Spotlight- Andhra Pradesh

Our reporters from across Andhra Pradesh delve deep into a particular issue of relevance to the State

Updated - November 08, 2024 08:35 am IST

Children taking a dive at the fishing harbour as motorboats and trawlers remain anchored due to the fishing holiday for conservation, in Visakhapatnam. File

Children taking a dive at the fishing harbour as motorboats and trawlers remain anchored due to the fishing holiday for conservation, in Visakhapatnam. File | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK

The Spotlight is a weekly page that does exactly what it says it does — delves deep into a particular issue of relevance to Andhra Pradesh.

Every week is a different issue. Our reporters from across the State analyse each subject threadbare, in micro detail, while retaining the panoramic angle, as they speak to every conceivable source to bring you the latest, and the very last detail in every story.

Published - June 09, 2022 01:02 pm IST

Collection - 153 stories

A view of the houses built on a hill near the One Town area in Vijayawada where reports of rockslides are occasionally reported.

Between rock and hard place: housing dilemma of urban poor in Vijayawada

Nellore Sravani

Unsung heroes:Sanitation workers of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) taking up cleaning duties on Beach Road in Visakhapatnam in the night.

Sanitation workers of Visakhapatnam: Swept under the rug

Forgotten in the forest: An elderly man, belonging to the Chenchu tribe, posing with his bow and arrow, in Panukumadugu gudem in Dornala mandal of Prakasam district. Traditionally a hunter-gatherer tribe, the Chenchus now rely on subsistence farming for a living.

A tribe out of time: how Chenchus have been caught between ancestral past and uncertain future in Andhra Pradesh

Nellore Sravani

A life-size statue of Nk. Vempalli Kali Krishna Prasad erected by his father and retired Army soldier Havildar Manga Raju in their family’s paddy field at the entry of Madhavaram village in East Godavari district.

An epitome of a bond between two soldiers

T. Appala Naidu

An abandoned government library building at Military Madhavaram village in East Godavari district. The Ex-servicemen of the village are demanding the reopening of the library for the local youth.

Off the battleground, veterans of Military Madhavaram lead the fight to restore their village’s legacy

T. Appala Naidu

Kadambari Jethwani case: a relentless fight for justice

Sumit Bhattacharjee

To tackle the menace head-on, the Andhra Pradesh government is constituting an Anti-Narcotics Task Force

Forging the high road to sobriety in Andhra Pradesh

P. Sujatha Varma

People were holding each other while wading through knee-deep water in Ajith Singh Nagar in Vijayawada on Thursday (September 5, 2024).

Vijayawada floods: surviving the wrath of ‘sorrow’

Nellore Sravani

A batch of red sanders logs freshly cut and dressed from Seshachalam hills. The wood contains a compound called Santalin which gives it the rich red colour. Seshachalam Hills of the Eastern Ghats is one of the few places on earth where the trees grow.

The rise and rise of red sanders mafia

Messengers of natural farming: Farmers showing the crops grown using the Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS) model at Tippanagunta village of Bapulapadu mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district.

Seeding a greener future - an impetus to natural farming in A.P.

P. Sujatha Varma

Nearly 15,000 people use the railway stations of Kuppam, Mallanuru, Gudupalle, and Bisanattam in Chittoor district as their starting point to reach Malur and Bengaluru in Karnataka on a daily basis, hoping to earn a good wage by the end of the day.

Unemployment in A.P.’s Kuppam: a long journey to change

Madivi Veerayya, a Secondary Grade Teacher, and his wife Madivi Veeramma, an Anganwadi teacher, whose relationship blossomed at Koitur Bata in Ramannapalem village of Chintoor agency in Alluri Sitarama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh.

Godavari Valley schooled by dropouts

T. Appala Naidu

Passengers sitting on the floor of Nellore railway station’s west terminal due to lack of seating space.

Nellore railway station overhaul derails comfort and convenience

The Hindu Bureau

The lavish construction on Rushikonda Hill by the then YSRCP government, alleged to have been built to serve as the Chief Minister’s residence-cum-camp office in Visakhapatnam. The project, reportedly built at ₹500 crore, was developed on 61 acres.

Why the Rushikonda Hill project is steeped in controversy

A view of spillway of the Polavaram irrigation project at Polavaram in Andhra Pradesh.

Polavaram irrigation project: Hopes drowned in uncertainty

G.V.R. Subba Rao

A resident of Boyapati Madhavarao street in Moghalrajpuram area of Vijayawada showing a bottle filled with water collected from the tap that they use for drinking purposes. Residents say they have been seeing dirt in water for the past 20 days.

The struggle for clean water in Vijayawada

Nellore Sravani

A Koya tribal woman drying Mahua flowers in the backyard of her house in Chintoor Agency of ASR district.

Andhra’s Koya tribe faces brewing conflict over sacred Mahua flower

T. Appala Naidu

Living on the margins:Members of the Yanadi community outside their hut, made of mud and plastic sheets, at the top of the hill in Chitti Nagar of Vijayawada; (below) the community people setting off on their daily routine of selling beads.

Prejudiced past and forsaken future: the DNTs’ battle for dignity

Nellore Sravani

Bereft of basics:A little girl looks outside from the makeshift compound wall of her house at Buruga hamlet of Ananthagiri mandal in ASR district. Many like her are deprived of a proper road, clean drinking water and preliminary healthcare

The long road and an arduous journey to development

Hope amid hardship:Daily wage labourers assembling at Benz Circle in Vijayawada, during the early hours, in the hope of getting work. Their work, which varies daily, primarily revolves around construction and related industries.

Labourers in Vijayawada in the lurch due to A.P. govt.’s new sand policy

Nellore Sravani

Tapestry of despair:A woman working at a powerloom unit at Nagari in Chittoor district. Thousands of workers like her have been forced into penury as mills downed their shutters for months on end during the pandemic.

The warp and weft of gloom and unkept promises

Unending struggle:The Muria tribe of Chhattisgarh, which has settled in Andhra Pradesh, grapples with not just the loss of their homes from time to time, but also with the challenge of accessing clean drinking water.

Muria tribe settlement in Chukkalapadu | Lost in the woods

T. Appala Naidu

Campaign vehicles being fabricated at a workshop in Auto Nagar, Visakhapatnam, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls; (below) a customised vehicle with a mounted LED screen deployed at Maddilapalem for election campaigning in Visakhapatnam.

Andhra Pradesh poll season promises extra earnings for many

A group of residents of ST Colony on Simhachalam Hills in Visakhapatnam engaged in conversation; and the dilapidated colony standing in stark contrast to the grand Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, located barely 100 metres away.

Temple PRASAD leaves a bitter aftertaste

V. Kamalakara Rao

Officials of the District Child Protection Unit of Women Development and Child Welfare department examining the ground floor room at the Urban Residential Hostel for Girls at Kanuru in Krishna district where fire broke out on the evening of February 29; officials interacting with the inmates as part of their inquiry; and an official of the District Child Protection Unit assessing the damage in the fire.

Playing with fire, and child safety

Rajulapudi Srinivas

A printing press in the Industrial Estate near Nunna, on the outskirts of Vijayawada, wears a deserted look due to the uncertainty caused by a tender issued by the State government inviting printers from outside Andhra Pradesh to take up textbook printing work.

Textbook printers in Andhra caught in the tender tangle

Nellore Sravani

Bone of contention: A view of Kotia village, one among the 28 villages that fall under the disputed Kotia group of villages that both Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have been claiming ownership over for the past several decades.

Andhra vs Odisha: The territorial tussle between two States

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Family members of Maddela Padma, the teenager who died on February 10 at Government General Hospital in Guntur.

Murky water and a health crisis in Guntur

The Hindu Bureau

Between drought and despair in Andhra

Two men fishing in Kolleru Lake, the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia.

A catch in Andhra Pradesh’s aquaculture success story

Nellore Sravani

Country boats trapped in a dense layer of water hyacinth on the Kolleru lakebed in Sringavarappadu village in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh. In this almost idyllic landscape, the shadow of veli , or social boycott, casts its ugly net.

Vitriol under the veil of veli

G.V.R. Subba Rao

Two roosters being trained in cockfight for the upcoming Sankranthi festival, in Vijayawada.

Cockfighting | Feathers and fortunes at stake during Andhra Pradesh’s Sankranthi festival

The Hindu Bureau

Anganwadi workers holding postcards addressed to the Chief Minister, seeking resolution of their long-standing demands including implementation of minimum wage and gratuity as per Supreme Court verdict, during a protest meet in Vijayawada.

Rallying for rights

Rajulapudi Srinivas,Nellore Sravani

Sharmila, mother of six year old boy Sheik Suleman Ashraf, looking at the drain situated close to their house at Old Rajarajeshwaripet in Vijayawada, on Friday. Her son allegedly died after falling into the drain

Perilous pitfalls in Vijayawada: open drains turn death traps

Nellore Sravani

Thick smoke emanating from the chimneys of industries near Tadi village of Parawada mandal of Anakapalli district, 40 km away from Visakhapatnam city.

The perils of pollution force people to beg for relocation from a once-green land

V. Kamalakara Rao

Members of Andhra Pradesh Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Samithi drumming up support for the proposed Chalo Delhi protest, called by Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on December 4, by running a signature campaign, in Vijayawada.

The endless battle with caste-based vitriol and violence

P. Sujatha Varma

Tomato farmers at a field near Madanapalle in Annamayya district.

Tomato farmers in turmoil

A homeless boy sleeping on a bench by the roadside near R.K. Beach in Visakhapatnam. Nearly 14,000 rescued children reside in 715 childcare homes in Andhra Pradesh, governed by 13 Child Welfare Committees

The care homes in Andhra Pradesh violating child rights

Rajulapudi Srinivas

Rescue and restoration work under way after the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada express rammed into a stationary Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh on October 29.

A lifeline takes a troubling turn

B. Madhu Gopal ,Sumit Bhattacharjee

According to the 2011 Census, there are nearly 17.72 lakh homeless people across the country with more than 1.45 lakh in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh’s homeless grapples with mental health issues

Nellore Sravani

Workers from Odisha and West Bengal at their temporary living blocks at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City at Parawada in Anakapalli district.

The difficult lives of migrant workers in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district

Farmers are concerned about possible delays in water releases for the Kharif season, as upper riparian States tend to fill their reservoirs before releasing water to Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh’s rice bowl reputation at stake as the water war heats up

G.V.R. Subba Rao

Alarming facts: Though there is a decline in the number of child marriages in Andhra Pradesh compared to the previous year, the prevalence is as high as 29.3% of the total marriages, finds a 2022 study by an NGO, Child Rights and You (CRY).

Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides

On an average, between 5,000 and 8,000 tourists visit Bojjannakonda every month., says officials

Andhra Pradesh’s Bojjannakonda gets major facelift to draw more tourists

A view of the Barashahid Dargah in Nellore, which draws devotees cutting across religious lines.

Barashahid Dargah, a tall symbol of communal harmony in Nellore

The boat used to cross the 200-metre-wide creek to reach Pudirayadoruvu village, located between Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary and the backwaters of the sea.

Caught between the stars and the sea

A.D. Ranagarajan

DSC-1998 qualified candidates protest against the inordinate delay in their appointments, at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada

Teacher trials: 25 years of toil and tears

P. Sujatha Varma

While 23 years have elapsed since the controversial G.O. was issued, no solution seems to be in sight for the residents of pancha gramalu as they are trapped in a never-ending cycle of despair, hopelessness, and unfulfilled promises.

How Government Order no. 578 upturned the lives of people

V. Kamalakara Rao

A municipal worker de-clogging a drain without any protective gear, near Pantakalava Road in Vijayawada.

Manhole misery: A cry for a cleanup

Nellore Sravani

A view of the thick Seshachalam forest surrounding Tirumala, which has been declared as ‘Seshachalam biosphere reserve’.

Dilemma over leopard attacks in the foot path of Tirumala hills

A.D. Rangarajan

Konda Reddi tribal woman Sadala Mangamma with her children at Munta Mamidi village in Alluri Sitarama Raju district. She has 10 children and the couple are yet to go for birth control.

The woes of wombs in Andhra Pradesh’s tribal village

T. Appala Naidu

For a decade, wild herds have forayed towards Punganur, Yadamarri, Puthalapattu, Irala, Sadum, Somala, and Tavanampalle mandals of Chittoor district.

Elephant watchers in Andhra Pradesh are born survivors, living on the edge of subsistence

The Yenadis are a tribe in Andhra Pradesh living in extreme conditions of poverty and social exclusion.

Yanadis tribe: Less visible and left out in Andhra Pradesh

P. Sujatha Varma

Farmers taking up sowing operations at Pedapulipaka in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. The delay in the advent of monsoon has hit tenant farmers the most.

Erratic rain pattern makes farming an unsustainable future in Andhra Pradesh

Nellore Sravani

Khond tribals cultivating land at Kothaveedhi village of Cheedikada mandal in Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh. The Khonds are facing a threat of eviction, as their names have been removed from the land enjoyers’ list.

The tale of tribal loss

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Finally connected: Residents of Sambhuvanipalem are all smiles after using the city bus facility to their interior suburb in Visakhapatnam. The locality saw its first bus service after Independence.

Bus to Sambhuvanipalem, tucked in reserve forest, brings cheer to tribals

Koyas are in a cultural shock as they are being rehabilitated to the new settlements from their ancestral villages in the Godavari agency for the Polavaram irrigation project. Kommu Koya performers at Chandravanka stream in Alluri Sitaramaraju district.

Whose Polavaram is it anyway?

T. Appala Naidu

A tourism project caught in controversy at Perupalem in Mogalthur mandal of West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh

Defenders of the creek

Nellore Sravani

Students going to school in the new academic year in Vijayawada.

Ensuring equity in education in Andhra Pradesh

P. Sujatha Varma

The Srisailam reservoir is crucial for the management and distribution of Krishna water.

Yet another blow to water-starved Rayalaseema

An aerial view of the sprawling Andhra University campus in Visakhapatnam. The nine-decade-old university is reeling under a severe faculty crunch.

The slow descent of State-run varsities into oblivion in Andhra Pradesh

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Visakhapatnam City has about 71 blackspots in Zone I (Tagarapuvalasa to NAD Junction) and Zone II (NAD Junction to Lankelapalem)

Death traps on National Highways in Andhra Pradesh

T. Appala Naidu,Ramesh Susarla,Harish Gilai

Over 20 wild elephants died due to electrocution in the Kaundinya belt in the last decade. The jumbo attacks have also caused over two dozen human casualties.

Jumbo task at hand

K. Umashanker,K Srinivasa Rao

False start: A flock of birds fly against a cloudy sky in Vijayawada on May 11 (Saturday). May is normally the hottest month in the city, with temperatures going up to 41-42 degrees Celsius

The emergence of new-age weathermen in Andhra Pradesh

Tharun Kumar Boda,Harish Gilai

Children drinking from a borewell at Toofan Nagar, a tribal colony near Ongole.

Health, land and lives lost. For what?

Nellore Sravani

A view of the Old Lighthouse, where the Sepoy Mutiny of 1780 is supposed to have taken place in Visakhapatnam

The untold story of Vizagapatam’s 1780 mutiny

Sumit Bhattacharjee

The third week of March saw minimum temperatures ranging from 15 °C to 17 °C in Sri Sathya Sai and Nandyal Districts, resulting in a bumper crop yield.

Misty March lends bumper mango yield

Between 2015-22, mango cultivation in the Chittoor district was seen as a high-stakes gamble as excess rains, oppressive heat, and the COVID-19 effect hit the crop badly

Staggered harvesting to mitigate losses

The officials are now focused on the shortcomings identified during the trial run, and necessary arrangements are being made to bridge the gap

At the ready, say officials

A majority of people neglecting to wear masks in public is also sighted as the reason for the spread of the influenza variant H3N2 in India early this year

We better mask up

Many blamed the pandemic for the unprecedented dip in students’ performance in the SSC examinations.

Everyone’s rooting for the 2023 batch

P. Sujatha Varma

The candidates will be supplied with specially-designed 24-page white paper answer booklets and OMR sheets.

Andhra Pradesh: All arrangements in place for SSC examination

P. Sujatha Varma

Patients form a queue to see a doctor at a Community Health Centre in Visakhapatnam. Cases of fevers, cold and cough have seen a rise in the city in recent weeks

Erring on the side of caution as influenza cases rise in Andhra Pradesh

Patients thronging the out-patient block of King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam. File

Taking the sting out of malaria threat

A vendor in Vijayawada keeps a large quantity of clay pots ready in anticipation of a spurt in demand as temperatures started soaring across the State.

Cool start for searing summer ahead in Andhra Pradesh

Sri City has been recognised as one of the ten key manufacturing regions in India with a high potential to attract global investments.

Weighed down by infra bottlenecks

A.D. Rangarajan

Image used for representational purpose only.

The hard to resist lure of ports

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Police personnel in the Cyber Cell of Anantapur District going through the complaints lodged over “CHAT BOT” for lost mobile phones.

Hot on the trail of missing phones

Representational image

Falling hook, line and sinker in a web of fraud

Sumit Bhattacharjee

An aerial view of the growing urban landscape of Visakhapatnam.

High time to focus on IT

V. Kamalakara Rao

Attracting investment: A view of the mega food park at Mallavalli in Bapulapadu Mandal of Krishna district. The APIIC is developing industrial parks under the Micro and Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme.

Andhra Pradesh: Investment destination calling

A deaddiction centre at Government General Hospital in Anantapur, where the Counselling Centre doubles up as office space for doctors.

Achieving abstinence against addiction

Sambasiva Rao M.

The number of cases of drug addiction is increasing by the year, say the experts

There is a crying need for de-addiction centres in Andhra Pradesh

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Motorists undergoing the qualifying driving test for licence by RTO officials at Gannavaram, near Vijayawada

Driving licence issuance | An exasperating test of patience

P. Sujatha Varma

Traffic police verifying driving licence of students. File

One-year wait to get driving licence cards in Visakhapatnam

Thousands gathered to collect gift kits at a meeting held in Guntur on Sunday by a TDP sympathizer in which a stampede happened. Photo: Handout

Tread with caution: Lessons need to be learned from recent stampedes in Andhra Pradesh

Sambasiva Rao M.

Vasireddy Padma, Chairperson, AP Women’s Commission interacts with the injured persons in the stampede happened at a public meeting organized by TDP sympathizers, at GGH, Guntur. File photo: Handout

Crowd management, dry runs key to handling huge turnouts at public meetings

Sumit Bhattacharjee

A representational image of ‘Pasuvula Panduga’ conducted every year in A. Rangampeta village of Chandragiri mandal in Tirupati district as part of Sankranti festivities.

Stampede ripples: Will ‘Pasuvula Panduga’ take the hit?

A.D. Rangarajan

Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Adviser to Government of AP (Public Affairs). Photo: Special Arrangement

Stringent measures will be taken to prevent stampedes, says Sajjala

Sambasiva Rao M.

Only 15% of daily sewage is being treated in A.P., says report

VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 28-12-2022.
As part of door-to-door garbage collection, a sanitary worker collecting household wastes using CLAP vehicles at Resapuvanipalem in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.. Photo : V RAJU / THE HINDU

Taking the IT route to tackle sanitation

The international and domestic airports have given Andhra Pradesh the much-needed air connectivity

With three international airports, A.P. is sitting pretty in civil aviation sector

Massive cargo being carried to Krishnapatnam port in Nellore district.

Maritime infra in A.P. poised for a big leap

The infrastructure augmentation of Visakhapatnam port includes revamping of railway yard, construction of covered sheds and repair of ORS and LPG jetties. K.R. DEEPAK

Getting the wind in their sails

Sumit Bhattacharjee

The Penna Ahobilam Balancing Reservoir in Anantapur district, is not utilised to its full capacity due to repairs to be taken up on the dam.

PABR to be assessed among four in A.P. for dam improvement project

Joint Collector D.K. Balaji inspecting the water flowing over a road in Nagalapuram mandal of Tirupati district on Saturday.

Officials neck-deep in damage estimation post-Mandous

A.D. Rangarajan

Tobacco seedlings are much in demand for replantation as Cyclone Mandous destroyed plantations, at Velampalli village in Prakasam district. KOMMURI SRINIVAS

Cyclone Mandous, an year-end jolt for tobacco growers

An Olive Ridley turtle laying eggs in the Godavari estuary in Kakinada.

Wildlife biologists seek diversion of boats to check mortality of Olive Ridleys in Godavari estuary

T. Appala Naidu

An Olive Ridley turtle nesting, hatching and regeneration centre set up on the coast of Nagayalanka in Krishna district

Stage set for Olive Ridley turtles safe nesting at Nagayalanka, Sorlagondi in Krishna district

Rajulapudi Srinivas

Hatchlings of Olive Ridley turtle being let into sea at Thottappally. The coast, especially areas close to the mineral sand-mining sites, has witnessed fewer turtle landings in recent times.

Harbouring tenderness amid rough waters

People of Yanamalakuduru village of Krishna district undergoing general health check-ups by their ‘Family Physician’ at the Mobile Medical Unit.

Taking healthcare down to the last family

Image for representational purposes only.

A safety net to fall back on

Photograph used for representational purposes only

‘No way’ to Family Physician for tribals

File photo of the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada.

‘Aim is to make defunct sports arenas available for the public’

Coaching in fencing sport in progress at Anantapur Indoor Stadium.

Blunted blades of Anantapur

Students during a practice session at a makeshift hockey field at a school in Visakhapatnam. The city has produced many good hockey players, but the lack of grounds and other infrastructure has pushed the sport to the backseat.

Hockey, football lose their footing

Sumit Bhattacharjee

A view of the Visakha Dairy plant in Visakhapatnam.

Making strides in dairy industry

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Officials flagging off Shreeja Milk ATM recently in Tirupati. Photo: Special Arrangement

Cruising through the milk ocean with women at the helm

A.D. Rangarajan

Milk cans are being stacked in the milk chilling and processing unit of Vijaya- The A.P. Dairy Development Co-operative Federation, at Kankipadu near Vijayawada.

Vijaya Dairy moots more welfare schemes for its farmers

Rajulapudi Srinivas

Dairy sector marred by GST impositions, says Sangam Dairy Chairman

Image used for representational purpose only.

‘No consensus among States on scrappage policy’

Vehicles seized in various cases left to rot at a police station in Vijayawada..

A long way to go for pollution control in Prakasam

Parts of old and damaged trucks left on the roadside in Autonagar without being scrapped, in Vijayawada.

Old is no longer gold

Spinning mills lying idle in Guntur district after the textile mills association declared a lock down citing fall in demand due to global recession.

Caught in a tight knot | The textile crisis plaguing A.P.

P. Samuel Jonathan

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The lone spinning mill in Prakasam on verge of closure

A view of Coringa mangroves near Kakinada.

Green Climate Fund to help revive mangrove ecosystem

T. Appala Naidu

Flamingoes in flight at Anamalaicherry in Pulicat lake.

All eyes on Pulicat restoration project

A.D. Rangarajan

A man struggles to take his boat through a thick growth of water hyacinth in Kolleru lake in Krishna district.

Fresh lease of life for wetlands

A Menhir that has stood the test of time in the remote village of Gollapall in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh

Ancient stone tools found in Prakasam lead to startling revelations

P. Sujatha Varma

Archeologist E. Siva Nagi Reddy at the site of megalithic menhirs discovered near Macherla

Discovery of menhirs throws light on prehistoric cultures of Guntur region

P. Samuel Jonathan

Megalithic burial site found in near Konakanamitla in Prakasam District

Megalithic burial sites in Prakasam cry for attention

Issues galore: The Telangana State Waqf Board deals with the administration of Muslim endowments and has been grappling with a host of issues mainly encroachments. The board is yet to take its full possession from the Revenue department.

Telangana State Waqf Board locked in tangles

Pedestrians are forced to walk amidst vehicular traffic as the footpath and road margin of M.G. Road is encroached, in Vijayawada.

Pedestrians in peril

The pavement near the Children’s Park occupied by the fast-food kiosks in Kurnool.

Paving the way for encroachment-free pavements

File photo for representation.

Exploring ways to ward off exam stress

P. Sujatha Varma

New exam pattern evokes mixed feelings in Prakasam

New system puts weak students at a disadvantage, fear teachers

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Drug trade thrives in darknet

Sumit Bhattacharjee

‘Aged beggars, leprosy-hit are lured to peddle ganja’

Drug mafia wooing students, claim police

Rajulapudi Srinivas

Myriad ways of traffickers

Residents complain that whenever the Penna is in spate, a huge quantity of water is released in a short time catching them unawares.

Penna, the river of sorrow for Nellorians

A person walks in rain the road in Andhra Pradesh. File Photo

Tirupati awaits monsoon as a ‘sitting duck’?

A.D. Rangarajan

Work on the flood protection wall under way downstream of the Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada.

A permanent solution remains elusive for A.P.’s flood-prone areas

Man on the streets after losing crores in crypto currency fraud

Sumit Bhattacharjee 10262

Cashing in on post-pandemic financial distress

Rajulapudi Srinivas

Brazen fleecing: High interest rates, hidden charges

File photo for representation

Loan tr’apps’

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Andhra Pradesh: Blame game in Chittoor district over pass percentage in SSC, Intermediate exams

File photo for representation

Banking on education reforms in Andhra Pradesh

P. Sujatha Varma

Andhra Pradesh: Multiple issues confronted students in Prakasam during Class X and Intermediate exams

Linking Aadhaar to payment may deprive Adivasis of cash transfer

Sumit Bhattacharjee

Welfare eludes Prakasam’s poor

Aadhaar linking of beneficiary bank accounts turns a challenge

Chittoor’s black spots claim 135 lives in three years

An integrated approach to minimising road crashes

P. Sujatha Varma

The district panel has identified Tapovanam Junction in Anantapur as the ‘worst’ traffic junction

Kurnool, Anantapur highways turn death traps

View of construction debris occupying a portion of the Rushikonda- Yendad road in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, April 07, 2022, which has become a major cause for bike skids leading to accidents. File

Accidents rise as roads crumble

A drone spraying pesticide over a paddy field in Nellore on Wednesday

Paddy growers in Nellore at their wits’ end

Protracted procurement?

P. Samuel Jonathan

The hanging pillars at the Veerabhadraswami temple, Lepakshi.

Andhra Pradesh’s Lepakshi temple: A marvel in stone

A herd of wild elephants on prowl in eastern mandals of Chittoor district.

Andhra Pradesh: Man-animal conflict turns into a vexed issue in Chittoor

An aerial view of Ramanaidu Studios, located on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam.

Is Telugu cinema set for a change of scene?

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