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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has engaged IIT Bombay to provide technical advisory and scientific assessment for managing legacy waste and fresh municipal solid waste at Jawaharnagar. The government has approved the proposal, sanctioning Rs 1.99 crore for consultancy charges over two years.

The Mancherial Municipal Corporation is facing multiple civic challenges, contrary to claims by local MLA K. Premsagar Rao. Waste from the town continues to be dumped near Andalamma colony due to the absence of a proper yard.

Infrastructure works to ease traffic around KBR Park have resumed after NGT clearance. Proposed under SRDP by the previous BRS government, the GHMC plans to complete flyovers and underpasses in two phases within two years.

A check dam built across the Manair river near Gumpula in Odela mandal collapsed under suspicious circumstances, sparking speculation among locals. While some alleged the sand mafia was behind the incident to resume quarrying banned by the Green Tribunal, others suggested structural leakages caused the failure.

The Telangana High Court refused to hear a PIL on Godavari river pollution, ruling that the issue falls under the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal. The Court directed the petitioner, a law student, to approach the NGT for appropriate relief

BRS working president KT Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, accusing him of stalling the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project and favouring a new scheme for personal gain. He also demanded immediate disqualification of MLAs who switched allegiance, calling it a mockery of democratic values.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy accused opposition parties of stalling development in Telangana’s Palamuru region by filing cases against irrigation projects in the National Green Tribunal. Speaking at SGD-Corning's event in Mahabubnagar, he warned that opposing projects like Udandapur would harm farmers' interests.

Referring to a news article, the Bench noted that the tank, which was once an important source of water, is now full of garbage and has no water left.

The green body’s notice comes after a media report claimed that pollution levels in Telangana's stretch of the Godavari river had reached a critical point.

Ryots come together as the Rythu Ikya Karyacharana Samithi to fight against GHMC's move to open dump yard on 152 acres in the village

Officials said that 45 metric tonnes of waste is generated in the town every day. They stated that the solid waste was being dumped at the ground created in two acres of land due to lack of a dumping yard

Soudharm Bhandari of GHSPCA on Thursday said that injuries to birds are due to Chinese Nylon Manja and glass coated thread, which are popularly used in kite fights, a popular event during the Sankranti festivities.

Chinese manja, coated with crushed glass and dangerously sharp, is known to cut through the skin of birds, animals, and humans, causing fatal injuries. Every year, thousands of birds suffer from injuries, some fatal, due to entanglement in these hazardous strings

Legislation provides guidelines for flood zoning authorities, surveys, delineation of floodplain areas, restrictions on floodplain use, provisions for compensation and removal of obstructions

Prabhakar said that the irrigation department would need 132 acres in Akkannapet mandal, 235 acres in Husnabad mandal and 304 acres in Koheda mandal for the canals. 

They discussed ways to address the inconvenience caused by emanating of smoke due to burning of dry and wet waste generated from the Mancherial civic body to residents of Andalamma Colony and surrounding areas.

Veterinary professionals emphasise that these injuries severely impede birds' ability to fly, often leading to a prolonged healing process and a high mortality rate among rescued birds.

This decision comes in response to a petition filed by the citizen action group, Save Banyans of Chevella. The primary objective of the EIA is to minimize the felling of trees in the Chevella region.

The NGT was critical about the deliberate delay caused by MoEF and its officials and cautioned of severe punishment for the inaction of the MoEF and its officials

The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to look into the allegations of illegal soil mining by a private company at a village in Uttar Pradesh.