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 …
Once phase-I of Godavari project is commissioned, the water will first reach Hitec City, Sainikpuri, Cantonment, Kapra, Alwal, Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur, Kukatpally, Rajendernagar and Serilingampally areas. In other words, the residential colonies of surrounding municipalities, which are reeling under severe water scarcity, will be the first among the beneficiaries to receive …
A division bench comprising Justice V.V.S. Rao and Justice G. Krishna Mohan Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday directed the Karimnagar district collector to convene a public hearing on the 500 MW gas-based combined cycle power plant in Guggilla village of Bajjanki mandal of the district by …
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 …
The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Sunday said the drinking water problem in Malkajgiri municipal areas will be solved soon as the government is taking up works to provide new water lines, construct storage reservoirs and improve distribution network at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore. …
A fact-finding team representing a collective of 40 farmers' organisations, Raitu Swarajya Vedika, has found an alarming rise in the number of suicides by farmers — as many as 90 in the last month alone — in Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Medak, Mahbubnagar and Anantapur districts of Andhra Pradesh. Releasing a …
Oct. 7: Illegal sand quarrying is rampant in the district as the administration has failed to finalise the tender process for quarries for the last three months. Anti-social elements with the cooperation of a few political leaders are daringly transporting sand to Nizamabad, Bodhan, Kamareddy, Armoor towns and Hyderabad. Revenue …
Warangal, Sept. 14: About 100 tribals people fell ill after drinking contaminated water in Kommarigudem thanda in Wardhanapet mandal on Tuesday. While 50 people were treated at Wardhanapet civil hospital, including 25 who have been given intravenous liquid, the rest were treated at a special medical camp at Inovolu primary …
Aug. 22: The state roads and buildings minister, Mrs Galla Aruna Kumari, said that proposals had been made for projects worth Rs 3,560 crore, extending to over 712 projects for the state. The Central governm-ent too has given a positive picture, stating that the State of Accruals were in proper …
Warangal, Aug. 17: To get a first-hand idea on water supply for agriculture through canals under Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) phase I and phase II, A.D. Mohile, irrigation expert of Srikrishna Committee, made a visit to Warangal on Tuesday. He also interacted with farmers while passing through SRSP phase II …
Nizamabad, Aug. 11: The minister for medical education, Mr P. Sudarshan Reddy, said that the state government would take a policy decision on release of water from Singur reservoir to the Nizamsagar project soon.
Greenpeace, the non-governmental organisation, has claimed that farmers get more income if they cultivate organic cotton instead of Bt cotton. The NGO, which conducted a survey in three top cotton growing districts of Warangal, Karimnagar and Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh, said that the net income of organic cotton farmers is …
A. K. Shiva Kumar The glitter of growth has added little sparkle to the lives of many peasants and rural workers. Deprivation, discrimination, and disadvantage dominate the everyday lives of large sections in rural Andhra Pradesh, an important new study*finds. Village studies highlight features of society that are often overlooked …
Adilabad, May 11: The shortage of drinking water is so acute in the remote Adivasi habitations (gudems) in the Agency are that it forced the district administration to relocate the gudems to nearby plain areas to save lives. The severe drinking water problem and water contamination, which resulted in Adivasi …
Hyderabad, May 2: The AP Forest Inventory Report 2010 has revealed that the state forest growing stock has decreased by 60 million cubic metres. As a direct result of the depleting growing stock, experts say the state will experience adverse climate changes and increasing temperatures. The survey report states that …
NIZAMABAD, April 19: Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) leaders tried to obstruct the Praja Patham, a mass contact programme in the district on Monday in protest against the delay in carving out a separate state for Telangana. The agitators created hurdles in the meetings of minister for medical education P. …
April 8: The Central government has given clearance for expansion of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Ramagundam unit. Construction of the eight and ninth units at 500 mw each is likely to begin in the near future and authorities have prepared plans to complete the project by 2013. Speaking …
March 30: Ineffective garbage management by Warangal Municipal Corporation (WMC) is adversely affecting the quality of drinking water in a few places as harmful chemicals like chromium and lead are said to have been found in excess quantity well above World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications. In a recent study done …
March 4: Lack of coordination among government departments and the apathy of higher officials have resulted in an abnormal delay in the prestigious Rs 140 crore drinking water scheme in the district. As a result, people of Kamareddy, Armoor municipalities and 366 villages will not get drinking water this summer. …
Karimnagar, Feb. 14: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, said that separatist movements should not become obstacles in the path of progress and any such movements should have no place for violence. The Chief Minister set the stone for the first phase of 2,100 megawatt gas-based power plant at Nedunur …
