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 …
Compliance affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The applicant (Md. Hayath Uddin) had filed an appeal in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against an order of December 22, 2017 of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) granting environmental clearance (EC) for …
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has submitted a report to the state government to this effect. Hyderabad: The heatwave conditions prevailing across Telangana state have claimed nearly 40 lives. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has submitted a report to the state government to this effect. The government will …
According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) heatwave conditions prevailed in many parts of Khammam and Karimnagar districts. Hyderabad: As many as 178 people have lost their lives due to heat-related illnesses in Telangana this summer season, the state disaster management department said on Monday. The casualties climbed from 143 to …
Panic-stricken millers turn to govt. for help The prevailing drought conditions have cast a shadow on the very existence of rice mills in Karimnagar district following the decline in the area of cultivation of paddy for the last few years. The district, which once attained distinction of having the highest …
Exposure to chemical pesticides while spraying in the field has also become a major health problem for farmers in Karimnagar district. Though, there is no serious pest attack in the district, the farmers, in order to reap riches, have been using pesticides extensively and as a result are suffering from …
Heavy rains lashed Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, throwing normal life out of gear, for the third day running on Monday. Adilabad district was the worst-hit in Telangana, receiving as much as 91.2 mm rainfall. Similarly, parts of Khammam received 42.6mm rainfall and Karimanagar district 34 mm. In the neighbouring Andhra …
KARIMNAGAR: As many 68 persons died of sunstroke in various parts of district from April 10 till date, according to information provided by the district health authorities. Sixty four succumbed to the scorching heatwave conditions in the month of May. The toll is likely to rise as temperatures are projected …
With no respite in the soaring day temperatures, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued warning that heat wave conditions would prevail in some parts of Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Nalgonda districts for the next two-days. On Wednesday, the maximum day temperatures continued to rise with Nizamabad recording 46.4 degrees Celsius against …
The loss of forest area in the country has been a high six per cent between 1975 and 2005, according to a study by the city-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). The analysis also found that in all bio-geographic zones, like the Himalayas, Deccan Plateau and Eastern Ghats, more than …
A nationwide research and action programme will be launched in 200 backward districts to gather data on malnutrition, Director General of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary for Health Research, V.M. Katoch, said on Thursday. The pilot project for the programme, involving Central institutions like National Institute of …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.Vs Vemuganti Ramakrishan Rao & Others dated 29/08/2013 regarding land acquisition by Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd. in village Jallaram, Kamanpur Mandal and Karimnagar Districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Karimnagar: Four debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in Karimnagar district in the last two days, police said on Tuesday. Cotton farmers Vangapalli Bhoomesh, 30, from Namili Gundupalli village and Aitha Malla Reddy, 36, from Annaram village ended their life by consuming insecticide on Monday, they said. Bhoomesh had taken about …
Centre has agreed to establish a gas-based fertiliser plant, replacing the coal-based FCI unit, at an estimated cost of Rs 5,000 cr The Union government has agreed in-principle to revive the Fertiliser Corporation of India's (FCI) urea production plant at Ramagundam in Karimnagar district. The plant had become sick and …
The phase I of the Godavari drinking water supply project has received the forest clearance, which will pave the way for its implementation by next year. The project seeks to augment water to the metropolitan city of Hyderabad and its neighbouring areas. The long-awaited clearance will enable the Government to …
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 …
To facilitate execution of VSP's expansion programme, the state govt had also agreed to allot iron ore mines Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), belonging to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), has embarked upon a massive expansion plan involving an investment of Rs 42,400 crore. To facilitate execution of VSP's expansion programme, …
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. …
Visakhapatnam:Encroachments in the guise of Forest Rights Act, cultivation and smuggling is shrinking forests. As much as 36.44 sq km of forest area has vanished in the state due to cultivation and illegal felling of trees within a span of one year. Andhra Pradesh forest department has completed collecting data …
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 …
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 …
