Visakhapatnam, June 18: Swine flu has resurfaced in the port city with the death of a 36-year-old man here on Friday.
The victim, K. Appanna of Railway New Colony fell sick after returning home from Srikakulam last week. He was admitted to a corporate hospital where he tested positive for H1N1 on Friday morning and was put on the ventilator. He died in the evening.
Visakhapatnam, June 15: The district administration has asked public and private sector undertakings to take part in the em-ergency response system at the time of natural calamities.
June 13: Dispelling fears on the presence of malaria and cerebral malaria in the Agency division of the district, the district medical and health officer, Dr U. Swarajyalakshmi, said,
Visakhapatnam, June 4: The city, rated one of the most polluted among the top cities in the country, is struggling to cope with the current situation.
Two major ports, the Visakhapatnam Port Trust and the Gangavaram Port, are spewing coal dust into the environment in old town area and in Gajuwaka, apart from the major public sector industries contributing their own share of pollution.
June 3: The state government has washed its hands off the task of acquiring land for the 1,040 mw thermal power project promoted by the Hinduja Group at Visakhapatnam. The company has now decided to buy land on its own from private parties.
June 3: Beginning this year, the Agency areas of north Andhra districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, besides Adilabad would have roads worth Rs 1,500 crore over a period of five years. Announcing this here on Thursday, the Araku MP and chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises, Mr Y.
Visakhapatnam, May 30: Campaigning against rising pollution levels in the city, for which both state as well as private industries are being held responsible, ranks top on the agenda of the CPI, along with the bauxite mining issue.
May 27: The north coastal Andhra districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam experienced severe heat wave conditions, recording highest temperatures for the year on Thursday.
The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) has floated a global invitation for expression of interest (EoI) for entering into agreement with it for operating heavy mineral beach sand mines (HMBS), mineral separation plants and value-added industries under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and the response has been very encouraging.
Visakhapatnam, May 24: To keep a tab on irregularities and to implement Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme more effectively, e-musters and pay orders system was introduced across the district from Monday, said the collector, Mr J.
