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 …
VISAKHAPATNAM: MP and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Wednesday charged the government with neglecting the welfare of tribals. Participating in
Visakhapatnam, March 23: Laying out full details of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project in presence of civil engineers here on Tuesday, retired executive engineer S. Nageswara Rao urged that pressure should be brought upon various agencies to take up the project on a war-footing and complete it by 2015. Addressing …
Visakhapatnam, March 20: The officials of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (GVMC) have clarified that it could not supply any additional water to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) as water levels in most of the reservoirs are drying up. In view of its expansion programme, the VSP has reportedly approached the …
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 …
B Krishna Mohan / Hyderabad March 9, 2010, 0:16 IST Set to attract investments worth Rs 500 cr With a jute park having been sanctioned in the Sabbaravarm mandal of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh, the jute industry is set to get a boost in the state. The park is …
Feb. 8: The minority welfare department has refused to allot an additional 1,000 acres of Wakf land to the Hinduja Power Project proposed to be set up near Visakhapatnam. With this, the 15-year old 1,040 MW thermal power project is likely to be delayed further. The Hinduja group was originally …
Visakhapatnam , Jan. 12: Officials and environmentalists suspect that pharmaceutical units might have dumped pollutants in Yeleru canal leading to the death of fish in large quantities. Local people and media personnel on a visit to canal area, soon after the news spread out that the canal water was poisoned, …
Hyderabad, Jan. 11: The state government on Monday asked the Hinduja Power Corporation to settle their disputes on alienation of land with Visakhapatnam district officials. A delegation from the company met the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, and requested him to expedite the handing over of the land for the …
When one of the top 20 pharma giants in the world, Eisai Pharmaceuticals of Japan, inaugurated its global research and development and production facility in Visakhapatnam last month, it was not just another feather in the cap of the city that is being dubbed as the
Hyderabad, Jan. 3: Visakhapatnam overtook Patancheru and Bolarum as the most industrially polluted cluster in the state as per the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (Cepi). The comprehensive environmental assessment of industrial clusters was conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board and the state pollution control boards in 88 clusters across …
Visakhapatnam, Nov. 25: The government need not probe all the mining leases following cancellation of operations in six mines in Ananthapur district on Tuesday, said the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah facing a volley of questions on the suspected loopholes in bauxite mining lease given to two multinational companies-Jindal and …
Nov. 16: APTransco, the state power utility, has staked claims over 100 per cent power from the proposed Hinduja power plant in Visakhapatnam. The move comes at a time when the Hinduja group is lobbying for permission to sell 75 per cent of the power in the open market under …
Call to adopt latest pollution control methods. The pharmaceutical industry and chemical industries should aim at zero discharge by adopting all the latest pollution control and mitigation technologies, especially in the coastal areas, accrding to Dr B. Sengupta, former member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board, and presently a member …
This article talks about a small patch of mangrove forest near the Meghadrigedda creek of Visakhapatnam coast of Andhra Pradesh. The creek located in Visakhapatnam (17
Oct. 22: Rise in fevers and diseases like malaria and is also being attributed to the rise in temperatures. Dr K. Surya Rao, who practices in Vishakaptnam, says that
VDS Rama Raju / Chennai/ Visakhapatnam October 19, 2009, 0:01 IST North coastal Andhra Pradesh is set to become the hub for the aluminium industry with three companies lining up over Rs 20,000 crore in the next three-four years for their proposed alumina refineries in the region. Agency areas of …
Sept. 29: Hyderabad and other Telangana districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Wednesday following the formation of a well-marked low pressure over west central Bay of Bengal. Isolated heavy to very heavy showers are expected at Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari districts.
Sept. 1: The state is unwell if the outbreak of seasonal diseases is any indication. While dengue cases are on rise in urban areas, including Hyderabad, malaria is spreading in rural areas. Many malaria cases have been reported from Ramachodavaram, East Godavari, Kadapa, Paderu in Visakhaptnam, Srikakau- lam, Vizianagaram Badrac- …
Sixty-eight of the notified 320 special economic zones (SEZs) in India are located in Andhra Pradesh, making that the highest number of notified SEZs in any state. In terms of the total formal approvals for SEZs, Andhra Pradesh has 102 approvals, coming second to the 109 in Maharashtra. The Andhra …
