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 …
New Delhi: Four new nuclear power plants proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India have run into trouble with the environment and forests ministry rejecting their initial applications for statutory environmental clearances. NPCIL has proposed four power plants, one each at Fatehabad in Haryana (2,800mw), Mandla in Madhya Pradesh (1,400mw), …
BV Mahalakshmi, Ajay Sukumaran Sompeta/Hyderabad: Last week, two people protesting against the construction of a power plant on their land were killed in police firing at Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. The incident happened last Wednesday when workers of Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCCL) entering the site for preliminary work faced agitating …
A suspended Telugu Desam Party legislator shouts slogans after his arrest during a protest against the police firing at Sompeta on Thursday. Fifty-seven Desam legislators were suspended after the Opposition disrupted proceedings in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly demanding the resignation of a minister over the police firing. (PTI) New Delhi/Hyderabad, …
Hyderabad: The National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) on Thursday quashed the environmental clearance given to Nagarjuna Construction Company for setting up of a thermal power plant at Sompet, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Further course of action is expected to be decided on the receipt of the certified copy of the …
Visakhapatnam, Juy 14: With the agitation against NCC turning violent at Sompeta, the state government may have to rethink its strategy for other thermal power projects coming up in Srikakulam. Srikakulam was chosen for many mega projects because government land was abundantly available and the plants would have close proximity …
Hyderabad, July 13: Till a few years ago, electricity generation projects used to be set up close to where coal was available. They were called pit-head stations. But with increasing water shortage, power projects across the country are moving towards coastal areas thanks to new technology that desalinates water. More …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has announced a probe into all kinds of permission given so far for bauxite mining, setting up of alumina factory and allocation of wetlands in Srikakulam for setting up three thermal power projects. He promised to withdraw all permissions …
Experts say Govt underplaying dangers of an accident. Nuclear power is expensive and perilous and India does not need it, said Dr Surendra Gadekar, nuclear scientist. The Union Government should give up plans to set up 15 nuclear power plants, including one at Kovvada in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, …
Site Inspection Report on projects: 2x660 MW (Phase-I) Super Critical Coal-based Thermal Power Plant in Sompeta Mandal in Srikakulam; 2640 MW Bhavanapadu Thermal Power Project near Kakrapalli village, Srikakulam District; Alumina Refinery (1.4 MTPA) and Co-generation plant (90 MW) at Srungavarapukota, Vizianagaram; Alumina Refinery (1.5 MTPA ) Smelter Plant (2,50,000 …
The Andhra Pradesh Government will extend all support to industrialists to set up units, especially in districts such as Srikakulam, to improve the living standards of local people, according to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah. He was speaking here on Saturday evening after inaugurating the Trimex beach sand mineral …
visakhapatnam, June 20: Lashing out against the mega electricity projects being taken up in Srikakulam and Nellore (14 of them), Ms Medha Patkar called these a waste of unrenewable sources of energy. Talking to members of the media here on Sunday, Ms Patkar said,
June 3: Beginning this year, the Agency areas of north Andhra districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, besides Adilabad would have roads worth Rs 1,500 crore over a period of five years. Announcing this here on Thursday, the Araku MP and chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises, Mr Y. Kishore-chandra …
May 27: The north coastal Andhra districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam experienced severe heat wave conditions, recording highest temperatures for the year on Thursday. For the first time Visakhapatnam airport registered the highest temperature of 41.8o Celsius and city 38o C. Tuni recorded the highest temperature of 45o C …
HYDERABAD: With the Andhra Pradesh government declaring a strong intent to promote nuclear power, two nuclear energy parks at Kovvada (Srikakulam district) and Nizampatnam (Guntur) are to be established with a whopping investment of over Rs. 1,50,000 crore. Disclosing this to reporters here on Thursday, Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
A Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered notices in a case filed challenging the permission accorded by the Government to set up a coal-based power plant near Sompeta in Srikakulam district. Mr Justice Ghulam Ahmed and Mr Justice Bhavani Prasad were dealing with a petition filed by …
Hyderabad, April 12: When state-owned Power Generation Corporation (Genco) proposed setting up a thermal project in the backward Srikakulam district, it was hoped that the region would benefit. But the environment ministry has objected to the situation of the proposed plant on a lagoon, and Genco had no choice but …
Visakhapatnam, April 2: Mercury has shot up generating heat wave conditions in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Except for the city and Kalingapatnam in Srikakulam district, temperatures have gone up in the entire coastal Andhra during the last 24 hours with Nellore recording a maximum temperature of 41 degrees Celsius. Gannavaram and …
Visakhapatnam, March 8: The north coastal Andhra would soon becoming the epicentre of power projects with as many as 17 projects in private sector and a nuclear power project in the public sector, generating 19,000 mega watts in the next couple of years. The proposed nuclear power project in Srikakulam …
It didn’t take much for the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to promise free power to farmers. The gambit paid off too, as he returned to power in the 2009 assembly elections. The Andhra farmer wasn’t complaining either. But when the time came to honour the commitment, the ‘free’ bit of …
The fisherfolk from Sompeta expressed their protest against the proposed thermal power plant (2,640 MW) to be set up by the NCC group in the district at a meeting presided over by the Joint Collector, Mr E. Sridhar. The meeting was held in the aftermath of an agitation lagainst the …
