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 …
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and local Indian institutions in Andhra Pradesh are addressing the gender aspects of coping with climate variability and longterm change within the project Gender-sensitive Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: Drawing on Indian Farmers
Anantapur: In the context of news reports of embezzlement of funds of National Rural Employment Guarantee Assurance (NREGA) programme coming out in different parts of the State and country, Young India Project (YIP) founded by Narinder Bedi is engaged in creating awareness among the beneficiaries of the scheme instead of …
Anantapur, Dec. 29: Watershed management scheme to conserve rainwater in rural areas is mired in corruption as officials and contractors have colluded to swallow government funds in Anantapur district. The scheme has been implemented in the district since 1974, though it has changed several names. There are 1,315 watershed programmes …
Hyderabad, Dec. 4: The Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, tourism minister of Karnataka, and Anantapur Mining Corporation, owned by his wife on Friday approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court against the letters written by the ministry of environment and forests, Government of India. The ministry sent …
Dec. 3: The Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court had, beside the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), named three other firms in its report on illegal mining on AP
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forests Ministry on Monday suspended the forest clearance for the five controversial mining areas in Anantapura district in Andhra Pradesh until a fresh survey was carried out by the State government. The ministry, in a letter to the State
Visakhapatnam, Nov. 25: The government need not probe all the mining leases following cancellation of operations in six mines in Ananthapur district on Tuesday, said the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah facing a volley of questions on the suspected loopholes in bauxite mining lease given to two multinational companies-Jindal and …
HYDERABAD: Close on the heels of the report it submitted to the Supreme Court on November 19, the Central Empowered Committee(CEC) has advised the Andhra Pradesh government to stop iron ore mining in all the six mines in Anantapur district. In a letter to Chief Secretary P. Ramakanth Reddy on …
In a major blow to Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy, whose mining company is in the thick of a controversy, the Andhra Pradesh Government today ordered immediate halt to iron ore mining in the state. The move comes against the backdrop of allegations of illegal mining against Obulapuram Mining …
Hyderabad, Nov. 23: The Telugu Desam has demanded the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to make public the report of a state sponsored committee which had visited mines leased to Obulapuram Mining Corporation in the wake of alleged large-scale irregularities. The party also alleged that the government should immediately place …
Nov. 23: Flood victims are anticipating permanent assistance from the government though they have only received temporary relief measures so far. The government had distributed Rs 3,000 to 8,000 to each flood victim family and essential commodities for two months. Donors and various voluntary organisations assisted flood victims with utensils, …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court could not have used clearer language than it has done in recommending that illegal mining must be stopped in six mines in two villages of Andhra Pradesh
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has recommended to the court that illegal mining be stopped in six mines in Obulapuram and H. Siddapuram villages of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The recommendation has been made even as the Andhra Pradesh government has decided …
Nov. 19: Doubts are being expressed on the strength of the Srisailam project constructed on the Krishna river. According to irrigation engineering sources, experts made several suggestions to the state government for strengthening the project. Experts also expressed concern over increasing sediment in the project reservoir. The hydro-electric project constructed …
Hyderabad, Nov. 19: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended an order issued by Mr Kallol Biswas, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Anantapur restraining the Anantapur Mining Corporation from mining iron ore at Obulapuram. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy granted the interim order while dealing with a petition filed …
