The setting up of 63 thermal power plants along the coast line of Andhra Pradesh will place this state in the category of one of the biggest carbon emitters in the world.

The biggest amongst these power stations is the Krishnapatnam power station which claims it will provide electricity to 7 million homes. Dr Babu Rao, a retired chemical engineer formerly with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, pointed out,

Hyderabad is staring at a drinking water crisis as Osmansagar and Himay-atsagar are fast drying up. The water available in the two reservoirs will be sufficient up to May only through gravity .

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board is ready for the visit of the Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests led by Dr T. Subbarami Reddy.

The Board is quite relieved that the officials are not being taken to task, in fact, it is now pinning their hopes on small and medium enterprises availing of the incentives offered by the Committee to relocate to areas beyond the Outer Ring Road in an effort to reduce pollution.

Close on the heels of the PMO stepping in to play a direct role in sorting out the fuel woes faced by coal-fired power project developers, a much-delayed ministerial panel meeting on gas allocation

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has served showcause notices to more than 50 hospitals over the last few weeks for flushing out waste water, and liquid biomedical waste, without chemically treating them.

Highly toxic in nature, they can be a source of severe health hazard if not treated properly, according to experts.

India needs to have a proper set of protocols and a credible regulatory mechanism to address issues related to genetically modified crops, according to Abhijit Sen, member of the Planning Commissio

A drinking water crisis is looming large over the Cantonment areas while the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board spar over payment of water

Despite predictions of a good rainfall in 2012, the present water crisis in Hyderabad, especially relating to groundwater levels, may deteriorate in the absence of preventive measures.

Suzlon Energy, the world's fifth-leading and India's largest wind turbine manufacturer, today announced a memorandum of understanding with the government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of wi

Finally, lakhs of families living in the colonies around Jawaharnagar dumping yard can hope to breathe fresh air as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) will start trial runs on segregation, composting and scientific disposal of garbage from January 18.

For the first time, the process of segregating the waste into degradable and non-degradable before being disposed off in a scientific manner, will start, gradually putting an end to the problem of air and ground water pollution in the area, as till date garbage is being dumped without segregation and precautions to avoid environmental hazards.