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With native trees vanishing from the city, the greenery we have in the newly developed areas like Gachibowli is not helping the cause as most of the trees are of non-native species like conocarpus, which have nothing to offer to the birds. DC Image

Native birds lose habitats, caged in zoo for display

Zoo officials hence decided to showcase the indigenous birds along with other exotic birds in the recently inaugurated...

27 Dec 2021 12:35 AM IST

Campaigners gather to highlight the threat that around 1,000 banyan trees face, near Chevella on Sunday. The trees may be axed to make space for the widening of a national highway. DC Image

Tree-lovers highlight danger of axing 1000 banyans near Chevella

The shade-giving trees could be chopped off to enable widening of Hyderabad-Chevella-Vijayapuri NH

1 Nov 2021 9:09 AM IST

Smoke rises from the garbage dump yard near Sanjeevaiah Park (top) and a tree is on fire. (Photo: S. Surender Reddy)

Garbage burning in Bhadradri poses health hazard

Manuguru, which was a peaceful town till a decade ago, joined list of polluted towns with opencast mines, Bhadradri...

30 Oct 2021 9:03 AM IST

India, the worlds third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century. (Representational image: AFP)

India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more...

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said India was on track to achieve targets set at the 2015 Paris conference

28 Oct 2021 10:44 AM IST

The total biomedical waste generated in the state amounts to 25.7 tonnes. (PTI file photo)

Biomedical waste from hospitals a cause of concern, say experts

Andhra Pradesh generated non-Covid biomedical waste of 15.05 tonnes per day during the first nine months of the current...

23 Oct 2021 11:38 PM IST

Some of the Chevella Banyans that people want saved from being axed along NH 163 whose width is to be doubled. DC Image

NH-163 widening: 900 Chevella banyan trees face threat

Environmental groups are concerned that all these trees will be axed

18 Oct 2021 8:25 AM IST

The Association members submitted numerous representations to municipal authorities in the last three years seeking fencing. DC Image

Tirumala Hills residents decry encroachment

Tirumala Hills Owners Welfare Association fear that anti-social elements would encroach 6,024 sq yards allotted for...

17 Oct 2021 11:42 PM IST

A devotee puts a mask on the face of a Goddess Durga idol to aware people against COVID-19, at a community puja pandal, in Prayagraj. (PTI)

PoP idol immersions only in baby ponds hereafter

GHMC has established a total 26 baby ponds within various lakes for immersing Durga idols, particularly those of PoP,...

8 Oct 2021 11:41 PM IST

The birds travel thousands of kilometres from Siberia to these sanctuaries every year on their winter sojourn. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Death of winter migratory birds creates flutter in Nellore region

Nelapattu is a breeding ground while Pulicat Lake is a favourite feeding ground for the birds because of its rich flora...

5 Oct 2021 7:24 AM IST

Mazher Ahmed pointed out that recent flash floods, which have devastated life of poor and middle class, have been due to such unauthorised constructions. If they are not stopped, disasters would once again follow. Representational image/DC

Encroachments of Hyderabad lakes continuing

In the latest instance, tractor loads of earth and debris are being brought under cover of darkness and dumped into...

4 Oct 2021 2:25 AM IST

P. Naveen Kumar, a civil engineer, pointed out why the trees could not be used as a median by acquiring land on the other side? DC Image

National highway works cost dear, over 1,000 trees to be chopped

Activists are up in arms as word has spread about the cutting of the gigantic trees that turn the two-lane highway into...

4 Oct 2021 12:58 AM IST

According to Greenpeace Indias report, out of 287 cities, more than 80 percent (231) cities or towns have PM 10 levels exceeding the 60 mg/m 3 limits for PM10 prescribed under National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) set by CPCB in 2018. Representational Image. (AP)

WHO updates air quality norms after 15 years

According to the new guidelines, the annual particulate matter 2.5 microns in thickness (PM2.5) has now been updated to...

23 Sept 2021 3:27 AM IST