Visakhapatnam District
Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:42 AMNearly 260 million Indian could be pushed to poverty due to Covid-19: Researchers
Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy
Posted on 13 May, 2020 02:32 PMJharkhand government launches three schemes to revive rural economy under the MGNREGA
Maharashtra wetlands: Govt withdraws plea against construction ban
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 03:13 PMMaharashtra government withdraws plea against ban on construction on wetlands
New CGWA guidelines mandate NOC for industries to extract groundwater
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 05:45 PMIndustries can extract groundwater only after obtaining a NOC: CGWA
River restoration to be the focus of the first 'India Rivers Week'
Posted on 23 Oct, 2014 04:49 PMFirst 'India Rivers Week' to be held in Delhi from November 24-27
It's cyclone Hudhud's turn to cause damage!
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 11:40 AMHudhud lands in Vizag at 195 kmph
Red Hills reservoir leaks Chennai's water supply!
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 04:49 PMChennai's drinking water seeps down the drain
After Phailin, Cyclone Helen hits Andhra Pradesh coast
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 02:42 PMAfter Phailin, Helen devastates Andhra coast
Phailin rain increases Andhra groundwater levels
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 10:21 AMPhailin increases Andhra groundwater levels
AnRak Aluminium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Another Vedanta in the making ? – An article in EPW
Posted on 10 Jan, 2013 10:35 PMThis paper in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) by Patrik Oskarsson deals with the bauxite (aluminium) project which is very similar to the Vedanta project in Odisha and is coming up in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
AnRak Aluminium, a company of the government of Rasal-Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates and Penna Cement of AP has secured approval for both an aluminium complex and the bauxite mines, but the final forest clearance for the mines is awaited.
The AnRak project has replicated the Vedanta model of first building the refinery and then setting up the mine. The mine is to be operated by the state government to circumvent the ban on non-tribal landownership.