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 …
Nellore: The recent heavy rains left a trail of destruction in SPSR Nellore district. As many as 400 teams are enumerating the damages in the affected areas and the exercise is almost coming to an end. The loss to various sectors is pegged at Rs 2,137 crore as on Sunday. …
Nellore: Though it has been a week since heavy rain lashed Nellore district, many areas are under a sheet of water in Gudur, the second biggest town in the district. Encroachments as well as breaches to the tanks in the villages located on the western side of the town are …
Farmers of Nellore district stand to gain the most After the interlinking of the Godavari and Krishna rivers, the government seems to have set its sights on the integration of the Krishna and Penna river systems to help a vast majority of farmers in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pudiparthi Mallikharjuna Reddy Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/09/2015 regarding silica mining activity without obtaining prior Environmental Clearance (EC) in Telangana and Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh.
Stringent green belt norms made mandatory to avoid any problem to people, say managements After the development of the Krishnapatnam Port, industrialists secured permissions for the construction of a plethora of thermal power projects in the vicinity of the port considering the ease in supply of imported coal. In the …
Nellore: Much to the relief of officials and general public, there is hardly any impact because of Hudhud cyclone in SPSR Nellore district. Except for rough sea and partly cloudy sky, the climate was as usual in Nellore on Sunday. A sea surge of 20 metres was witnessed at Kottakoduru …
A good number of brick kilns are operating along the Mumbai highway between Nellore and Atmakur, a fact that has triggered concern among those who travel frequently on this highway. The authorities have time and again asked the owners of these kilns to shift to interior places but they feel …
More than 800 Olive Ridley turtles, which came to lay eggs on the beaches of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, have died, it was reported on Tuesday. N.V. Sivarama Prasad, District Forest Officer, Nellore, said such large-scale deaths of Olive Ridley turtles had not been reported from the Andhra Pradesh coast …
At least 1,122 carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles were washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in January alone. More than 145 dead turtles were found on the stretch between Marina Beach and Neelankarai, while 226 were found between Neelankarai and Marakkanam. In Andhra Pradesh, Nellore …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s P Kantarao Pynampuram village and others Vs The Secretary to Government Ministry of Environment and Forest New Delhi and others dated 17/12/2013 regarding a proposed thermal power plant by Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Ltd. and request for fresh …
A 40-member NDRF team deployed to carry out rescue and relief operations Krishna district authorities alerted the people in the cyclone-prone 12 mandals where evacuation measures have already been put in place in the wake of the likely landfall of Cyclone Helen on Thursday near Kavali in Nellore district. A …
Hyderabad: Districts along the Bay of Bengal coast began gearing up for Cyclone Phailin, which is expected to make landfall on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Officials and staff have been put on high alert and the state government has drawn up an action plan. It includes, when …
Sources say the cost of setting up the power plant is Rs 5,000 cr; the project has already received forest and defence nod Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is known to be in talks to purchase a 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, that belongs to Hyderabad-based Kineta …
The company officials have sought around 90 acres of land in the area for the establishment of 1X120 MW power plant The Hyderabad based RKP Energy Private Limited has evinced interest to set up a coal-based thermal power plant at Srirampur, near Chhatrapur in Ganjam district with an investment of …
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have commonly been known as rich people's disease, but a recent study in the state reveals how the NCD caseload in the state is more in rural pockets of Warangal, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna and Nellore. Interestingly there is also a regional variation in the NCD cases. …
Central Empowered Committee inspected the alleged environmental damages at Krishnapatnam Port and its surroundings on Tuesday. The committee was deputed by the Supreme Court following some petitions filed by S. Venkateswarlu, a native of Chalivendrum near the port and an advocate K.R. Reddy over damage to the environment because of …
Surya Pratap Reddy, a farmer at Momidi village in Chillakur mandal, was deeply disturbed on finding an HT tower erected on his three-acre agricultural land overnight without his prior consent. When he went to register his protest with the officials of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), he …
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. …
Coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are bracing up to face cyclone Nilam. A deep depression lying 500 km southeast of Chennai has intensified into a cyclone storm and is likely to cross the coasts between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh by Wednesday afternoon, bringing with …
The 7,000-km long Indian coastline that is home to 30 per cent of the country’s population faces a huge threat from unbridled sand mining and commercial coastal activity. “In AP, the Nellore and Godavari coast is threatened by these mafias who take away large quantities of vital sea sand by …
