Tirupati

Indian Railways Tirupati station turns eco-friendly! Gets green Gold rating; details here

Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Gold rating. Tirupati railway station goes green! Another achievement by Indian Railways for adopting green concepts and reducing the adverse environmental impacts! Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC …

Indian Railways Tirupati station turns eco-friendly! Gets green Gold rating; details here

Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Gold rating. Tirupati railway station goes green! Another achievement by Indian Railways for adopting green concepts and reducing the adverse environmental impacts! Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC …

Tirumala temple gets food safety licence to serve, make laddus

TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) obtained a food safety licence like any other Food Business Operator (FBO) for the famed Tirupati laddu.The TTD applied for food safety licence in May and in August it got licence from FSSAI with an annual fee of `7,500.Bengaluru-based activist T Narasimha Murthy filed …

Crematorium to ensure dignity in death, cleaner environs

LPG-fired facility in Tirupati also has halls for last rites, memorial meetings It is a modest attempt to infuse modernity into 'death management', even while retaining traditional and customary practices in vogue for ages. 'Govinda Dhamam', the state-of-the-art crematorium developed on a one-acre site at Thimminaidupalem on the city outskirts …

Tirupati declared smart city by the Central government

Celebrations broke out in Tirupati after the city was named in the list of 27 new smart cities. Tirupati: Celebrations broke out in Tirupati after the city was named in the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Central government on Tuesday. These 27 cities are spread across …

AP to set up its own smart cities

HYDERABAD: The AP government has decided to set up its own smart cities even as the Centre is seized of the ambitious plan to create 100 smart cities across the country. The AP smart cities will be independent of the Centre's proposal to create modern infrastructure in select cities and …

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposed International Cricket Stadium project in Thirupathi, 30/01/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Suo motu case the news item of plan for a cricket stadium in Thirupathi in “The Hindu” dated 21.11.2013 V/s. Union of India, MoEF, New Delhi & Others dated 30/01/2015.

Sreedharan meets Naidu, discusses metro rail projects

Metro rail expert E Sreedharan on Saturday met with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and discussed the proposed metro rail projects for Vijayawada and Visakapatnam and its feasibility in the temple town of Tirupati. During the meeting, the Chief Minister asked Sreedharan to facilitate the preparation of detailed …

Andhra Pradesh plans new tiger reserve

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is thinking of notifying a new tiger reserve in the Seshachalam hills comprising Tirupati and Kadapa forest areas. Telangana already has two tiger reserves at Kawal and Amramabad. Sources in the forest department said that camera traps have to be installed to check the presence of tigers …

7 die in hailstorms, more rains likely

Hyderabad: Hailstorms and intense gale-force winds across the state claimed seven lives. Three people in Prakasam, two in Warangal and one each in Tirupati and Ongole died after being struck by thunderbolts on Tuesday. Eleven people were injured after the driver of a bus lost balance on being hit by …

Air pollution on rise in Tirupati: study

The temple city of Tirupati, a cultural centre and a major pilgrimage destination in southern India, might be succumbing to a phenomenon common to urban areas. There has been steady rise in population and the usage of vehicles here, which in turn contribute to increasing pollution levels of the city, …

NGT pulls up Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board

The Tribunal had restrained the authorities in Andhra Pradesh from proceeding further in establishing the cricket stadium at the foothills of Tirupati The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Tuesday, pulled up the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) for stating that it had no role in establishing an …

CM gifts Rs 5,800 cr water project to his home district

Raising hackles amidst the political turbulence over the division of state, chief minster N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday doled out a Rs 5,800 crore-worth water project to his home district Chittoor. The CM, who was in Tirumala for the inauguration of Brahmotsavams, sanctioned the water project covering the entire …

AP to set up 3 disaster response force units

The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force, which will be stationed at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. “Discussions are on and a meeting has been convened with the Chief Secretary on forming the SDRF. The …

Horticultural nutrition intervention through women’s participation: An action research

India’s food and nutrition problems continue to be formidable and malnutrition is still one of the crucial problems in the process of development. The magnitude of malnutrition and the ignorance about the relationship between food and health among a majority of the population at all levels necessitates the need for …

Forest fires pose threat to species

March 10: For the last one week, forest fires have become a regular feature in Chittoor district, particularly in Tirupati division, with hundreds of acres burnt on the Tirumala hills, Panapakkam, Mungilipattu and Rangampeta. With mercury on the rise since the first week of March, fires were frequently reported at …

Herd of elephants strays into village, tramples upon fields

TIRUPATI: A herd of around two dozen elephants created havoc have strayed into Lakshmipuram village in Kuppam mandal of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and caused damage to fields. They had strayed into the State from Karnataka through the Gudupalle-Kuppam route. The elephants reportedly entered the village around 10.30 p.m. …

Tirupati wildlife division moots unique Desa Seva

Tirupati, Oct. 11: The Tirupati wildlife authorities have launched a unique social service scheme christened

State allots Rs 1,500cr for state zoos: Minister

Oct. 5: The minister for forests and environment, Mr P. Ramachandra Reddy, said that the state government has earmarked Rs 1,500 crore for the development of three zoos at Hyderabad, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam and a new zoo at Warangal. Addressing a meeting in the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park with animal …

Need to increase power generation: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for augmenting power generation in the country to achieve high economic growth rate on a sustainable basis.

Cheaper power to industry, agriculture must for growth: PM

India needs to bridge the gap between demand and supply of electricity and provide affordable power to industry and agriculture to ensure sustained economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

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