Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
June 22: Mud snakes and star tortoises from Anantapur and Kadapa districts are being smuggled out of the state for a neat profit. Unscrupulous traders from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Chittoor, Nellore, Kadapa and Anantapur in the state have been buying mud snakes weighing three kg for Rs 3 lakh …
May 29: The Nannari plant, from which the famous Rayalaseema sharbat is made, has been listed among endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Apart from the Nannari plant, 46 other species from the State have also been put in the red list by the IUCN.
Karimnagar/Anantapur/Vizianagaram May 11: Thirty-six people were hospitalised after they drank contaminated water at Dubbapalli village under Chamanpalli panchayat limits in Karimnagar mandal on Monday. Residents of the village were complaining of vomiting and loose motions for the last two days and when the situation worsened, they alerted the authorities on …
The AP High Court on Friday issued notices to the Central ministry of environment, Obulapuram Mining Company, Ananthapuram Mining Corporation, Y. Mahbaleswar Rao and Sons and Bellary Iron Ore Company. The court was dealing with a petition filed by one Mr T. Ekambaram, mining engineer of Anantapur seeking a direction …
B. Chandrashekhar ANANTAPUR: Iron ore mining continues in Obulapuram and H. Siddapuram villages amid confusion prevailing over the letter written by the Forest Conservation Division of Union Ministry of Environment directing the State government to suspend five mining leases till clear demarcation of boundaries is finalised. A week after the …
April 29: After three de-cades, developmental works at Thimmamma Marrimanu are going to materialise with its adoption by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Many leaders in the past had given assurances to develop the site, but to no avail. Thimmamma Marrimanu is a huge banyan tree, 550-years-old and spread over …
While declining real product prices faced by primary commodity producers was one of the central causes of rising farm indebtedness, the gradual shrinkage of formal credit institutions in rural areas has simultaneously caused increasing dominance of private players in the credit market, rendering producers all the more vulnerable. A class …
Farmers adapt to changing weather by switching crops Farmers who have to live with the reality of unpredictable rainfall are trying to cope as best as they can. They are experimenting with different crops to see what works. And each time they start new field trials, they incur debts. In …
Hyderabad Nov. 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the Surveyor-General of India to locate the Great Trigonometrical Station (GTS) between Obulapuram and Hirehal villages in Anantapur district within a week. The boundary dispute between the iron ore giants, Obulapuram Mining Company Private Ltd (OMC) and Bellary Iron …
Hyderabad, Sept. 21: Biological heritage sites in the state are facing serious threats because of the upcoming Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and thermal power plants. Wildlife experts are concerned about the deathblow to the bird preservation sites in the state due to the units. Sites such as the Naupada swamp, …
Anantapur Sept. 18: Land acquisition started by the government in Anantapur district to develop industrial estates is posing a danger to the livelihood of people and visiting Siberian birds. People of Veerapuram village in Chilamathur mandal oppose land acquisition for the establishment of special economic zones. They said that small …
Anantapur, Sept. 1: Local MLA, Mr B. Narayan Reddy, said that efforts were on to develop the town with Rs 100 crore. Speaking at the Praja Darbar programme, the MLA said that Rs 70 crore was already released in this regard. He added that these funds would be used for …
Anantapur, July 27: The cloud seeding experiment to be conducted from Anantapur was postponed again by two days. The cloud seeding, which was to be launched on July 24 was initially postponed to July 27 as Agni Aviation Agency, which has entered into an agreement with the state government on …
Hyderabad, July 20: The state is vying for a mega solar energy plant proposed by the Clinton Foundation in the United States. The plant, which will come up in 25,000 acres with an investment of $20 billion, is expected to generate 5,000 MW of power using various ways of tapping …
The monsoon should have been in full swing across Andhra Pradesh in the first week of July. But a prolonged dry spell has raised fears of a failed monsoon with 37 to 47 per cent deficient rainfall and failed crops. Three regions
Hindupur, July 7: The minister for tourism and major industries, Ms J. Geeta Reddy, claimed that the state is progressing on industrial front in a never before manner under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. "I can declare that it was a golden time for the …
Anantapur, July 6: The agriculture minister, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, said that cloud seeding would be taken up in another 10 days due to lack of rains in Anantapur district. Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said tenders were called to conduct cloud seeding for the next five years. …
Hindupur/Dharmavaram, July 6: Alleging that municipal officials and people's representatives had failed to solve the water problem, women staged protests in Hindupur and Dharma-varam on Sunday. In Hindupur, women sta-ged a rasta roko on the Hindupur-Anantpaur main road with empty pots. The CPI councillor, Ms Asiya Banu, and the town …
