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 …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Repair works to the Yeleru Left Main Canal will be taken up from March 1 to 30 to improve its water carrying capacity this summer. Taking up works to avoid water scarcity, GVMC has prepared an action plan to improve water availability. At a meeting held with the Residential …
Coastal zones are dynamic interfaces of land and water of high ecological diversity and critical economic importance. The boundaries, shape and size of this coast change constantly under the influence of both natural and anthropogenic factors. The study area, Tupilipalem is one of the proposal sites for constructing a major …
Highest installations likely to come from Andhra Pradesh Sarvesh Kumark, Chairman of Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association, is confident that wind power installations in India will cross the 5,000-MW-mark. The previous high was 3,472 MW of fresh capacity set up in 2015-16. The Association’s General Secretary, D V Giri, is …
The NGT told AP that desiltation of sand from reservoirs without a study being conducted would be treated as illegal excavation. Hyderabad: National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi on Thursday cautioned Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh over alleged illegal sand quarrying in both states. It warned the Telangana government that …
Analysis done using temporal satellite data over six different time periods concluded that the mangrove cover in state has been increased. VIJAYAWADA: A new study by three professors has revealed that mangrove cover has increased in Andhra Pradesh by 88.64 sq km. The analysis done using temporal satellite data over …
Vijayawada has recorded an alarming depletion in groundwater resources, much to the dismay of the citizens. Groundwater resources in the city used to be accessible at a depth of 25 feet Vijayawada: The falling groundwater level in the city has become a huge problem. The city, which has expanded in …
Hyderabad: The Centre-appointed A.K. Bajaj Committee of irrigation and power experts that concluded its three-day visit to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday said it has no authority to allocate waters being diverted from Godavari to Krishna Basin by AP to TS. The panel said that it was the job …
Officials crack down on small-time transporters to give a semblance of ‘efficiency’. The police have stepped up vigil on junctions and highways, which were earlier used by sand transporters with impunity. Kurnool: With the AP High Court closely monitoring hi-tech sand excavation in Kurnool with the role of the Deputy …
HYDERABAD: Amravati, the 'blue and green' capital city planned for Andhra Pradesh, and other tier II cities in AP and Telangana can now join a select group of cities that would benefit from the European Union's (EU) expertise on climate change control as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate …
Unhygienic conditions coupled with fluctuations in temperature are major reasons for the unusual breeding of mosquitoes. NIZAMABAD: Mosquito breeding has increased at an alarming rate in the rural and urban areas in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts, leading to more cases of vector-borne diseases in the area. In the normal course, …
Barring the capital gains tax exemption for the capital area’s farmers, the Budget has not addressed any of the state’s issues. Vijayawada: The Union Budget has disappointed Andhra Pradesh. Barring the capital gains tax exemption for the capital area’s farmers, the Budget has not addressed any of the state’s issues. …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The city's greenery with its ornamental plants, shrubs, bushes and trees, is definitely soothing for the eyes but a few experts believe that unless the hills are protected and developed into green zones, Vizag might run out of green space in the next decade. Although city and urban area …
Experts say claims by manufacturers hollow. Visakhapatnam: Gulping down the so-called healthy masala oats first thing in the morning and washing it down with a malt-based health drink could be a perfect recipe to add more empty calories and fat to your daily intake. Confused? Despite their luring commercials and …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Although most commonly found in India, bamboo is put to very little use even though it is more durable than wood. The abundantly available grass in the country has been traditional used as durable housing material to build stilt houses and lasting low cost houses in various parts of …
NIZAMABAD: District collector Yogita Rana said that Nizamabad would be declared open-defaecation-free (ODF) by the end of March. Nearly 70 of 393 villages have already been declared ODF in two phases, she said, adding that another 166 would be ODF by the end of January, in the third phase. The …
Cultivation affected in 1k acres of Vanthada, farmers struggle for livelihood. Kakinada: Many water sources and groundwater levels have been depleted in Nagulakonda of Eastern Ghats, which spreads from Visakhapatnam to East Godavari, due to mining activity. Thousands of tribals and farmers depend on this water for sustenance and livelihood. …
Doctors have people to be aware of the virus and have also recommended them to approach doctors in case of a sudden fever. Kurnool: Swine flu symptoms identified during routine check up at Kurnool general hospital on Thursday caught health officials on the wrong foot. Though the district is prone …
Osmansagar and Himayatsagar, may be excluded from GO 111, that bars construction activity within 10-km radius of the lakes. Hyderabad: More than half of the 84 villages that fall under the catchment area of the city's two prime sources of drinking water, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar, may be excluded from GO …
There's tall talk about reducing alarming pollution levels in the city, but traffic police and officials of Road Transport Authority (RTA) don't have equipment to measure actual pollution levels of vehicles on roads. A study conducted by Pollution Control Board in 2016 revealed over 200 tonnes of carbon monoxide were …
National-level organisations, including NAPM, join hands against the project SRIKAKULAM: Several national-level organisations that are opposed to tapping atomic power have joined hands to fight against the establishment of a nuclear power plant in Kovvada village of Ranasthalam mandal in the district. They have decided to involve people of Visakhapatnam …
