With the effects of climate change becoming evident by the day and farmers having to face the worst, the good news is that the agriculture ministry's attempt to prepare district-level contingency p

Vast expanses of fields, habitations inundated in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts

The rain fury shifted to Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts on Monday, even as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy announced a relief package for the flood-affected people. Four children were burnt alive in a fire that broke out following short-circuit caused by water-logging in West Godavari. The rain-related death toll rose to 29. Crops in over 15 lakh acres suffered damage.

Cyclone ‘Nilam' caused unprecedented damage to Srikakulam district which is still under grip of fear with the heavy inflows to Vamsadhara and Nagavali rivers.

Brushing aside widespread public protests, the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to go ahead with the acquisition of land for the 6,000-MWe nuclear power plant at Kovvada in the north coastal d

Initiates land acquisition process in five villages at Srikakulam

Paving the way for land acquisition to set up the first-ever nuclear power project in Andhra Pradesh, the state government on Thursday declared the land identified in five villages in north coastal district of Srikakulam as project-affected zone. It may be recalled that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) had proposed to set up a 6,000 Mw power plant of light water reactors at Kovvada five years ago. The latest move will facilitate the government's land acquisition unit to acquire 2,436 acre identified for the project in the above location.

On August 30, relay hunger strikes by villagers against a proposed 2,640MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh would touch the 1,000-day mark.

The Government of India has agreed to clear and approve sanctions for road projects proposals worth Rs 413.29 crore located in six districts of Andhra Pradesh.

In the wake of the leakage of toxic gases from a pesticide plant in Srikakulam district which forced people in 18 surrounding villages to flee their homes, government agencies may have been exposed

Dimensions of damage caused by fire breakout on June 30 in a chemical reactor at Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited at Srikakulam are far more than a mere figure of 16 injured, of which 13 are undergoing treatment at Vizianagaram and three at Visakhapatnam. What is being attempted to put under wraps is the exposure of those injured, rescue workers, other scores of workers in unit (200 as per the sources) and those in the vicinity including surrounding villages who all inhaled these volatile Organophosphate compounds arising out of the gutting of pesticides in the unit.

Ten workers of an agrochemical company were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district Saturday morning, police said.