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 …
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 …
With the water situation getting worse, citizens are reduced to guessing on which day they will get water and at what time. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board stops the water supply or delays releasing it as per its whims and fancies. As it is, some colonies and …
Aiming to provide better transportation facilities in cities, the Government has decided to introduce multi-modal transport system in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad at an estimated cost Rs 632.68 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the upgradation of railway infrastructure for the introduction of multi-modal transport system …
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) of Central government recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests that cause huge crop loss. Diseases and insect pests cause a crop-loss of over …
The human adenovirus (HAdV-65) is now making its presence felt in the form of diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and respiratory tract infections. The virus has already been detected in Bangladesh and with the influx of immigrants from that country to Hyderabad, medical experts say that the ailment can be expected to surface …
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has directed 97 healthcare establishments with over 100-beds capacity to submit bank guarantee within a week, assuring that they would conform to Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules. Located in Hyderabad, Warangal, Ranga Reddy and Karimnagar districts, these hospitals were found violating rules. The …
Realty firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its managing director to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said in its chargesheet. By an agreement dated …
The office of the Water Board was flooded with complaints regarding the tariff hike and the poor quality of water, during the Prajavani programme held in the main office at Khairatabad on Monday. During the two-hour programme, around 70 grievances were collected, a majority of which were regarding the tariff …
Hyderabad is staring at a drinking water crisis as Osmansagar and Himay-atsagar are fast drying up. The water available in the two reservoirs will be sufficient up to May only through gravity . After May, water will reach dead storage levels forcing officials to use high power motors to pump …
Despite predictions of a good rainfall in 2012, the present water crisis in Hyderabad, especially relating to groundwater levels, may deteriorate in the absence of preventive measures. The haphazard and rapid growth of the city has nearly exhausted the groundwater resources. This information was presented to the state authorities by …
For the first time in about five years, India will have data on district-level malnutrition. The data has been collated by Hyderabad-based Naandi Foundation in a report titled HUNGaMA (hunger and malnutrition) which will be released by Prime Minister manmohan Singh Tuesday. The district-level health data was collated for nine …
Owning a house in the city will remain a pipedream for nearly two lakh families because there are no large chunks of government land left in Hyderabad district or the core area for mass housing projects. Over 1.30 lakh families have applied for houses in the two rounds of the …
Hyderabad Not too long after the delisting episode of Shanta Biotech’s pentavalent hepatitis B vaccine Shan5, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now suspended the supply of hepatitis B vaccine (Revac-B+) manufactured by Bharat Biotech International (BBIL). It has also terminated the prequalification procedures for current applications for other vaccines …
Andhra Pradesh which has 75 notified special economic zones (SEZs), which is the highest number of SEZs in any State in the country, has attracted investment of about Rs 15,000 crore. These SEZs registered exports of Rs 13,000 crore during the financial year 2010-11 and exports are expected to double …
GMR Infrastructure is close to winning a Rs 1,500-crore highway project in Andhra Pradesh. The company, based in this city, is bidding aggressively for this 145-km project connecting Hyderabad with Sangareddy, a district headquarters to the northwest, on the route to Mumbai. According to senior officials of the National Highways …
The CBI on Wednesday issued notice to YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, directing him to appear before it for questioning in the illegal iron ore mining case. Sources said the CBI, probing alleged nexus between Jagan and jailed Obulapuram Mining Company owner Gali Janardhana Reddy, …
The Andhra Pradesh Government through Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is preparing a comprehensive transport plan for Hyderabad metropolitan development area with the assistance of Canadian consultant LEA International Ltd. This plan will be prepared with the support from the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. A Comprehensive Transportation …
How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment? Answering these questions were school children from Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar at the ‘Green-I Contest' organised by Carrier …
In four months since the launch of SOLT-Save One Lakh Trees and educate poor children programme, aimed at promoting recycling of paper waste, ITC has said that they have achieved a major milestone of saving 25,000 trees. “Part of Wealth from Waste (WOW) initiative, ITC in association with Ramky Group …
Cases of dengue, even deaths have been reported in the state, while health officials say that things are under control. An official in the health department, requesting anonymity, said, “Due to the ongoing T-strike, work in a number of T-districts has been hampered as health department staff has not been …