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M.A. Eswaran: a freedom fighter who was the brain behind Lower Bhavani Project, pleaded for rice
3 months, 2 weeks ago

M.A. Eswaran: a freedom fighter who was the brain behind Lower Bhavani Project, pleaded for rice

The Hindu  

The story of the Lower Bhavani Project reads like a political drama in which the hero meets a tragic end. The first major irrigation project executed in Tamil Nadu after Independence, it turned Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts into a fertile landscape, irrigating 2,47,247 acres for the cultivation of paddy and other crops, besides generating 18 MW through two power …

Congress Project Prakasam Mla Erode Nallasamy Bhavani
Under a dry spell
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Under a dry spell

The Hindu  

Covering her face with the ends of her blue saree, 65-year-old Chilaka Bhukya Bhai steps out of her home on a sweltering Monday morning, a walking stick in one hand and a large steel pot in another. A former sarpanch of the village, Bareddy Venkateswara Reddy, 57, who earned national recognition for promoting the theme of ‘Water sufficiency and clean …

Water Scarcity Drinking State Prakasam Department Village Pradesh
Water to Be Released from Prakasam Barrage till April 29
8 months ago

Water to Be Released from Prakasam Barrage till April 29

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: To improve the drinking water supply during summer, government Chief Secretary Dr. K.S. Jawahar Reddy on Monday said that the water would be released from Prakasam Barrage through canals till April 29 and from Nagarjuna Sagar Right Main Canal till April 25. Dr Jawahar Reddy stated that the water release for the canals being extended to fill all the …

Water Drinking Prakasam Tanks Jawahar Reddy
Jagan Mohan Reddy to inaugurate Veligonda project twin tunnels today
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Jagan Mohan Reddy to inaugurate Veligonda project twin tunnels today

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will inaugurate the twin tunnels of Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project, envisaged to provide irrigation facility to 4.47 lakh acres and drinking water to 15.25 lakh population in the drought-prone and fluoride- affected upland areas of Prakasam, Nellore and Kadapa districts, on Wednesday. The stage-I of the project envisages to provide irrigation facility …

Water Project Prakasam District Lakh Jagan Mohan Reddy Tmc
Prakasam: APSRTC Bus Falls Into Canal, Kid Among 7 Killed
1 year, 5 months ago

Prakasam: APSRTC Bus Falls Into Canal, Kid Among 7 Killed

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Seven persons have died while 18 others were injured when a state-run bus carrying a wedding party to Kakinada from Podili plunged into the Nagarjunasagar branch canal near Darsi in Prakasam district in the early hours of Tuesday. The mishap occurred when the driver of the APSRTC bus tried to avoid collision with a private bus coming from the …

Bus Injured Passengers Canal Kid Prakasam Apsrtc
Child among 7 killed, 29 injured as bus falls into canal in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 5 months ago

Child among 7 killed, 29 injured as bus falls into canal in Andhra Pradesh

India Today  

Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed, and 29 others sustained injuries after the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a canal at Darsi in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, said police. Eyewitnesses said that the bus lost control while trying to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle, resulting in it falling into the Nagarjuna Sagar …

Bus Pradesh Seven Sagar Canal
Megalithic burial sites in Prakasam cry for attention
2 years, 2 months ago

Megalithic burial sites in Prakasam cry for attention

The Hindu  

Prakasam district was once an indologists’ delight with numerous megalithic sites throwing light on Andhra people’s culture during the first millennium B.C. The situation calls for immediate steps to preserve these artefacts for posterity adds the village Sarpanch G. Narayana Reddy, while showing the menhirs spread over a five-acre site close to Gollapalli Cheruvu. Vandalised Five megalithic burials have been …

Burial Village Stone Burials Stone Circles Megalithic Sites Prehistoric Site