pass on the judgment on the petition filed by him against environmental clearance to the construction of capital at Amaravati. The bench of NGT, after hearing the arguments, reserved the judgment three months ago. In larger public …
Something needs to be done to check it: expert The oceans around the globe have become the dumping ground for everything and huge quantity of plastic is dumped into it. This is already a major ecological problem and the aquatic life is threatened. Something needs to be done to arrest …
The CM suggested that officials concentrate on increasing the renewable energy production while reducing thermal power. Vijayawada: Energy officials projected a 154-per cent growth in wind power production to impress upon Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that wind power was the best alternative to the hydel and thermal power. This …
Pregnant women must take special care during this season as they are immune compromised and susceptible. Hyderabad: Two hundred and sixty five cases of swine flu have been detected state-wide since August 1, 2017, a sudden increase that should be taken seriously by public health authorities. Those suffering from diabetes, …
