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 …
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 …
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state are expected to face shortage of drinking water this summer especially in May if the Telangana state government continues to draw water from Nagarjunasagar dam to generate hydel power defying directions from the Krishna River Management Board not to do so. In AP, people living in the two erstwhile districts of Guntur and Prakasam …