Firms make light of notice served by PCB. Rajahmundry: Following a series of complaints from people about air pollution due to the presence of dust particles generated from stone crushing units, the state pollution control board have inspected eight units and found high levels of air pollution and imposed curbs …
Firms make light of notice served by PCB. Rajahmundry: Following a series of complaints from people about air pollution due to the presence of dust particles generated from stone crushing units, the state pollution control board have inspected eight units and found high levels of air pollution and imposed curbs …
A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) team today visited the city to check the level of pollution in Godavari river, an official release said. "The team, headed by S Jeyapaul, scientist CPCB zonal office in Bangalore, arrived in Rajahmundry to inspect level of pollution in Godavari river, and met Municipal …
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 …
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh: A comprehensive health action plan would be prepared for the pilgrims of Godavari Pushkaram, to be held in July this year. "The government is preparing a comprehensive health action plan to meet the medical needs of pilgrims who will come here (Rajahmundry) to take a holy dip …
Chennai: As a student, Ravi Kuchimanchi developed an extension of the Rubik’s Cube, a hot toy he thought would earn him a fortune that he could use to help society. “I always wanted to contribute to India but thought you needed money and power to do so,” says Kuchimanchi, founder …
Jan. 4: Unscientific disposal of bio-medical waste by several health centres, mainly dental clinics, primary health centres, community health centres and diagnostic centres poses a health hazard to the general public, sanitation workers and rag pickers in East Godavari. More than 400 health centres exist in the district at present …
The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills has envisaged an integrated pulpwood based farm forestry project for more than two decades. Targeting marginal and wastelands, the mill has now introduced low cost planting technique, particularly development of high quality seedlings and clonal Casuarina at the minimum affordable cost.
Ganapavaram, Sept. 22: Villagers living in and around Kolleru lake appealed to the members of the Central committee on Kolleru to recommend to the Centre to reduce the Kolleru sanctuary limits to third contour from the existing fifth contour to help them eke out livelihood. The panel members led by …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 16: In the wake of the controversy surrounding the use of ecologically sensitive wetlands either for setting up thermal power plants or for allowing encroachmen-ts, environmentalists found fault with state government for failing to initiate measures for implementation of circulars issued to district collectors on the conservation and …
Rajahmundry: Minister for Rural Water Supply P. Viswaroop and Panchayat Raj Minister Botcha Satyanarayana inaugurated a Rs.22-crore drinking water scheme in Bommuru which supplies water to 29 villages in the panchayat. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Viswaroop said that his ministry was going to sanction Rs.20 crores for another 39 …
Rajahmundry Nov. 13: The Centre has proposed to introduce injec-table trivalent polio vaccine in the immunisation schedule of children below one year, shortly. Unlike the present conventional practice of administering oral polio drops to children in the age group of zero to five years in the regular immunisation drive and …
Rajahmundry, June 30: The people of Rajahmundry are going to get major relief from the overflowing and stinking drains and inundation of several low-lying areas during rains as the civic authorities are going to take up an underground and storm water drainage network in the municipal limits. The project would …
Kolleru lake would be developed at a cost of nearly Rs 860 crore over five years as the international non-governmental agency, Wetland International South Asia, has prepared proposals to that effect at the behest of the state government. Of the total cost proposed for development, a whopping Rs 500 crore …
Panther scare still haunts officials in the ONGC base complex and the general public in the city. The forest officials trap-ped a panther on May 31 on the base complex after trailing it for nearly five days when it was spotted for the first time on May 27 and released …
In a recent census on tiger population carried out in Papikondalu wildlife sanctuary, forest wildlife management authorities identified the presence of five tigers, including four adults and a cub and 15 leopards. With the exception of the addition of a newly born cub to the existing tiger population, forest authorities …
The number of antelopes is dwindling day by day in the district, thanks to nature's fury and the laxity of authorities. Hundreds of antelopes including Chinkara, Chousinga, Spotted Deer and Sambar were living in the islands of Godavari River including Narayanalanka, Addankivarilanka, Veedhivarilanka, Kedarulanka, Sathemmalanka and Nandapallilanka. The antelopes made …
The AP forest department has decided to create 1,000 water holes in reserve forests to ensure that thirsty panthers don't stray into human habitations and get killed. Forest officials will be particularly focusing on forests with a high population of panthers located in the fringe areas of cities. They will …
This paper represents the result of chemical characteristics such as Dissolved Oxygen, Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand during one year at Nanded (Maharashtra) and Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh). It was observed that Godavari River at Nanded was more polluted than Rajahmundry.
