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 …
Heavy rains battering several parts of Andhra Pradesh for the last five days have left at least 42 persons dead, caused extensive damage to standing crops spread over eight lakh hectares and inundated hundreds of villages in coastal districts. Officials said five persons were missing in the wake of torrential …
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) commissioner MV Satyanarayana said that the state steering committee (SSC) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) had approved Rs 654.40 crore worth of projects proposed by the civic body. The SSC headed by chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy approved the project …
The Rs 2,724-crore project proposal, by the US- based Brighton Energy, seems to have been put in the back burner and come under cloud due to various controversies. Sources in the Vizag industry sector had pointed that the proposal, which is still at a nascent stage, may be shelved. It …
The Andhra Pradesh government today sought to put at the rest the political controversy over the Bayyaram mines issue, saying there was no proposal to divert iron ore to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). “There is no proposal to divert iron ore to Visakhapatnam from Bayyaram mines. The ore is …
Hyderabad: The deaths due to sunstroke have risen to 524 since April 1, 2013, according to the department of Disaster Management of the state government. Guntur, where on Saturday the figure stood at six, has now topped the chart with 95 deaths. Similarly, Prakasham recorded 40 on Saturday, but has …
Ennore Port will be able to lease 5.2 lakh sq m of land to a joint venture led by IOC for setting up a LNG storage and regasification plant at the port. This follows the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approving the proposal at its meeting here on Thursday. The …
The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force, which will be stationed at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. “Discussions are on and a meeting has been convened with the Chief Secretary on forming the SDRF. The …
India's first underground strategic naval base that was to house its nuclear-armed submarine has run into a tangle over green norms with the regional office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) opposing the diversion of over 600 hectares of reserved forest land citing a strong possibility that it …
New Delhi: In the continuing Congress vs Congress green battle, the Union tribal affairs ministry has once again rebuffed the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government’s attempt to start mining in tribal pockets of Visakhapatnam, rejecting the state’s claim that ban on sale or lease of tribal land to non-tribals was not …
The annual ban on fishing in East Coast area will commence from Monday, April 15 and continue till May 31. The government of Andhra Pradesh has imposed the ban to protect marine life. Engine propelled trawlers and mechanised boats are not allowed for fishing activities during the ban period. The …
In view of the acute power crisis in the State, the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) has taken up solar power generation in girijan schools in the agency (tribal) areas in the Eastern Ghats of Visakhapatnam district in association with the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a global NGO. The …
Governors can repeal or amend any law when peace is disturbed: Kishore Chandra Deo Unrelenting in his battle against destruction of tribal habitations for exploitation of forestland and resources, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs V. Kishore Chandra Deo has written letters to Governors of various States asking them to cancel …
Villagers’ protest against shifting of Anakapalle municipality’s garbage dumping yard took a serious turn on Wednesday afternoon when 20 villagers and others supporting them were taken into custody at Achayyapeta under Sundarayyapeta Panchayat, a few kilometres from Anakapalle. Even as the police took the men into custody, women of the …
Sighting a dolphin on the shores between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada may become a thing of the past with such a death reported at a regular interval. North Andhra coast is a habitat for mostly bottlenose dolphins. Spinner, humpback and common dolphins are also found in limited numbers. Dolphins provide relaxing …
The move may have impact on mining ops across the country The Centre is set to cancel bauxite mining leases given to the a Middle Eastbased company in Andhra Pradesh’s tribal-dominated Vishakhapatnam district for violating Forest Rights Act and provisions of Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act. The move …
With an eye on bigger imports, the oil marketing firm may get its French partner Total to set it up State-run oil marketing firm Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) is planning to invest Rs 600-700 crore to set up its second underground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility in Mangalore. …
There was a gas leak in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant late on Monday night, around 11 p.m. or so, resulting in the hospitalisation of 11 employees. According to sources, two of them are still in hospital, one in the general hospital in the steel plant and the other in a …
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is setting up a 240Mw (120X2) captive power plant to meet its future power requirements. At present, it has a coal-based power plant -- about 18 Mw -- to run the 3-million tonne capacity steel plant. VSP is expanding its capacity to 6.3 million tonnes and this …
Company has proposed a 5-mtpa LNG terminal at Gangavaram in Visakhapatnam district A public hearing on the establishment of a 5-million tonne per annual (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed at Gangavaram in Visakhapatnam district by Petronet LNG Limited is being held tomorrow. The Vizag district administration has made …
AnRak Aluminium is moving ahead with the bauxite mining project in Makavarapalem in Visakhapatnam district despite the local opposition warns this analysis in the Economic and Political Weekly with focus on social and environment impact of the project. A bauxite/aluminium project very similar to the Vedanta project in Odisha is …
