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: Five members of a family were buried alive at a village near Araku, of Visakhapatnam rural district, as their house got caught in a mudslide due to Cyclone Hudhud. Though the incident took place on the evening of October 12, officials came to know about it on the night …
Death toll in Hudhud cyclonic storm that struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh on Monday rose to 21, with sixteen more people reported to have died, authorities said. “Fifteen deaths were reported from Visakhapatnam district, five in Vizianagaram and one in Srikakulam,” Special Commissioner in State Disaster Management Authority, …
The maddening velocity of Cyclone Hudhud, apart from destroying the properties of thousands of residents, almost entirely stripped Visakhapatnam of its green cover, sucked it dry of its rich wealth of birds and eroded its picturesque beaches. Such was the cyclone's intensity that about 75-80% of the city's trees were …
In view of the cyclone hurling towards the state, the government evacuated about 1.50 lakh people from 400 villages in 63 mandals from north coastal Andhra and two Godavari districts till late on Saturday night. They were shifted to 250 relief camps. Authorities have identified a total of 500 vulnerable …
* 3.5 lakh people evacuated * 200 kmph winds slam Visakhapatnam * PM promises help Eight persons were killed as “very severe cyclonic storm” Hudhud battered coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha today, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. More than 3.5 lakh people — 2.5 lakh …
Visakhapatnam: While Vizag’s greenery is one of its most prized possessions, however it turned a curse for the city on Sunday as the cyclone Hudhud thrashed Vizag with all its might.Main roads and streets across the entire city were left choking with uprooted huge trees making commutation through almost impossible. …
HYDERABAD: Reclassified as a "very severe cyclonic storm" by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hudhud continued to gather force ahead of reaching Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh by Sunday. The cyclone will persist for nearly six hours post-landfall in the morning and peak by noon. It is expected to subsequently weaken …
More than 1.5 lakh evacuated in four districts of Andhra Pradesh Ahead of Cyclone Hudhud, classified as very severe, more than 1.5 lakh people have been evacuated to 370 relief camps and shelters from four frontline districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. With …
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm , ‘HUDHUD’ over west central Bay of Bengal , Cyclone Warning for north Andhra Pradesh & south Odisha coasts (Red Message) and post landfall outlook. Download the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin Cyclone Hudhud, 0930 hrs, 12 October 2014.
Disaster response teams have started arriving in Andhra Pradesh, while Army and Air Force also have offered help as the State gets ready to meet the threat of cyclone ‘Hudhud’ in coastal districts where an alert has been sounded. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the Centre is sending four …
To intensify into very severe cyclonic storm on Oct 10 To hit AP, Odisha coast on Oct 12 noon The India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Director General LS Rathore on Wednesday afternoon said the cyclonic storm Hudhud would be of lesser intensity than Phailin that had hit the Odisha coast just …
Sapparla (GK Veedhi): At an anti-bauxite meeting conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Girijana Sangham (APGS) in the Visakha Agency on Wednesday, tribals warned the state government that they would sacrifice their lives but not allow bauxite mining. Around 700 to 800 tribals from 30 villages in Ammavari Darakonda and Galikonda …
Visakhapatnam: Respiratory diseases are on the rise in Vizag city due to increasing pollution levels and due to the abnormal changes in the lifestyle of youth. Respiratory related ailments like allergy, asthma, lung cancer, tuberculosis are increasing in the city. For the past few years around 100 patients were registered …
Visakhapatnam: Trouble is brewing against the NTPC’s proposed power plant at Pudimadaka near Achyuthapuram as the villagers have decided to launch a stir against the project fearing issues related to pollution. The local public representatives of the ruling TD have landed in an awkward situation whe-ther to support the locals …
The stunning disclosure on undervaluation of bauxite deposits in Visakhapatnam by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its latest report is bound to cast its shadow on the State government’s decision to undertake bauxite mining. Though Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had expressed his resolve last month to …
Plains on the east coast of India can be wealthy only if the Eastern Ghats remain healthy and it is the responsibility of the public to conserve the ecological niche provided by these mountains, opined panelists at a seminar on environmental protection of Eastern Ghats on Thursday. Speaking on the …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Till about a year ago, 12-year-old B Madhavi, V Bharathi and Anjali Kumari had to trudge along the hilly terrain to fetch drinking water in metal pots from a stream nearly two to three kilometres away from their homes, not once but three to four times a day instead …
Legislators Demand Scrapping Of Agreements With Jindal And Ras Al Khaimah Groups Bauxite mining seems to have become the proverbial hot potato for Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu. After Maoists upped the ante by conducting anti-bauxite meetings in Visakha Agency, on Monday the state government came under fire …
The contribution of marine fisheries in Visakhapatnam at all stages of its life cycle to climate change during 2010-2012 was studied by determining its carbon footprint. Pre-harvest phase included vessel construction and maintenance and provision of fishing gear; harvest phase included harvest from mechanized and motorized craft and post-harvest phase …
Visakhapatnam: The state government has accorded permission to the principal chief conservator of forests for diversion of four hectares of forest land in Visakhapatnam district for 'Karthikavanam' eco-tourism project near Yendada in favour of Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda). In a GO issued on Wednesday, the state government said the …
