April 1: The Praja Rajyam party of East Godavari district has decided to launch a massive campaign in favour of the much awaited major irrigation project in the state, the Polavaram project.
Rajahmundry, March 24: Horticulture authorities are going to take up plantation of mango and cashew nut in about 1,347 acres of land in six mandals to benefit nearly 1,700 farmers, mainly from the SC and ST communities under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in East Godavari shortly.
Rajahmundry, March 23: Health authorities are carrying out an entomological survey to find out the density of larvae and vector in stagnant waters in rural, urban and Agency areas to help authorities initiate preventive measures and ensure that people do not fall victim to vector- borne diseases like malaria, filaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis in the Godavari districts.
Visakhapatnam, March 23: Laying out full details of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project in presence of civil engineers here on Tuesday, retired executive engineer S. Nageswara Rao urged that pressure should be brought upon various agencies to take up the project on a war-footing and complete it by 2015.
March 21: After facing several problems due to shortage of water for raising paddy during rabi season in East Godavari, farmers are now worried over the chances of labour shortage for harvesting due to the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).
Kakinada, March 14: East Godavari which is known as the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh, is likely to witness a sharp decline in paddy production in 2009-10. Agriculture officials also agree and maintain that it is the result of drought and would be around two lakh metric tonnes, compared to the yield of 2008-09. But Opposition parties and farmers place the figure at more than 4 lakh metric tonnes.
Kakinada, March 2: Some farmers in East Godavari district who have raised black gram as an alternative crop in the rabi season, demanded that government immediately provide compensation packages to their crops, as nearly 40 per cent of the black gram crop was completely damaged due to a virus called Yellow Mosaic.
Rajahmundry, March 1: Tuberculosis (TB) shows a marginal decline in East Godavari, following intense health care for patients to avoid recurrence, and increased awareness among people to opt for medical intervention soon after finding symptoms of the infection.
Recent evidence from India suggests that rearing indigenous poultry rather than focusing on commercial breeds that give a higher yield can significantly contribute to the self-sufficiency and cultural wealth of rural communities
Infested:A file picture of a black gram plant infected with yellow mosaic virus.
The Andhra Pradesh Government has ordered a study to assess the damage caused to blackgram crop by the yellow mosaic virus in East and West Godavari districts.
