For smooth implementation of the

Khammam, Jan. 31: The district administration has started implementation of an action plan to curb usage of plastic products strictly in all six municipal towns across the district.

In Khammam town, awareness camps are being conducted by the municipal authorities.Officials conducted inspections and imposed penalities on sale and usage of plastic covers and glasses.

Khammam, Dec. 7: Under the influence of cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, the district experienced heavy rainfall on Tuesday. Rainfall had started on Monday evening and it continued on Tuesday. As result of downpour, paddy and cotton crops were heavily damaged across the district.
Sheaf of corns and bundles of grain stocks which are kept in the fields after reaping were inundated by the rain water.

A recent civil society-led investigation has highlighted serious ethical violations in a trial of the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine on girls in Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. The findings are presented along with a review of clinical trials of the hpv vaccine in India and an analysis of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules.

In a bid to stage a comeback in Andhra Pradesh

Will Polavaram be another ecocide zone? Not if we apply the Vedanta logic to it.

The Polavaram dam across the river Godavari has been a dream project for several governments in Andhra Pradesh. Most of them had to let it stay at that

Hyderabad, Sept. 6: Singareni Collieries, the state-owned coal mining company, is battling for survival with most of its existing mines running out of coal and the environment ministry keeping clearances for new mines on hold.

Mines at Pinapaka, Gundala, Lingala, Bandala, Kuchinapalli and Mama-kannu are facing environmental issues.

Hyderabad, Aug.

KHAMMAM, Aug. 28: Khammam town got Rs 26.32 crore funds under Rajiv Awas yojana (RAY).
The funds were released two days ago to the municipality to make Khammam town slum free. The aim of the RAY scheme is to develop the towns by 2015. The RAY scheme is centrally sponsored scheme.

Aug. 22: The state roads and buildings minister, Mrs Galla Aruna Kumari, said that proposals had been made for projects worth Rs 3,560 crore, extending to over 712 projects for the state. The Central governm-ent too has given a positive picture, stating that the State of Accruals were in proper shape due to which a sub-meeting would be soon organised.

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