VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's (GVMC) efforts to tackle revenue losses arising out of water supply to bulk consumers, most of whom are giant industrial units and p
Hundri and Tungabhadra confluence in focus. The pollution of Hundri and Tungabhadra rivers at the confluence kicked up a row involving various sections of people here on Monday.
Hyderabad, where one-third of the country’s drugs are manufactured, is unfortunately being referred to as the “city with the most polluted lakes”, thanks to the pharma industry.
Over 300 bulk drug units in and around the city limits are violating the safe discharge norms of effluents. Topping the list of highly polluted lakes are the Kazipally lake and the Jellelavagu lake in Medak district.
The loss of forest area in the country has been a high six per cent between 1975 and 2005, according to a study by the city-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).
HYDERABAD: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority have joined hands with the State Forest Department to undertake the first ever intensive census of tig
More than a hundred residents of One Town Area staged a protest in front of the gates of Vedanta General Cargo Berth (VGCB) against the pollution emanating from the Visakhapatnam Port on Sunday, al
The Andhra Pradesh Government has charted out plans to provide 100 per cent electrification in the rural habitations and remotely located agency areas without power supply.
After bifurcation of the State the new state formed from the present Seemandhra region will have surplus power and can reduce pollution by shelving the proposed expansion of the Narla Tatarao Therm
The National Green Tribunal, on Monday, issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Andhra Pradesh government in a petition that sought a direction to the authorities to evolv
Hyderabad: City entomologists have expressed concern over the dwindling number of butterflies in the state.
Considered as the indicators of a healthy eco-system, the number of butterfly species have come down gradually from 116, as recorded last in October 2012, to just 35 this year.
