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The Godavari drinking water project, which aims to supply 172 million gallons per day (MGD) of water to the city, is in limbo with the government failing to give counter-guarantee for the Rs 2,000 crore

Unseasonal rains and hailstorm over the past few days have killed seven people and injured 58 others across the state. According to the Meteorological Centre in Hyderabad, the hailstorm occurred between

Hyderabad: Lack of adequate recycling capacity for electronic waste is costing the country several thousands crore of rupees each year. About 10 states, including Andhra Pradesh, annually generate about

Water management is about society and its ability to build technologies to maximise the use of water and, more importantly, technologies to share water with all March 22 is World Water Day. There is no doubt that water will determine whether India becomes wealthy or remains poor. But the management of water is not simply about building more dams or pipelines to take the water to our cities and then more pipelines to flush the waste from our homes.

Speaking at a review meeting held here on Monday, he asked the officials to take steps for recharging of the ground water table with compulsory maintenance of rainwater harvesting pits on the premises

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed a petitioner to file an affidavit explaining if there are any disparities in the reports of the district collector and the district judge

Below normal rainfall has been predicted but UP, Bihar, Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Northeast India will receive normal rainfall. The seasonal rainfall is likely to be 95 per cent of the Long

* K Chandrashekar Rao takes oath as maiden CM * 11-member Cabinet inducted After leading the statehood movement for 13 years, Telangana Rashtra Samithi founder president Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

The Rs 65-crore project has an estimated annual output of 18 million Kwh Rajasthan-based Rays Power Infra (P) Limited (RPIL) on Wednesday announced commissioning of its 10-Mw solar power plant at Midjil

MYSORE: A study carried out by the scientists at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad has indicated that elephants held in captivity in mutts, zoos and other places are living under

A staggering 2,400 fresh cancer cases are reported in Hyderabad every year, according to preliminary data gathered under the centrally-funded Population Based Cancer Registry (PBCR). Greater Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) officials are brazenly violating the Andhra Pradesh Water, Trees and Land Act (Walta), which is meant to stop indiscriminate sinking of borewells, by permitting

People of Hyderabad Karnataka region continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions with the mercury level touching new heights in almost all the districts, according to observations recorded by the

In the backdrop of steadily declining ground water reserves in the city, residents have often complained of how indiscriminate digging of borewells have depleted the water table further. The latest complaints

Around 56 per cent children covered under Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme in government and community schools in Andhra Pradesh were malnourished, 35 per cent in the mild under nourished condition and only seven

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. A. Kishan Rao & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 30/09/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Sri Chaitanya Chlorides Pvt. Ltd.,

Hyderabad: Winter is coming and worries are more. Residents who live near industrial areas are concerned the foul smell emanating from the industries in their areas which lasts for a few minutes to even

This should set alarm bells ringing as this is a result of people sinking borewells deeper and deeper in search of groundwater. Hyderabad: Scientists at the National Geophysical Research Institute,

The researchers rated the wards in five categories from “bad” to “very good”. Hyderabad: More than half the city lives in “bad” environmental conditions, according to a recent study that assessed the

Temperatures ranged between 43-46ºC in these districts with Ramagundam recording the highest. Hyderabad: Forty-one heat wave related deaths were reported on Tuesday in the state, taking the toll for

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