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 …
Report of the Joint Committee constituted in the Original Application No. 368 of 2022 in the matter of Abhilash Vs State of Telangana. The applicant Abhilash Chowdary of Garlavoddu village, Enkoor Zone, Khammam district, Telangana stated that the hills and forests around the village are being completely destroyed due to …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Banothu Nandu Nayak Vs Singareni Collieries Company Limited dated 06/5/2022. The matter is related to violation of environmental norms by Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). The grievance was that Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Sathupalli, Khammam …
Compliance report filed on behalf of Singareni Collieries in the Oggu Srinivasa Reddy & Others Vs Union of India & Others. The NGT in its order had directed Singareni Collieries located in village Ayyagaripeta, mandal Sathupalli, district Khammam, Telangana to submit the compliance report regarding the recommendations given along with …
The deadly HIV is on the rise in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, with the capital city alone accounting for 33 per cent of HIV AIDS cases in the state. In fact, the number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) has increased by seven percent in the last one …
MoEF cites usage of sub-critical technology In a significant victory for environmental activists fighting against coal-based thermal plants, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has de-listed two projects in Telangana State, one among them is Bhadradri Thermal Power Station proposed by the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGENCO) …
HYDERABAD: Waking up from its slumber over increasing dengue-related deaths in the state, the Telangana government on Monday asked health officials to Khammam district to handle an emergency-like situation in that district. Health minister C Laxma Reddy reviewed the situation and directed a medical team headed by joint director of …
In a big relief to the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TS-Genco), the southern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday party allowed a petition filed by the Human Rights Forum against execution of 4 x 270 MW Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant at Manuguru in Khammam …
The May 2016 report by TS groundwater department also found that nine districts in the state have deeper water levels than in May 2015. Hyderabad: Water year 2015-16 has been bad for Telangana with 20 per cent deficit in rainfall which resulted in a dip in average groundwater level of …
After impediments pertaining to environment clearance and a case filed in the National Green Tribunal, the latest challenge faced by the Bhadradri Thermal Power Station at Manuguru in Khammam district is the conditional approval granted by the Ministry of Power (MoP). The MoP, while approving the project’s use of sub-critical …
MoEF report submitted to NGT bench recommends appropriate action as deemed fit The expert team from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which recently inspected the project site of the proposed Bhadradri Thermal Power Station at Manuguru in Khammam district, has highlighted the existence of a water body near …
The Union environment and forests ministry has accorded environmental clearance to Rs 5,465 crore fertiliser plant proposed at Ramagundam in Khammam district. National Fertilisers Ltd, Engineers India Ltd and Fertiliser Corporation of India had earlier signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to setting up an ammonia and …
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 …
Reeling under the scorching sun, people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana allege official apathy. For Chinni Shankar Rao and his wife, Lakshmikantamma, it was an intolerable day, with the sun beating down mercilessly on their little kirana shop. The elderly couple from Addanki, a small town in Prakasam district of …
Reeling under the scorching sun, people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana allege official apathy. For Chinni Shankar Rao and his wife, Lakshmikantamma, it was an intolerable day, with the sun beating down mercilessly on their little kirana shop. The elderly couple from Addanki, a small town in Prakasam district of …
Aggrieved villagers from the fluoride-affected and upland areas of the district staged a demonstration with empty drinking water containers made of clay here on Monday in an effort to draw the government’s attention towards their drinking water woes. Scores of villagers mainly comprising women from different parts of the district …
The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has come forward to extend Rs.15,000 crore loan for thermal power projects coming up in Telangana. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed on Sunday by the officials of PFC and Telangana State Generation Corporation (TS Genco) in the presence of Chief …
The Telangana government is examining the idea of formation of armed forest protection teams and striking forces to prevent smuggling of teak and other timber from the forests of Adilabad, Warangal, Khammam and other districts. Minister for Forests and Environment Jogu Ramanna stated here on Thursday that they would create …
The controversial Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill that allows transfer of seven mandals from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh is just a step away from being enacted into a law with the Rajya Sabha on Monday giving its assent amid protests from TRS and Congress members from Telangana. The bill was …
Khammam: The Indirasagar-Polavaram Multi-purpose Irrigation Project took a new turn with the passing of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, which paves the way for the Polavaram project in AP by merging seven mandals in Khammam district with Seemandhra. The Centre will now have to float a company called Polavaram …
Debate in Rajya Sabha on Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Minister of Home Affairs Shri Raj Nath Singh informed Rajya Sabha that " Rajya Sabha had passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill on 20th February. The Rajya Sabha had passed the Bill without any amendments. The Bill received …
