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A proposed 25.6-km tunnel under Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram–Banakacherla Link Project has sparked widespread environmental and tribal rights concerns. The tunnel and its supporting infrastructure will impact over 16,000 hectares and endangering rare species like the Bengal tiger and Jerdon’s courser.

Though the exact reasons for the argument was not known this time, the wife got upset with her husband’s behavior, according to reports.

Eshwaramma, a Chenchu woman, was tortured for a week by rubbing chilli powder into her eyes and burning her private parts by the accused for not turning up to work.