"nalla-cheruvu"

Environmental activist Paladugu Gnaneshwar and villagers of Dommadugu staged a protest at Nalla Cheruvu against the release of toxic effluents by pharmaceutical companies. Gnaneshwar, previously on hunger strike, was detained twice by police. The villagers demanded immediate government action to stop the pollution.

Heavy rains are allegedly being exploited by pharmaceutical and chemical companies in Sangareddy to discharge untreated effluents into local water bodies. In Bonthapally and Isnapur, tanks turned red and contaminated water flowed into paddy fields, causing health issues and panic among farmers.

An unidentified man’s body was found floating in Nalla Cheruvu at Uppal on Thursday. Police are investigating whether it was an accident, suicide, or rain-related incident. The body was retrieved and efforts are ongoing to identify the deceased

The Kukatpally MLA suggested that the State government constitute a dedicated committee to conduct a comprehensive survey of all water bodies, starting in Kukatpally.

Many questioned the State government and HYDRAA in particular over its discriminative approach towards the poor and middle income groups

The HYDRAA teams claimed that 16 commercial sheds and compound walls that were constructed after encroaching upon the ‘Nalla Cheruvu’ were demolished.

Operation began early on Sunday, with teams demolishing structures constructed illegally in the FTL and buffer zones of the lake in Kukatpally

State initiates civic works with sewage diversion to reduce water pollution in lakes as primary objective

GHMC's LB Nagar zone is now focusing on establishing a new stormwater drain network in addition to improving the existing drain network

Hyderabad: Tuesday’s heavy downpour and rains that lashed since September resulted in heavy inflows to minor irrigation tanks in Ranga Reddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts with over 1,359 minor irrigation tanks in the two districts receiving surplus water as against its full reservoir levels. Around 1,025 tanks out of 2,031 in Ranga Reddy district and 334 […]