Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Hydrogeochemical investigations were carried out in semi-arid region of Basara to estimate the quality of groundwater for its suitability for domestic and agricultural purposes. For this region 34 groundwater samples were collected in different locations and analyzed for various ions, viz., Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Cl−, HCO3−, SO42−, CO32−, HCO3−, …
HYDERABAD: For the second time in a decade, Kawal Tiger Reserve, one of the two such sanctuaries in Telangana, has gone "tigerless" with forest department officials having no clue about what happened to the two big cats that had migrated from the forests in Maharashtra in 2015. After barely a …
As many as 224 farmers — 73 in 2014, 101 in 2015 and 50 in 2016 — have committed suicide in Telangana state. ADILABAD: Farmer suicides have been rising in the last two months in the northern-most and most backward district of the state. Farmers, affected by the prolonged dry …
The highest of 90 deaths reported from the worst drought affected Nalgonda district followed by Mahabubnagar with 44. Hyderabad: The death toll due to heat wave and related issues during the current summer season in Telangana rose to 300. The state disaster management authorities informed that the three member committees …
Temperatures ranged between 43-46ºC in these districts with Ramagundam recording the highest. Hyderabad: Forty-one heat wave related deaths were reported on Tuesday in the state, taking the toll for the summer to 219. Meanwhile, four people died after being struck by lightening, including one person in Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad. Nalgonda …
Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department, has issued a heat wave warning to several districts, including Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Medak and Rangareddy. Meteorologists attribute the rise in temperature to the flow of hot winds from the western and northern directions. Officials hinted that even Hyderabad could be in the eye …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 600 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Telangana. The unit has been commissioned at the upcoming 2x600 MW Singareni Thermal Power Project (TPP) located in Adilabad district in Telangana. The project is developed by Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), according to a …
KCR to sign agreements on construction of five barrages across the river Godavari and its tributaries The people of Telangana will have one more long-lasting reason to celebrate March 8 in the years to come in addition to it being the International Women’s Day as the State is slated to …
Conservationists demand ‘sincere’ environmental impact assessmentof the project Though it looks altruistic, the plan to develop one lakh acres of ayacut in the eastern parts of Adilabad district, in addition to the originally proposed 56,000 acres under the Pranaita-Chevella barrage across Pranahita river at Tummidihatti in Koutala mandal, will require …
Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday declared 231 mandals, about one-third of the total mandals in the state, spread over seven districts, as drought-hit and sought Rs 1,000 crore as immediate financial assistance from the Centre. This is the first time since Telangana state was formed that mandal were declared …
Specially-trained forces for each of two tiger reserves of Telangana have been sanctioned by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and they are likely be deployed before 2017, a senior forest official said. "With approval from the Centre for deploying Special Tiger Protection Forces (STPF) for tiger reserves of Amarabad and …
State Pollution Control Board ignorant of the fact as its office is located in Nizamabad district Though it has not assumed threatening proportions so far, pollution is one factor about which no one seems to be bothered in Adilabad, an environmental haven of a district in Telangana State. In this …
Heavy rains lashed Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, throwing normal life out of gear, for the third day running on Monday. Adilabad district was the worst-hit in Telangana, receiving as much as 91.2 mm rainfall. Similarly, parts of Khammam received 42.6mm rainfall and Karimanagar district 34 mm. In the neighbouring Andhra …
The Telangana government is examining the idea of formation of armed forest protection teams and striking forces to prevent smuggling of teak and other timber from the forests of Adilabad, Warangal, Khammam and other districts. Minister for Forests and Environment Jogu Ramanna stated here on Thursday that they would create …
Leaders of several Adivasi (tribal) organizations and members of the Adivasi Sarpanches Organization (ASO) staged a dharna in front of the district collector’s office here and beset the road for a while on Wednesday in protest against the passage of the Polavaram Bill by Parliament to facilitate the transfer of …
Relocation of a few tribal villages from the Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Adilabad district as an important measure towards improvement of the habitat has once again come to the fore following the recent submission of a technical report on monitoring of tiger prey in its core area. Stressing upon …
Heavy vehicles defy ban, disturb wildlife Heavy vehicle movement continues unregulated through Kawal Tiger Reserve despite the decision on its ban taken at a meeting of the State Board for Wildlife headed by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy late in January this year. The plying of heavy vehicles on …
The Andhra Pradesh Government finally decided to take back 10,760 acres of its land allotted to Brahmani Industries Limited (BIL) of former Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, now in jail in connection with Obulapuram Mining Company case. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy went through all the files and …
Lightning struck and killed at least 21 people and heavy unseasonal rain damaged acres of standing crops, particularly paddy and mango, over the past two days across Andhra Pradesh. Seven persons were struck dead in Guntur, four in Nellore and two in Prakasam. Such deaths were also reported from Warangal, …
Untimely rains and hailstorm in Andhra Pradesh have killed 18 persons and damaged agricultural and horticultural crops in 2.50 lakh hectares in the last two days. Paddy, maize, bengalgram and chillies suffered the maximum damage as rains lashed the coastal districts of Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Prakasam and West Godavari districts. …
