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 …
Farmers in Visakhapatnam district are being encouraged to rediscover and adopt age-old agricultural practices, give up use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, and grow organic crops, according to Mr P. Ramana, district manager of Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture project. He said in an interview that the project, being implemented by …
Firm's eco-friendly initiatives showcased along with those of nine other firms, including Coca-Cola and Nokia Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), a leading infrastructure construction and development company, was the only Indian company to be featured in the climate report issued by the United Nations Global Compact and United Nations Environment Programme. …
As the Andhra Pradesh government ordered an inquiry into Wednesday night’s explosion at the plant of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) which left at least 12 people dead, it emerged that senior officers, on learning that pressure was building alarmingly in an oxygen storage unit due to a malfunction, …
An explosion in a state-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police said Thursday. At least 16 other workers suffered serious burns in the blast and a massive fire that broke out late Wednesday in the plant in the coastal …
A month after the deadline to install GPS in vehicles transporting hazardous waste in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam has passed, the devices are yet to be installed. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) had in March asked the authorities to install GPS devices on these vehicles and link them to the …
The urban growth in mandals in the State has declined by 3.5 per cent during 2001-11 compared with the previous decade, according Census data. The data has shown wide variations in urbanisation in different mandals. Pedagantyada mandal of Visakhapatnam district has recorded the highest urban growth rate in the State. …
RINL along with two other companies (Ispat Industries and Essar Steel) bagged the prestigious award with "3 Leaves rating" out of 5 leaves. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has received the prestigious Green Rating Award based on assessment done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) for achieving several benchmarks on …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to further streamline mineral transportation, Odisha government has decided to integrate export data of ports with the Integrated Mines and Mineral Management System (i3MS) from June 1. i3MS, the online data verification and permit generation software for mineral transports, will now be connected with six different …
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) expects to expand the Vizag Refinery plant to 15 million tonnes by 2015-16, a top official of the state-run oil firm said. According to HPCL director (refineries) K Murali, Engineers India (EIL) has been appointed as consultants for the project and they are expected to …
Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan is likely to use his special powers to cancel 10 mining leases issued for bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam district. The leases were issued between 2005 and 2009, and included areas in forests and tribal lands in Eastern Ghats and Aaraku Valley in Vizag. …
Alstom Projects India Ltd has bagged two contracts for over Rs 84 crore. While one order is from Nalco to supply a fume treatment plant for its Angul plant, the other is from RINL to supply a stock house dust extraction system for its Vizag steel plant.
State cites delay in project execution, cancels allotment of 1,500 acres In a setback to state-owned HPCL, the Andhra Pradesh government has cancelled the land allotted to the company for setting up its proposed Rs 45,000-crore petrochemical complex at Visakhapatnam, due to delay in executing the project, a government official …
Tribal displacement, without rehabilitation, has led to growth of Naxalism: Tribal ministry With spurt in Naxal attacks, the Centre has decided to ask governors to use special powers in tribaldominated areas and consider cancelling mining leases given to state agencies and corporates. The first such recommendation is likely to be …
The hills and valleys are as scenic, their tribal inhabitants as abject, the industrial interests threatening them as powerful and rapacious. But, despite considerable mobilisation and the larger numbers of lives facing disruption, the resistance of tribals in Andhra Pradesh seems to have drawn less attention than that of the …
Talks On With Russia For 2nd N-Sub: Antony Visakhapatnam: The 8,140-tonne steel shark floated menacingly, tethered to the jetty, as if waiting to break free. Soon, it will, to prowl silently underwater for extended periods hunting for enemies to track and kill. The nuclear-powered attack submarine INS Chakra, with lethal …
The ministry of forest and environment has refused to lift the moratorium on environmental clearance to set up new projects in the Visakhapatnam industrial cluster. In January 2010, the Centre ruled that projects meant for critically polluted areas and industrial clusters, as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board, would …
Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh V. Hanumantha Rao has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order a detailed review of utilisation of prime land allotted to industries under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as there are complaints of misuse of such land for real estate purposes. In a letter …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has slapped Rs 13.77 crore penalty on Hindalco for unauthorised sale and inept handling of anode butts which are generated as waste from the company’s Hirakud plant. Invoking the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the Board penalised the Aditya Birla Group-owned company for violation …
They will have a combined installed capacity of 14,460 MW Five thermal power stations with a combined installed capacity of 14,460 MW, which is almost equal to the State's existing total capacity, are being established along the Nellore coast. Minister for IT Ponnala Lakshmaiah informed M. Sridhara Krishna Reddy (Congress) …
Having signed an MoU with the Delhi Government for setting up India’s first Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant to convert waste into CNG, Sweden is likely to sign similar agreements with two more cities, according to Mr Lars Olof Lindgren, Sweden’s Ambassador to India. Mr Lindgren said the Scandinavian country may …
