VIJAYAWADA: The YSRC will raise the burning issues of atrocities on social media activists and Polavaram, besides opposing the Wakf Board Bill, in the ensuing Winter Session in Parliament. MP Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose told the media after the meeting that they would raise the issue of harassment and illegal detention of social media activists in the state. “Police are …
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has summoned water resources principal secretary Sasibhusan Kumar and engineer-in-chief Narayana Reddy to appear before it in person in a contempt of court case. Petitioner P Surendra Babu’s counsel Maheswara Rao pointed out that despite the court’s earlier orders not to allow illegal mining of gravel/soil on Polavaram RMC, this was going on, and …
Vijayawada: Villagers have expressed fear about their safety and health as mud collected from Polavaram irrigation project site is dumped near the new Pydipaka rehabilitation colony, causing dust pollution. The National Green Tribunal had, in 2018, constituted a four-member committee comprising officials from central pollution control board, APPCB, the additional principal chief conservator of forests and district collector to inspect …
