As a part of urban development thousands of acres of HMDA lands, assigned to landless farmers in the 1970s as per the Land Reforms Act, is currently being surveyed by revenue authorities for acquisition as part of Telangana’s real estate plans for Hyderabad. Many farmers who spend their money, energy to make this land cultivated […]
Category: Environment & Pollution
Despite Stringent Laws, ‘Migrant Farm Labour’ Gets ‘Only Chillies’ Instead Of Wages In Telugu States
Despite stringent laws and awareness, still migrant labourers, many of them children, cross the borders to work on the farms of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – and take home chillis as wages. Chilli harvesting on the farms of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana draws many young workers from the bordering states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. They […]
Why ‘Rajiv Swagruha’ Flats Go Unsold In Hyderabad?
In a big jolt to the State government, builders and developers didn’t show any interest in the e-auction of Rajiv Swagruha flats at Bandlaguda, situated in the outskirts of Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) had listed 32 towers containing 2,246 flats in Bandlaguda and eight towers in Khammam up for auction. The urban […]
’Alcoholic Monkeys’ On Prowl In Telangana Villages
Believe it or not, but this is a true happening in a remote tribal hamlet in Telangana village located at Adilabad district, alcoholic monkeys roam on the streets waiting for people to leave their drinks. Yes, there is an entire village of drunken monkeys. The vervet monkeys were introduced to the found in the 2001. […]
A Peep Inside India’s ‘Big Business’ In ‘Ganja Capital’ Of Telugu States
Here’s the dope on a big business: Nearly 1,000 villages devote 10,000 acres to a plant used to make a product that commands a price of Rs 40,000 per kg in major urban markets. The plant is cannabis or Ganja. The place is Paderu in Andhra Pradesh, the centre of eight mandals that cultivate the […]
Why ‘Expired’ Covaxin Being Offered to ‘Kids’ During Vax Drive?
The lack of transparency and data has made parents wary of ‘expired’ vaccine doses in spite of government clarification. On 3 January, India started offering COVID-19 vaccines to children between the ages of 15 and 18 years. The government had also issued a statement saying that, at the moment, only Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin would be […]
Why Omicron Caution Thrown To Wind In Hyderabad?
Despite the Omicron variant scare and alertness of the health authorities, widespread adherence to Covid safety protocols in the older parts of the city seems to be missing. A visit to different areas within the erstwhile ‘Walled City’ points out how casually the citizens have been taking the directives of the administration on the Covid-19 […]
Fake ‘Covid Vax Certificate’ Gang Exposed In Hyderabad
The Covid vaccination and obtaining the online certificate now slipping in the hands of fraudsters who are cheating gullible people and selling the certificate without administering the vaccine jabs and issuing the certificate illegally through CoWin portal. This information is the tip of the iceberg. Amid the possibility of the third wave of COVID-19, all […]
Black Fungus Epidemic Spreading Through Hospital Air-Conditioning In India, Experts Reveal
During the research, speculation had centred around the possible role of oxygen cylinders and humidifiers. But the evidence points elsewhere. Last year, when microbiologists and infectious disease experts in India first noticed signs of a fungal mold mushrooming as a secondary infection in Covid-19 patients. Caused by a fungus named mucorales, it was a rare […]
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberclosis Is Rampant In Urban Slums In Hyderabad
The urban slums in the Southern and Western parts of the city are reporting a serious public health crisis with a high number of new cases of Tuberculosis (TB) and Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The NGO ‘Helping Hand Foundation’ in association with the State TB Society, RNTCP conducted a grass root level contact programme in Sothern […]