RAJAHMUNDRY, Feb. 9: Displaced people in the Kakinada special economic zone (KSEZ) in both Uppada-Kothapalli and Tondangi mandals of East Godavari seek implementation of the rehabilitation package. In total, 9,800 acres, mostly agricultural land, was set to be acquired in both mandals in the district.

This is in addition to the evacuation of 1,100 families in U-Kothapalli mandal.

Kakinada, Jan. 31: The East Godavari district officials of Employemet Gurantee scheme are busy identifying habitations for providing works under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and selecting the interested labourers (beneficiaries) who want to work under the scheme for 100 days. However, in some mandals, the works had already got started.

RAJAHMUNDRY, Jan. 31: The supply of potable water during summer season was given top priority in East Godavari district.

Dec. 3: Forest authorities are going to monitor tigers, their co-predators, prey and their habitats in the forests spread over the Godavari districts of Rajahmundry circle as part of a national exercise scheduled to be taken up under the supervision of the Wildlife Institute of India from January 20 to 31.

Kakinada, Nov. 22: The state government has finally decided to supply Godavari water to 2.25 lakh acres in the Godavari districts for the second paddy crop in the rabi season.

While East Godavari

Bhimavaram, Nov. 20: The Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham demanded that the government work out alternate sources to ensure water supply to raise crops for the rabi season in both the Godavari districts.

Oct. 28: A severe food crisis looms large over the state with the government deciding to declare a crop holiday for 75 per cent irrigable area in the Godavari delta in the forthcoming Rabi season.
The delta, with over 10 lakh acres in East and West Godavari districts and considered to be the rice bowl of the state, produces
27 lakh tonnes of paddy annually.

Sept. 29: Hyderabad and other Telangana districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Wednesday following the formation of a well-marked low pressure over west central Bay of Bengal.

Andhra Pradesh is facing a drought-like situation this year. The state had been receiving good rainfall ever since YSR Reddy became Chief Minister for the first term in June 2004. In his second term now, the Chief Minister is now thinking of declaring a drought in case the state does not receive sufficient rainfall by August 15.

July 7: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday expressed its concern over the indiscriminate sanction of individual permits to carry sand from the Godavari river in East Godavari district.

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