Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
May 12: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) has been sitting on dirty reservoirs for years now. There are 80 service reservoirs in the city where water is brought from the source and stored before being supplied to the citizens. Though the Board allocates money in its …
May 10: Even as the city awaited the confirmatory tests on the presence of cholera in the city, it transpired that state health officials have flouted every rule in the book in treating cholera patients, and victims. Officials have not invoked cholera prevention and control guidelines, for the simple reason …
HYDERABAD: The health authorities on Saturday confirmed that 16 patients, who were admitted to the Fever and the Gandhi Hospitals here between May 5 and 6, have tested positive for cholera. Out of the 16 confirmed, 12 were from the Fever Hospital while the rest were admitted in the Gandhi …
May 7: Nearly 100 fresh cases, mostly children suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, were reported at various hospitals in the city on Thursday while some of the patients were refusing to leave the hospital despite being given the discharge slip. The principal secretary for health, Mr L.V. Subramaniam said:
May 7: The biological analysis of water samples from Bholakpur revealed abnormal presence of E.coli which is found in human faeces. According to health experts, water that has high E.coli content is unfit for human consumption. In all, seven persons have died and 300 others were hospitalised after drinking contaminated …
HYDERABAD: It is supposed to be the elixir of life. But consumption of contaminated water claimed five lives and led to the hospitalisation of over 200 persons in Bholakpur locality in the Andhra Pradesh capital on Tuesday. As news of people falling sick spread, tension gripped Bholakpur and surrounding areas …
VED JAINThe Maytas Infrastructure board is scheduled to meet next week to evaluate the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro project. The six-member board, with majority of directors nominated by the government, is evaluating the various aspects of the prestigious project, including land acquisition and financial closure. Chairman K Ramalingam (the government-nominated …
Seven persons, three of them children, died and 200 others were hospitalised after they consumed contaminated water in Bholakpur and its adjoining areas in the heart of the new city. They had consumed water supplied by the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board at taps in their homes. The …
May 5: An irate mob attacked the MP, Mr Anjan Kumar Yadav, and Water Board officials at Bholakpur on Tuesday after six persons of the area died of consuming contaminated water. Police had to use force to disperse the agitating residents and the human rights commission sought a report from …
May 5: In a shameful incident, six persons, three of them children, died and 200 others were hospitalised after they consumed contaminated water in Bholakpur and its adjoining areas in the heart of the new city. They had consumed water supplied by the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board …
Both the air passengers admitted to the Government Chest Hospital on Sunday HYDERABAD: Two more persons, a 29-year-old passenger travelling from West Germany to Hyderabad and a 37-year-old self employed person, who came to Hyderabad from Canada on April 26, were admitted to the Government Chest Hospital, Erragadda, on Sunday …
Hyderabad, April 14: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has started commercial sale of canned water. The Board will initially confine the sale to government offices and institutions. The Board
April 6: Land sharks have encroached into the Ramakrishnapuram lake near Neredmet from all the sides. This lake is the habitat of a variety of birds and tortoises. Several buildings have come up near the lake situated beside the flyover. Moreover, tortoises from the lake are caught in the lake …
March 31: Having a cellphone tower atop the roof is proving to be a risky proposition for the owners of the high-rise buildings as also residents in the vicinity. In a recent case, residents in First Lancer at Humayun Nagar in Mehdipatnam have registered a complaint with the Humayun Nagar …
March 28: Hyderabad lagged behind other metros in the country in observing Earth Hour on Saturday. Earth Hour, a global initiative by the World Wildlife Fund to fight climate change was organised in the city by a few corporates. Lights were switched off lights for 60 minutes between 8.30 pm …
March 25: The city scores low among other southern capitals when it comes to child health. Bengaluru leads the south brigade, followed by Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai in the Lifebuoy Child Health Quotient Survey, the results of which were released on Wednesday. Hyderabad has been ranked 12th among the 17 state …
March 19: The Citizens for a Better Public Transport (CBPTH), a conglomeration of 15 NGOs, asked the state government should immediately scrap the "concessional agreement" it has entered into with Maytas to develop the Metro Rail project in Hyderabad. The CBPTH on Thursday held a demonstration in front of the …
March 17: Maytas Infra on Tuesday formally requested the state government to extend the deadline to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project. It is learnt that Maytas Infra wants three to six months more but sources close to the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, …
March 12: Star hotels of the city have also opted for daily power cuts, like malls and multiplexes. The state government has decided to impose a two-day power holiday per week or daily power cuts on star hotels and software companies. Hospitals and diagnostic centres have been exempted from power …
March 5: The government may ask industrial consumers to agree to a two-day power holiday with many power traders who agreed to supply around 700 MW' every day backing off. With the onset of power crisis, the industrial units had been asked to reduce the demand for four hours which …
