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 …
A month after the deadline to install GPS in vehicles transporting hazardous waste in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam has passed, the devices are yet to be installed. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) had in March asked the authorities to install GPS devices on these vehicles and link them to the …
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board is vexed over the rampant burning of household trash in personal backyards in complete violation of instructions from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Pollution control experts say that when household garbage is burnt, Dioxins, a known carcinogen, associated also with birth defects, are released …
With this, 6 million units of electricity will be added to the grid State-run BHEL today said it has commissioned a 250 MW unit at Harduaganj thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh. "BHEL has commissioned a 250 MW unit at Harduaganj Thermal Power Station (TPS), in Uttar Pradesh. With this, …
The state seems to be stealthily moving to gift away government land in the upmarket Banjara Hills to private parties. The Hyderabad district revenue administration and a private individual, Ghousia Begum, have been fighting over five acres of land near Kalinga Bhavan in Banjara Hills for several years now. On …
The construction industry in Andhra Pradesh has come to a grinding halt following imposition of ban on sand mining by the high court to protect the riverbeds from indiscriminate exploitation of the natural resource. While the court stuck to its directive in the interest of the environment, there is a …
‘Purpose Not Being Served As Towns Aren’t Ethnically Diverse’ New Delhi: Smaller cities seem to have become prime target for drug trials. While pharma companies have claimed over the last few years that most of their drug trials were taking place in “cosmopolitan towns” which have a heterogeneous population, comprising …
When completed, it will be India’s largest lift-irrigation project, boasting of the longest gravity canals, aqua-ducts and tunnel systems, spanning some 1,055 km. More than that, the Rs 40,000 crore Pranahita-Chevella project is being touted as the solution to all the problems of perennially parched Telangana: It is expected to …
The enormity of pollution due to pharmaceuticals in India has caught the attention of researchers all over the world. This was due to the near extinction of vultures in the Indian subcontinent in the 1990s caused by diclofenac and a recent study in 2007 by Swedish scientists on pharmaceutical effluents …
Cities in India are dreaming of becoming New York and London but we seldom worry about as basic an issue as sewage and its disposal in our country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought out a two-volume book titled Excreta Matters: Report on the State of India’s …
The Hyderabad-Karnataka Janapara Samiti has expressed concern over the State’s long-standing water problem with regard to Rivers Krishna and Cauvery. Shortage of water is not due to lack of water but due to its mismanagement, the Samiti members said here on Monday. Projects not implemented: According to them, Karnataka received …
Groundwater levels in the state are receding at an alarming rate. While groundwater in many areas was already in the ‘critical’ category earlier, village after village in the state is now nose-diving into the ‘over exploited’ category when it comes to harvesting groundwater. This perilous status of groundwater in AP …
AgSri Agricultural Services Private Limited, the Hyderabad-based social enterprise, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US-based Driptech Inc, the makers of low-cost drip irrigation systems, to help small farmers in Andhra Pradesh. Priced at Rs 12,000 per acre, the system scores high in acceptance due to its easy …
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday expressed concern over the increasing water woes in the state. He was reviewing the preparedness of the administration for the month-long Prajapatham, a government initiative to visit villages during the hot summer season and address people’s problems, in a video conference with …
Many areas in Secunderabad Cantonment are reeling under a severe water scarcity. The cantonment civilian population requires over 75 lakh gallons of water every day against the present supply of less than 40 lakh gallons. Citizens and elected ward members said a major water supply pipeline laid between Mahindra Hills …
India now has the largest number of green buildings after the US, with one billion sq. ft. The US is ahead with over three billion sq. ft under green building cover. “This is a major milestone for a country which has had its first registered green building only in 2003. …
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International Limited (WWIL) is facing trouble in Andhra Pradesh as well with the Comptroller and Auditor General rapping the state government over allotment of 20.10 acres of prime land to the institute in total violation of the rules. Mr Ghai, who suffered a setback in …
A new outfit, the Rayalaseema Rashtra Samiti, has launched a campaign against cement firms in Rayalaseema. The samiti has decided to organise a 48-hour satyagraha at Kadapa from April 16. Their demands: allotment of cement to locals at a subsidised rate of Rs 150 in lieu of lands allotted, jobs …
With the AP High Court’s ban on sand quarrying coming into force across the state on Sunday, the real estate sector has sent an SOS to the government, asking it intervene and tackle the “crisis”. According to buil-ders, the construction costs will go up by about 15 per cent in …
Making it clear that it cannot allow the devastation of the state for the sake of benefiting a few individuals, the High Court on Wednesday imposed a ban on sand mining in AP with effect from April 1. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Noushad …
The Andhra Pradesh Government and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are planning a series of initiatives to improve the civic infrastructure and deck up the city ahead of the mega global Biodiversity Summit to be held at Hyderabad in October 2012. The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, said, about …
