A Whopping Power Tarrif Of Telangana Electricity Bills Becomes ‘Lockdown Shocker’ For Hyderabad Residents

Have the power bills for the last three months given you a bolt from the blue yet? If it has, you are not alone. The TSSPDCL had earlier said that citizens could pay the bills generated in the corresponding months of the previous year owing to the Covid crisis. Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana […]

Why KCR Left ‘Corona Control’ To ‘Gods’?

After nearly two and a half months of fight with Coronavirus pandemic by imposing lockdowns, the Telangana government led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to have thrown up his hands and left it to the fate of the gods. In the initial days of lockdown, KCR used to say that the situation was […]

Why ‘Critical Covid Patient’ Unattended By Govt Doctors For Hours At Gandhi Hospital In Hyderabad?

The official apathy towards Covid-19 patients makes the life hell before they get admitted in the hospital the Ordeal began when the Covid positive patient had to first struggle to get an ambulance from a private hospital, and then he was made to wait in the covid designated government hospital. As details shows, Mohammad Zia […]

Why Lockdown Is Becoming A ‘Big Joke’ To Traffic ‘Violators’ In Hyderabad?

The population of Hyderabad is around 1 Crore. About 6% of them proved to be jokers by coming on to the roads for no valid reasons. Yes, 6.13 lakh lockdown violation cases were booked in a span of 1 month only in Hyderabad. Usually, the majority of people follow the rules. They think that all […]

Why Telangana Govt Accused of Underreporting Covid-19 Cases?

The Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s perception as a strong leader who has made timely interventions to contain the coronavirus epidemic came under the scanner when a doctors’ body alleged that his government may have underreported COVID-19 cases in the state. Doctors For Seva, a collective of private doctors based in Hyderabad, raised doubts […]

Acute Shortage Of ‘Sanitary Pads’ For Rural Women In Telugu States

The rural women in Telugu States becomes helpless to cater their essential need ‘sanitary pads’ for their daily use. No work, no money makes women in distress to ask a help with health volunteers. #KhabarLive delves to get the exact picture during lockdown period in these areas. Padma Lakshmi, a volunteer based in Telangana district, […]

Millers Cheated Farmers Over Depreciation In Crop Weighing In Telangana

Paddy farmers in Telangana are up in arms against rice millers who are allegedly cheating them by depreciating the weight of their crop. Farmers are urging authorities to intervene in order to prevent rice millers from allegedly trying to tamper with paddy weights in various parts of the state. On Thursday, several farmers in Thangalapalli […]

Neglected Frontline #Covid Health Workers Need Safety Gear In Telangana

In Telangana, the worst-affected state, nurses, sanitation workers and community health workers say they do not have adequate protection from virus exposure. Fifty-one year old Daisy Rani works as a nurse at Niloufer Hospital, one of the main quarantine hospitals in Hyderabad for admitting and treating Covid-19 patients. Five doctors working here were sent into […]

Why ‘Nurses’ In Hyderabad Given ‘Lowest Priority’ In #COVID Hospitals?

In Telangana government-run Gandhi Hospital, nurses who were asked to quarantine themselves for two weeks after treating Covid-19 patients have been provided accommodation in the same building that houses both infected patients as well as those displaying symptoms. Noting that the pandemic is seeing a “persisting and ever escalating spread” the United Nurses Association pointed […]

Govt Banned ‘Social Help’ Activity To Streamline ‘Social Distancing’ In Hyderabad

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has said it has opened a ”special wing” for collection of food and other items from donors to distribute them in a proper manner as it was observed social distancing was not maintained in events conducted by organisations to give things away during the lockdown. GHMC Mayor Bonthu Rammohan […]