GVMC to borrow more for urban mission
With one and a half years remaining to complete the projects taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has plans to borrow an...
View ArticleNew waste disposal system in city from March 1
GVMC will introduce localised solid waste management in all the 72 wards of the city from March 1. Announcing this at the inaugural of a national workshop on ‘Appropriate solid waste management options...
View ArticleDespite green awards, Vizag most polluted
Visakhapatnam: The famous port town of Visakhapatnam happens to be one of the worst-affected towns in the state, as far as the environmental pollution goes, according to the official data recently...
View ArticleGVMC violates rules
The GVMC has violated the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000, and has been dumping the city garbage at Kapuluppada for which the AP Pollution Control Board has denied permission for the...
View ArticleParliamentary panel to review Green Visakha
Visakhapatnam: The industrial units and PSUs that are partners of Green Visakha Project were asked to shoulder trusted responsibility in making the Project a realistic and noble activity. Addressing
View ArticleHPCL plans Rs.60,000-crore investment in State
Expansion of Visakh Refinery, setting up of Greenfield refinery near Visakhapatnam on the agenda State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is keen on expediting the process for its...
View ArticleVizag HPCL refinery fire: Death toll goes up to 14
Visakhapatnam: The death toll in the massive fire at state-run Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) refinery-cum-petrochemical complex here has risen to 14 with three more workers succumbing to burn injuries at
View ArticleHyderabad to get 422 posh new buses
Hyderabad: Notwithstanding the strikes and financial troubles, the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation asserted on Thursday that it wanted to go ahead with its development schemes and announced the
View ArticleExperts moot share & learn plan to counter climate change
Kochi: Cities across the world should share adaption strategies formulated to counter climate change, experts attending a two-day workshop on AsianCities Adapt-Impact of Climate Change in Target Cities
View ArticleKochiites to feel the heat of global warming
The effect of global warming, augmented by the rise in high-rises and dearth of enough green belts, will drastically affect the climatic conditions of Kochi. In the next three decades, Kochiites will...
View ArticleGVMC asked to prepare climate risk mgmt plan
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has been asked to prepare a Visakhapatnam Climate Risk Management Plan (VCRMP) in order to handle natural calamities like heavy rains, floods,...
View ArticleAir pollution posing a health hazard
The slum area, known as Bhagat Singh Colony, adjacent to the sixth lane of Dwarakanagar, is considered both a boon and a bane. “Boon in the sense, a robber can never get away from here if at all he...
View ArticleStop handling hazardous chemicals at Concor: Residents
VISAKHAPATNAM: Over 50 residents of areas near the airport staged a protest in front of the Container Corporation of India (Concor) Logistics Park on Wednesday for allegedly handling hazardous chemicals
View ArticlePreliminary Vizag-Kakinada PCPIR environment impact report submitted
VISAKHAPATNAM: The preliminary Marine Environment Impact Assessment (MEIA) report on the Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) has been submitted to the
View ArticlePlanning climate resilient coastal cities: learnings from Panaji and...
This working paper is a result of TERI’s year-long study which aimed to develop and test approaches that can increase resilience of infrastructure assets and the services they provide in developing...
View ArticleSreedharan meets Naidu, discusses metro rail projects
Metro rail expert E Sreedharan on Saturday met with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and discussed the proposed metro rail projects for Vijayawada and Visakapatnam and its feasibility
View ArticleTask forces for each of 3 smart cities
Taking forward the agreement signed, India and the United States on Tuesday decided to constitute three task forces for the setting up of as many smart cities; the task forces would focus on city-specific
View ArticleClimatology and trends of summer high temperature days in India during 1969–2013
Based on the daily maximum air temperature data from 176 stations in India from 1969 to 2013, the climatological distribution of the number of days with high temperature (HT) defined as days with maximum
View ArticleFly ash bricks sales run into clay brick wall
VISAKHAPATNAM: Though the construction sector has been witnessing a spurt in demand over the last one year, the more eco-friendly fly ash bricks are yet to gain popularity among builders and contractors
View ArticleMining on coastal sand dunes poses environmental hazard
VISAKHAPATNAM: Mining in the dune sand along the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh has raised many eyebrows. While the coast boasts of being rich in mineral deposits, especially Ilmenite (ore of Titanium),
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