VISAKHAPATNAM: MP and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Wednesday charged the government with neglecting the welfare of tribals.

Visakhapatnam, March 23: Laying out full details of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project in presence of civil engineers here on Tuesday, retired executive engineer S. Nageswara Rao urged that pressure should be brought upon various agencies to take up the project on a war-footing and complete it by 2015.

Visakhapatnam, March 20: The officials of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (GVMC) have clarified that it could not supply any additional water to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) as water levels in most of the reservoirs are drying up.

B Krishna Mohan / Hyderabad March 9, 2010, 0:16 IST

Set to attract investments worth Rs 500 cr
With a jute park having been sanctioned in the Sabbaravarm mandal of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh, the jute industry is set to get a boost in the state. The park is proposed to be set up through a public- private partnership at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore.

Feb. 8: The minority welfare department has refused to allot an additional 1,000 acres of Wakf land to the Hinduja Power Project proposed to be set up near Visakhapatnam. With this, the 15-year old 1,040 MW thermal power project is likely to be delayed further.

Visakhapatnam, Feb. 6:

Visakhapatnam , Jan. 12: Officials and environmentalists suspect that pharmaceutical units might have dumped pollutants in Yeleru canal leading to the death of fish in large quantities.

Hyderabad, Jan. 11: The state government on Monday asked the Hinduja Power Corporation to settle their disputes on alienation of land with Visakhapatnam district officials.

A delegation from the company met the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, and requested him to expedite the handing over of the land for the speedy execution of the 1,000 MW power project at Visakhapatnam.

When one of the top 20 pharma giants in the world, Eisai Pharmaceuticals of Japan, inaugurated its global research and development and production facility in Visakhapatnam last month, it was not just another feather in the cap of the city that is being dubbed as the

Visakhapatnam, Nov. 25: The government need not probe all the mining leases following cancellation of operations in six mines in Ananthapur district on Tuesday, said the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah facing a volley of questions on the suspected loopholes in bauxite mining lease given to two multinational companies-Jindal and Anrak in Visakhapatnam district.

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