Telugu Desam leader Kadiam Srihari has asked the State government to take immediate steps through the Central Water Commission (CWC) to quantify the Godavari water being utilised by Maharashtra above Sriramsagar.

Speaking at an all-party meet on the Babli project on Thursday, Mr. Srihari said any finding that the utilisation by Maharashtra is in excess of its 60 tmc ft allocation will form a clear basis for AP filing a review petition against the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Babli case.

Hyderabad: As part of the Summer Action Plan, corporators will spend Rs 20 lakh each in their respective wards to improve drinking water supply and sewerage network.

Andhra govt's solar power policy did not envisage any investment subsidy from the govt or the power utilities.

Does not bar any state or the Centre from continuing or launching other food-based schemes. The revised National Food Security Bill (NFSB) gives greater flexibility to states.

In what could be a slight setback to the government's programme to bring safe and adequate drinking water to all rural households, only around 67 per cent of the targets have been met under the Nat

Life in a slum is comparable to life in most urban households in India, according to Census 2011 data on living conditions in slums.

Anantapur: The groundwater table has plummeted alarmingly in Anantapur district due to scanty rainfall and excess extraction of water. The government has banned the drilling of new borewells in 271 villages keeping in view the poor groundwater levels.

The groundwater department has found that 50 per cent of existing borewells have dried up. On an average 70 per cent of the new borewells have failed in the district. Exploitation of groundwater is widespread in 19 mandals.

To assess the urban poverty alleviation work being done at the slum level, minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation Ajay Maken on Thursday said his ministry will frame "Slum Upgradation Index" city wise and state wise for monitoring the upgradation of slums in the country periodically.

“A committee will be set up to suggest the methodology for drafting this index. This slum data will help in redrawing our schemes and fix priorities under various schemes of the ministry,” Maken said while speaking at a function of release of report on housing stock, amenities and assets in slums based on House Listing and Housing Census 2011.

The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh found itself in an embarrassing position after a goof-up in the Assembly over presentation of what was billed as the “first-ever Agriculture budget in the

Hyderabad: World Water Day will be observed as usual on March 22 even as citizens of Greater Hyderabad continue to be deprived of even the minimum litres per capita of water per person per day of