HYDERABAD Dec. 5: Delay in implementing irrigation projects has resulted in cost overrun of Rs 57,205 crore. The escalation has resulted in heavy burden on the exchequer. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General report which was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, some projects conceptualised and grounded in 1964 are still incomplete.

Warangal Dec. 4: In order to make up for the loss expected to be caused due to controversial Babli project, the state government has decided to launch the Kanthalapally lift irrigation project. The proposed project, which is being taken at a cost of Rs 9,200 crore, will have a massive 125 kilometre long tunnel system to supply Godavari water through its lift at the Kanthalapally in the district.

Vijayawada, Dec. 3: The farmers suffered heavy loss in the coastal districts due to the two recent cyclones which damaged standing crops in thousand of acres. The crop damage in Krishna district is in around 90,000 hectares, according to the joint director of agriculture, Mr Vaman Goud.

Nellore, Dec. 3: Most government departments are silent towards the groundwater department

Rajahmundry Dec. 2: Two more rehabilitation colonies are getting ready at Thotagondhi and Mamidigondhi for the benefit of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project-affected people from Polavaram mandal as part of the relief and rehabilitation package in West Godavari shortly.

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Hyderabad Dec. 1: Next time a traffic cop fumes at you for violating a minor traffic rule, think twice before cursing him. He may possibly be experiencing high stress after being exposed to high levels of pollution every day. Not only do high levels of pollution increase irritability, it also raises the blood pressure.

Hyderabad Dec. 1: More and more people in the city are suffering from health problems caused by high levels of pollution. Mr Pawan Reddy, an IT professional, went to a hospital because he was suffering from constant breathlessness and was diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonologist. The reasons were obvious.

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HYDERABAD

Nov. 30: Thousands of tonnes of electronic waste generated from the city is tucked away in landfills or burnt disregarding health hazards it poses.
The landfills turn harmful with the leaching of mercury, cadmium and lead toxins and contaminates land and water sources by percolation.