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 …
Serious differences have emerged between the Centre and Telangana Government over uranium explorations in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, spread across Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts in southern part of the state. The state Forest Department has said it will not allow any exploration that interferes with the natural habitat of the …
The Srisailam dam saw a rise in inflows to 2,07,412 cusecs, and the dam received 25 tmc ft in 24 hours till Sunday evening Hyderabad: With sufficient water, all hydel units at the Jurala project were switched on to generate 300 MW of power. Jurala is receiving over 1.85 lakh …
HYDERABAD: While Northern Telangana sizzled on Sunday turning into a virtual cauldron with the mercury breaching the 44 degrees Celsius mark, it was raining in some southern districts, claiming two lives. The worst heat-affected area was Jagatyal town where the maximum temperature recorded was 44.4 degrees Celsius. Several areas, particularly …
The 1,000-MW solar power project required 5,000 acres and cost Rs 4,000 crore investment. Hyderabad: A 1,000-MW solar power project proposed to be built in the state two years ago has been stalled for want of land. The National Thermal Power Corporation had decided to set up the unit in …
The collector set a target of June 2 to complete construction of all these toilets and declared Mahbubabad an ODF. Warangal: The district administration is leaving no stone unturned to make Mahbubabad outdoor-defecation-free by June 2. Collector Preethi Meena said the administration would cancel pensions, confiscate ration cards or cut …
SALLONIPALLY: Hardly 40km from the Mahbubnagar district headquarters, Sallonipally was, till just a few days ago, like any other village in the district. But over a period of 48 hours, the village has successfully built 336 toilets, ensuring that every household in Sallonipally has an individual sanitary latrine. Till the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Sajeev Bharadwaj Vs State of Telangana & Others dated 27/07/2016 regarding alleged environmental violations committed by persons illegally involved in the rearing of banned African Catfish in the areas of Gadwal, Dharoor, Alampur, Atmakur, Kollapur, ltikyala, Wadapally, …
Hyderabad: Hepatitis infection is highest in Mahbubnagar district with 13.5% of the population under its grip, finds a year long study since July last year. The prevalence rate of Hepatitis, which mainly includes infection caused by Hepatitis A and C viruses, has been found to be particularly very high in …
Upper-air radiosonde observations, taken during “Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement EXperiment” (CAIPEEX) at Mahabubnagar (16.73°N, 77.98°E) under Integrated Ground Observation Campaign (IGOC) during the second half of southwest monsoon of 2011 have been analysed. Various weather data taken from India Meteorological Department as well as NCEP/NCAR reanalyzed upper-air wind …
HYDERABAD: Expressing serious concern over the official apathy towards illegal sand mining in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Hyderabad High Court on Monday summoned the district collector of West Godavari and superintendent of police of Mahbubnagar to explain the reasons for their failure to curb the menace. The bench comprising …
Hyderabad: The ongoing drought is fuelling distress migration from districts in Telangana, a trend that was witnessed in the early 2000s. The severe drought conditions for the second consecutive year have led to crop failure, mounting debts, chronic unemployment and failure of the NREGA scheme, especially in the districts of …
MAHBUBNAGAR: Mahbubnagar, considered the most backward district in the State, is faced with a rather unfortunate situation — at least 85% of the government schools in the district do have toilets but almost 90% of them are either unusable or damaged. The district has 3,869 schools and about 4.7 lakh …
Visakhapatnam/ Hyderabad: The joy of the approaching monsoon may be limited; the India Meteorological Department has said that the monthly rainfall over the peninsula is likely to be at 93 per cent, which is below normal. The Centre has already begun drawing up contingency plans to tackle the fallout of …
After having a master plan for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region and a transportation plan in the works, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) plans to formulate an environmental conservation and upgradation plan (ECUP) for the metropolitan region. HMDA officials said the aim to create an ECUP is to ensure a …
Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board on Sunday sealed a textile unit at Balanagarmandal in Mahbubnagar district following complaints from farmers that effluents from the factory were polluting agricultural fields in the vicinity. According to APPCB officials, they closed down GTN textiles at Gundlapotlapally village after experts inspected …
Lightning struck and killed at least 21 people and heavy unseasonal rain damaged acres of standing crops, particularly paddy and mango, over the past two days across Andhra Pradesh. Seven persons were struck dead in Guntur, four in Nellore and two in Prakasam. Such deaths were also reported from Warangal, …
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that agriculture loans to farmers in the State in the current financial year would be extended to the extent of Rs.72,000 crore as against Rs.52,000 crore in the last financial year. Launching the ‘Rythu Chaitanya Yatralu’ at Jadcharla on Monday, the Chief …
Three months after its move to revoke a closure notices issued against 12 highly polluting pharma companies in the city, the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has now gone a step ahead and is most likely to lift a 15-year-old ban on expansion of bulk drug units in the …
One striking feature of demographic changes in the state reflected in Census 2011 data is the sharp rise in the number of “census towns” from 93 in 2001 to 228 in 2011, indicating that people from rural backgrounds are increasingly discarding agriculture as a livelihood option and opting for more …
The urban growth in mandals in the State has declined by 3.5 per cent during 2001-11 compared with the previous decade, according Census data. The data has shown wide variations in urbanisation in different mandals. Pedagantyada mandal of Visakhapatnam district has recorded the highest urban growth rate in the State. …
