Kurnool, Sept. 13: In the wake of wild animal attacks on cattle and humans, the forest department has concentrated on the leopard population to drive them back into the forests.
Following a leopard attack on pilgrims trekking the Tirumala hillock, forest officials kept surveillance on their movements.
Kurnool, Aug. 16: The minister for home, Mrs P. Sabita Indra Reddy, said that the government would not tolerate those who attempt to destruct Sunkesula barrage in Kurnool district in retaliation to Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme (RDS) demolition.
Hyderabad, July 7: The state housing department has built just 219 houses of the one lakh that the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, had promised would be constructed for victims of the floods in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Prakasam and Guntur districts last year.
Kurnool, June 23: Farmers are concerned about subsidised seeds due to the delay in distribution in Kurnool district though they have tilled their lands, hoping for good returns in the kharif.
Irate farmers demanding immediate supply of seeds closed the entrance gates of the collectorate in Kurnool on Wednesday.
Dr R. Hampaiah, heading the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board, a statutory body set up by the Central government under the Biological Diversity Act 2002, is demanding Monsanto India pay royalty for using a bacteria strain that can be traced to the Mahanandi village in Kurnool district.
Kurnool, April 27: The officials have geared up relocation works of flood-hit villages, as they overcame hurdles, after floods devastated villages in Kurnool district seven months ago.
Responding to the flood disaster, the state government agreed to relocate 35 flood-hit villages in upland areas. But the works were delayed due to scarcity of funds and land acquisition problems.
Hyderabad, April 21: The boom in the mining sector is having a devastating effect on the ecology and environment of the state particularly in Rayalaseema and the tribal areas.
Kurnool, April 10: The Sirvel police are on high alert when some unidentified persons set ablaze to an earthmover near Nandyal-Giddalur high way in dense Nallamala forest in Kurnool district in the early hours of Saturday.
According to sources, Jambanna, a bamboo contractor and a native of Paccharla village, had shifted his residence to Nandyal after receiving life threats from Maoists.
Anantapur, March 23: The Land administration chief commissioner and special officer, Mr Cadmial Dasari, said that the government would distribute 22,670 acres to 12,807 beneficiaries under the Phase-V land distribution programme in Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur districts on April 14 on the occasion of, Dr B.R. Ambedkar
