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 …
Several proposals to set up windmills remain in cold storage Non-conventional or renewable energy projects, which have become the topic of discussion these days following the acute crisis faced by the power sector, have not come up to the desired level in the State despite their vast potential. The State …
The Justice M.B. Shah Commission inquiring into illegal mining across the country has finally landed in the state which has been emerging as the epicentre for the loot of minerals and ores by mining barons. Though delayed, the commission will probe illegal mining in various districts including Anantapur where Mr …
Survey data collected in 2007 from three districts in Andhra Pradesh, this article assesses the performance of 72 primary agricultural credit cooperatives. It finds that these credit cooperatives tend to be used as political instruments and, as a result, borrowers prioritise all debt obligations to microfinance institutions, informal moneylenders and …
Shows cold response to recommendations on curbing illegal mining of iron, manganese THE UNION Ministry of Mines has responded coldly to the recommendations of the M B Shah Commission on curbing illegal mining of iron and manganese ores. In its response, filed in December last year, the ministry also seemed …
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is funding a pilot project to enable the state’s farmers to reverse the environmental degradation and rural poverty in the state by applying scientific methods to groundwater management. Baseline studies jointly conducted by the FAO, Centre and state government have identified seven districts …
Gamesa Wind Turbines has bagged an order for a 5.95 MW project from the New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP). Gamesa Wind is the Indian subsidiary of global wind power major Gamesa. The project is being executed at Rekalakunta of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh and …
Groundwater levels plummet; dried up wells, boreswells and tanks a common sight A drinking water crisis looms large over Anantapur district. With the monsoon playing truant and the water from the Tungabhadra High Level canal mismanaged, groundwater levels around the district have plummeted to depths unheard of before. Dried up …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by Emaar MGF Land, Sandur Power Company and others seeking to stall the ongoing CBI probe into the land allotments made to these companies during the tenure of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. These …
Andhra Pradesh will request a Central assistance of Rs 3,006 crore towards drought relief according to the revised norms, the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, has said. While seeking liberal assistance, the Chief Minister told a nine-member Central team that the State would send a revised request soon. …
HYDERABAD: The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMC) owned by mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy earned over Rs 4,310 crore by selling illegally mined iron ore by way of local sales and exports, according to the CBI chargesheet. With so much money coming his way, Gali …
A fact-finding team representing a collective of 40 farmers' organisations, Raitu Swarajya Vedika, has found an alarming rise in the number of suicides by farmers — as many as 90 in the last month alone — in Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Medak, Mahbubnagar and Anantapur districts of Andhra Pradesh. Releasing a …
A forest generated by residents in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district is being destroyed to set up windmills. For two decades people from eight villages in Kalpavalli region in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district laboured hard to turn a vast expanse of wasteland into a forest. But the effort seems to have …
Central Empowered Committee for extending CBI probe against Reddy to Bellary The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has recommended extension of the ongoing CBI probe against G Janardhana Reddy in Andhra Pradesh to Bellary district of Karnataka in light of blatant illegal mining perpetuated by one of his …
‘Company exported iron ore mined in locations other than those allotted to it' The Obulapuram Mining Company of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy mined iron ore illegally from several locations, including immediate neighbours in Karnataka. It used the mining licence granted by the Andhra Pradesh government as a front …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Monday arrested former Karnataka infrastructure minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and his cousin, Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) managing director Srinivas Reddy, opening a new chapter in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh’s mining politics. The duo were arrested by CBI officials in …
BANGALORE, 5 SEPT: The CBI today arrested mining baron and former minister Mr G Janardhan Reddy and managing director of Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC) Mr BV Srinivas Reddy after conducting raids at their premises. Mr Reddy, who was the tourism and infrastructure development minister in the previous BS Yeddyurappa government, …
March 6: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) is bringing about a silent revolution in rural areas in this drought-prone district. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the programme in a remote village, Bandlapalli, in Anantapur district on February 2, 2006. Since then, the scheme has …
Supreme Court has asked the states to evict illegal occupants of village commons. This a report by Down to Earth on the apex court judgement which said that transfer of village community land for private & commercial use is illegal and asked all state governments to prepare schemes for eviction …
JAGPAL SINGH and Dev Singh of Jagir Rohar village in Patiala have little idea that their enmity has resulted in a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court that would bear implications for the rural population of the country. In its January 28 decision in the case concerning encroachment of common …
Feb. 10: Central Bureau of Investigation officials ins-pected all controversial mining sites in Obulapuram and H. Siddapuram villages as part of their investigation for the second day in D. Hi-rehal mandal on Thursday. Officials including Indian Bureau of Mines senior geologists visited Anantapur Mining Company, Obulapuram Mining Company 1 & …
