Water Resources

Orissa rejects AP's water request

BERHAMPUR: Orissa government has turned down Andhra Pradesh's request to share more water from Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri district to tackle drought situation faced by the neighbouring state due to scanty rainfall.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Drought Prone Areas, Balimela, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
Dams/ Irrigation

Penganga irrigation project in troubled waters

YAVATMAL: From a vantage point on a hill where the gram panchayat office of Datodi village is located, you can get a bird

Publication Date: 
27/01/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Penganga, Irrigation, Water Disputes, Andhra Pradesh, Adilabad (D), Maharashtra, Yavatmal (D)
Environment

Environmental clearance for Krishna project

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: The Union Environment & Forests Ministry on Thursday issued environmental clearance to the Rs. 4,500-crore Krishna delta modernisation project taken up to rehabilitate the canals in the delta.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Irrigation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Andhra Pradesh
Poverty

NREGA social audit: Myths and reality

Much has been said and written about the social audits conducted in Andhra Pradesh under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. But on the ground these audits have achieved much less than advertised and they have ignored many important aspects of implementation of NREGA.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2009
K S Gopal
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Rural Development, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Andhra Pradesh, Statistics, Corruption
Transport

Maytas, Hyderabad Metro and the politics of real estate

In the 10 days since the revelation of the massive fraud at Satyam, there has been much speculation that the holes in the software company

Publication Date: 
17/01/2009
C Ramachandriah
Economic and Political Weekly
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36
Tags:
Noise Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Transport, Urban Transport, Metro, Finance, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (T), Infrastructure Development
Water Resources

Telugu Ganga water for Chennai

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: For the second time this year, the Andhra Pradesh government released Krishna water to Chennai from Kandaleru reservoir of the Telugu Ganga project on Wednesday as a Sankranti gift to the residents of the city.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, Irrigation, Andhra Pradesh, Nellore (D), Chennai (D)
Agriculture

 No pesticides no debts

Enabavi and Ramachandrapuram villages broke away from the pesticide-debt trap. They are now teaching other villages to become debt free and self-reliant A board with bold letters announces the chemical free and GM free status of Enabavi village in Warangal district. The village stopped using pesticides 10 years ago and adopted organic farming five years later, much before the state

Publication Date: 
14/01/2009
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Vermiculture, Natural Fertilisers, Animal Dung, Natural Pesticides, Pest Control, Integrated Pest management (IPM), Biological PC, Horticulture, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh, Warangal (D), Himachal Pradesh
Biodiversity

Need for conservation of biodiversity in Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh

The Araku Valley, comprising Anantagiri and Sunkarimetta Reserved Forest, is one of the rich biodiversity areas in the Eastern Ghats of India. The proposed bauxite mining activity by Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Limited in these areas would not only wipe out the virgin forests, but also destroy the pristine habitats of several endangered flora and wildlife. (Correspondence)

Publication Date: 
10/01/2009
Chiranjibi Pattanaik, S. Narendra Prasad, C. Sudhakar Reddy
Current Science
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Tags:
Eastern Ghats, Shifting Cultivation, Mining, Bauxite, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam (D)
Water Supply

32 panchayats to get 40 mgd water

Visakhapatnam, Jan. 4: People of 32 panchayats which were merged with the Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (G-VMC) two years ago have a special reason to celebrate this year

Publication Date: 
05/01/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Rural Water Supply, Panchayats, Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam (T)
Wildlife

Shortage of funds for Uppalapadu sanctuary

GUNTUR, Jan. 4: Proposals for the development and expansion of the Uppalapadu bird sanctuary in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur district is pending for more than one year.

The Uppalapadu bird sanctuary is the only sanctuary in the district. Spread over nine acres of land the bird sanctuary provides refuge to over 10,000 birds from various parts of the world, mostly from Siberia and Australia.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Birds, Sanctuaries, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur (D)

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