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 …
Ongole, April 7: People of Kanaparti and adjacent areas where AP Genco is going to construct a thermal power station have formed a committee to start agitations opposing the proposed power plant as it will ruin farming lands and historical monuments of the freedom struggle at Vinodarayunipalem. Genco is planning …
March 4: Over 11 lakh acres under the Prakasam barrage ayacut in Krishna and Guntur districts will be transformed into barren lands in the coming years due to the implementation of GO no.107 issued by the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government in September 2004. The Congress government in the order instructed …
T. Vijaya Kumar The Major Industries Minister, Mr K. Lakshminarayana, unveils the plaque inaugurating internal roads at Auto Nagar in Guntur on Thursday.
HIV testing is a key component of HIV control efforts. The authors examined the distribution of HIV testing in a population-based sample from Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, which is estimated to have one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in India.
HYDERABAD: Workers engaged in the operations to remove the thick layer of silt deposited in Kurnool city and elsewhere after the floodwater receded are faced with a peculiar problem as the soil has become very hard. After flood receded, five to 25 feet high silt accumulated in Kurnool. It turned …
Oct. 8: Modernisation of the Krishna delta alone will provide a lasting solution to the perennial flooding of Krishna district, said irrigation experts. Implementation of the long-pending modernisation scheme was one of the cherished dreams of the late Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The Krishna Delta modernisation was planned …
Guntur: The cup of woes was overflowing for the Andhra Pradesh government with a fresh breach in Krishna river submerging a whole town in chief minister K Rosaiah
The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh worsened after the Krishna river breached its left embankment near Oleru village on Tuesday afternoon inundating at least 35 villages in Krishna and Guntur district. No loss of life has been reported so far. The breach came about even as inflow and outflow on …
Hyderabad: The flood fury descended on Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh by Sunday night with as many as 300 villages going under the water. Officials involved in relief work believe as many as 10 lakh people are affected by the disaster. The flood waters buried many villages in …
Bangalore/Hyderabad: A 500-metre-long bridge across the Tungabhadra river near Gilkesugur village, 32 km from Raichur, was washed away in flash floods in Karnataka, even as the situation eased in Gulbarga, Bijapur, Bellary and Raichur districts of the State with the water-level in the Krishna, Tungabhadra and several streams and rivulets …
The retreating monsoon claimed 12 more lives as the death toll due to torrential rains and rampaging floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh soared to 205 on Sunday even as relief operations were on in full swing in the two states to provide succour to the affected. Karnataka, which reported …
HYDERABAD: The swine flu virus, which was hitherto confined to a few cities in Andhra Pradesh, claimed its second victim in Mahabubnagar district on Thursday as the disease spread fast to new areas. A suspected patient was quarantined in Guntur. According to information reaching here, Saritha of Peddapur village in …
Aug. 25: Bringing much-needed relief to the farmers, the Southwest monsoon has become vigorous over the Telangana region and active over the coastal region in Andhra Pradesh. Several areas of Adilabad, Medak, Guntur and Krishna districts received around 8 cm rainfall, somewhat negating the effects of the drought-like conditions in …
Aug. 10: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday declared that calling tenders for granting sand quarrying lease on river beds without getting clearance from the river conservator was illegal. A division bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan was dealing with a PIL challenging the lease on …
The Andhra Pradesh Government should make efforts in right earnest to take up drought relief measures in the State, as the situation is getting worse by the day, said Dr Y. Sivaji, a former member of the Rajya Sabha and also the honorary president of the AP Tobacco Growers
July 30: The monsoon has betrayed the state this year and a looming drought now stares hard at it. Though the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has always claimed that the rain gods are with him, this time they have turned their faces away. His prayers and pujas have …
THE SEA HAS INTRUDED LAND UP TO 30 KM IN THE COASTAL BELT MAKING WATER IN THE WELLS UNFIT TO DRINK March 21: Pollution in rivers, depleting resources of groundwater and landward movement of seawater are haunting Andhra Pradesh this World Water Day. Though endowed with natural water resources, the …
