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 …
DUGGIRALA (Guntur): As many as eight villages in Duggirala and Tenali mandals in Guntur district are bearing the brunt of toxic release from CCL Products (India) Ltd, a coffee exporting company operating in Duggirala. Hundreds of families and thousands of acres in Kolakaluru, Penumuli, Rama Nagar Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Kopalla, …
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said in the endeavour to create Swachh Andhra Pradesh, he would involve industries for improving sanitary conditions with corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds in villages. Efforts would be made to rope in agencies such as Sulabh International for getting toilet complexes wherever needed. …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government’s land pooling policy for the new capital will hit small and marginal farmers while benefiting big farmers. Small farmers say that they will lose their livelihood if the government takes their lands. Farmers’ associations are also objecting to the state government’s move to acquire agricultural lands …
Guntur: Minister for panchayt raj Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu on Sunday said that the state government will provide Integrated Sanitary Latrines (ISLs) to 62 lakh families in the next five years to improve living standards. Mr Ayyanna Patrudu, along with Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasads Rao and agriculture minister Prattipati Pulla …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government will set up two solar parks of 1,000 MW and 300 MW in Anantapur and Guntur districts respectively. The AP Energy department and Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited [Nedcap] have been given 500 acre land in P. Kothapalli of Anantapur district, while the …
The Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up plans for a 1,000 MW solar park in Guntur district. A detailed review of the power sector is now under way at AP Genco here to work out modalities for fresh capacity addition. A note on 24x7 power supply will be prepared within …
More than the forest fire it is the subsequent loss of natural habit that will severely affect endemic, rare, and critically endangered animals in Seshachalam and Nallamala forests. These two important forests witnessed about half a dozen fires in the last five days. Hundreds of hectares of greenery were reduced …
60 % of the damaged crop is only in West Godavari district. About 1,68,998 hectares of paddy crop, of which over 60 per cent is only in West Godavari district, has been damaged under the impact of heavy rains caused by cyclone Helen, preliminary estimates of the state disaster management …
It is expected to make landfall between Kalingapatnam and Masula on Nov. 28. Even as the enumeration of extensive crop loss caused by the tropical cyclonic storm Helen is yet to commence, the coastal Andhra region is faced with another “very severe cyclonic storm’’ that is likely to cross the …
Trees were uprooted disrupting traffic, communication and electricity towers were damaged as strong gales with speed reaching 100-110 kmph caused havoc in the coastal districts Cyclonic storm Helen Friday hit Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam, triggering heavy rains and strong gales, killing seven people and causing massive damage to the …
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have commonly been known as rich people's disease, but a recent study in the state reveals how the NCD caseload in the state is more in rural pockets of Warangal, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna and Nellore. Interestingly there is also a regional variation in the NCD cases. …
Hyderabad: The deaths due to sunstroke have risen to 524 since April 1, 2013, according to the department of Disaster Management of the state government. Guntur, where on Saturday the figure stood at six, has now topped the chart with 95 deaths. Similarly, Prakasham recorded 40 on Saturday, but has …
Untimely rains and hailstorm in Andhra Pradesh have killed 18 persons and damaged agricultural and horticultural crops in 2.50 lakh hectares in the last two days. Paddy, maize, bengalgram and chillies suffered the maximum damage as rains lashed the coastal districts of Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Prakasam and West Godavari districts. …
At least 22 people died and thousands were rendered homeless as incessant heavy rain lashed the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh under the influence of the passing cyclonic storm ‘Nilam’. The weather department has issued a warning that till the morning of November 6 moderate to heavy rainfall would continue …
The AP High Court on Monday directed the state government to file a status report on the quantity of the Krishna water required to cater to the drinking water needs of the people of Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Nalgonda, Guntur and Prakas-am districts. The court said it had no concern with politics, …
The city-based Atomic Minerals Directorate has identified new sources of uranium at Koppunuru in Guntur district and Bichun and Nayagaon areas of Jaipur district. If tapped, the new uranium resources are expected to give a significant boost to the country’s nuclear energy programme and bring down power cuts. According to …
Little hope of crop revival as rains to weaken further in Aug Hopes of reviving wilting crops have receded further and lakhs of hectares will remain fallow in western and southern India as the erratic monsoon is forecast to weaken further in August, sparking fears that prices of farm products …
SHAKEN, NOT SHATTERED: Waves Of Panic Hit East Coast Chennai/Kolkata: Waves of panic swept through India’s eastern coast on Wednesday afternoon as cities were rocked by tremors and repeated alerts of a possible tsunami being triggered by a massive earthquake of 8.6 magnitude off the Indonesian coast. The alert generated …
Almost 10 per cent of villages in the state have been freshly earmarked to receive notifications under the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002. The villages have been identified by the groundwater department here that has asked the state government to strictly check deep-bore drilling in about 2,500 …
Mild tremors were felt in some parts of Krishna, Guntur and Khammam districts of Andhra Pradesh around noon today, triggering panic among the people. Nandigama and Kanchakacharla in Krishna district, Amaravati and Kosure in Guntur district and Madhira in Khammam district reported tremors between 12.25 and 12.30 p.m., locals said. …
