The official claimed that the noise pollution was being caused due to the increasing number of vehicles by 15 to 20 per cent. VIJAYAWADA: Noise pollution levels at major localities in Vijayawada, including residential and commercial areas, were well above the permissible extent in January and February. Health experts warned …
Dec. 15: Trucks and two-wheeler accidents make up more than 50 per cent of the fatal road accidents that took place in Vijayawada police commissionerate limits this year since January, 2010. Truck accidents comprise 36 per cent of the total fatalities while the two-wheeler accidents are 16 per cent of …
Dec. 15 :The union minister of state for textiles, Ms Panabaka Lakshmi, assured that she would recommend the government to pay compensation to the farmers whose crop was damaged due to recent rains. She visited Pandurangapuram and Binniboinavaripalem villages on Wednesday and inspected the paddy and groundnut fields and consoled …
Hyderabad, Oct. 11: Despite repeated requests from environmentalists, the state forest department has failed to protect and translocate the Kalpavriskha trees, a rare and endangered species, situated along the highways. Thus from 20 such trees in the state, there are now only 13. They have, instead been removed during highway …
Vijayawada, Sept. 21: Viral fever cases crossed the one-lakh mark in Krishna district this season. Due to changes in clim-atic conditions, poor hygie-ne, consumption of contaminated water, mosquito me-nace and other reasons, the seasonal diseases became rampant across the district. Thousands of patients are being admitted to various government hospitals, …
Vijayawada, Sept. 8: The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation prepared an action plan with Rs 2,223 crore to make the city slum-free under the Rajiv Awaz Yojana (RAY). The VMC has identified 109 slums in the city for the implementation of RAY in five years from 2010 to 15. Construction of houses, …
Hyderabad, Aug. 29: With the monsoon in full swing, cases of seasonal diseases like viral fever, dengue, malaria, typhoid and diarrhoea are increasing and continue to claim lives in the districts. In Krishna district alone, seasonal diseases have claimed around 15 lives including that of four children in the last …
Aug. 22: With the directive issued by the state government, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation will collect garbage tax of Rs 9 crore per annum in the city from December 2010.The state government released GO 973 to this effect on Saturday. The ruling party had desperately tried to collect the garbage …
khammam, Aug. 18: Viral fevers have been spreading in the Agency mandals across the district over the past week. The fevers claimed eight lives in four mandals. At least, 30 people are suffering from fevers. Dengue and malaria arer spreading rapidly in Wazed, Dummugudem, Burgampadu and Aswapuram mandals. Two swine …
Aug. 12: At least 30 people are suffering from diarrhoea at Chandrapuram under Aswapuram mandal on Thursday. According to sources, the condition of all the patients was said to be stable. They were admitted to the Bhadrachalam government hospital.Due to rains, bad weather and drinking unsafe water diarrhoea spread in …
Vijayawada, Aug. 11: The district collector, Mr Peeyush Kumar, on Wednesday instructed the medical and health, municipal and panchayat officials to take preventive measures to check seasonal diseases, most importantly malaria and viral fevers in the district during this monsoon.Mr Peeyush Kumar arranged a review meeting with the district officials …
July 28: With concerns about polluted environments growing and the Centre identifying several industrial clusters across the country that pose an unacceptably high risk to human health, cleaning up some of the worst areas is a big challenge for the authorities. The Centre has identified five industrials clusters - Vishakapatnam, …
Vijayawada, July 6: The Union minister for urban development, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, said on Tuesday that the Central government would continue sanctioning grants for the development of infrastructure in Vijayawada city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase II. Mr Jaipal Reddy said the Planning Commission …
Vijayawada, June 30: The municipal council gave a green signal to the proposal made by the officials to seek either grant or loan from the Central government/ World Bank for the execution of JNNURM-Plus project aimed at the development of infrastructure for Vijayawada urban transport. The VMC prepared a detailed …
Vijayawada, June 29: As part of the mega housing project under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Vijayawada municipal corporation (VMC) will construct 3,072 G+3 units in Ajit Singh Nagar and Kabela colonies, each unit at a cost of Rs 2.50 lakh. The VMC proposes to construct …
June 24: The district administration has constituted mandal-level teams to take preventive measures to check the outbreak of seasonal diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, filarial and jaundice in the monsoon season. Mandal teams will work under the supervision of mandal development officers, most importantly in rural areas. Staff working in …
Vijayawada, June 1: Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) buses will ply on city roads after the laying of BRTS roads. The municipal corporation has purchased these buses, each at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. It is laying BRTS roads at a cost of Rs 150 crore under the Jawaharlal …
Vijayawada, May 31: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Vijayawada region has decided to introduce new city buses according to the demand. It launched 31 new CNG buses to meet the commuters rush on Monday. Four bus services to Haailand (recreation park) and Duggirala in Guntur district and the …
Vijayawada, May 30: Land problem for the construction of houses under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Vijayawada will be solved very soon. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) proposes to acquire 500 acres of land for the construction of houses in Gollapudi on development basis. Once farmers come forward …
Vijayawada, May 10: The much-awaited Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) road developed between Alluri Sitaramaraju Road in Kedareswarapet to Gunadala centre passing via Satyanarayanapuram and Madhura Nagar will be completed by next month. The road has been laid as part of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) project, which is …
VIJAYAWADA, April 27: The municipal commissioner, Mr G. Ravi Babu, has instructed the engineering and town planning officials to take steps to immediately vacate the residents in Machavaram Down area to speed up the construction of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) project in the city. The commissioner visited Machavaram …
