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  1. Venkatesh `shoots’ his mouth off

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    / July 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    According to news reports, T G Venkatesh, Minor Irrigation Minister in the Andhra Pradesh government has made some remarks against politicians and civil servants for not cooperating in the development effort of the state. This is a part of what he said : “Those who did not do any service,...

  2. New Excise policy is as flawed

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    / June 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the new Excise policy for the current year, replacing the unhealthy auction method by fixing a license fee and by introducing a system of lots being drawn to select the licensees. In the Scheduled Areas, the new policy apparently proposes licenses being given only...

  3. Don’t approve bauxite mining in Vizag

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    / May 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Kala Committee has failed to visit the bauxite mining areas of Visakhapatnam as the local tribals organized a bandh against its visit. The only visit that was made by them to the area was in a helicopter, that too reportedly funded by the mining companies from whom the committee...

  4. Cancel environmental clearance

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    / February 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The East Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd. (ECEPL) project at Kakarapalli in Srikakulam district should not have been cleared in the first instance by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal Projects of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) as it is wrongly located in a wetland. The National Environment Policy approved by the...

  5. Abuse of power, minister-style

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    / February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    There are disturbing news reports about the shifting of a centre in Srikakulam for the examination of candidates for Village Administrative Officer / Village revenue assistant appointments on Sunday to accommodate an Andhra Pradesh government minister’s son’s wedding reception! There have been reports of at least one candidate trying to...

  6. Boycott the London Olympics

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    / January 27, 2012 / 2 Comments
    It is unfortunate that the organisers of London Olympics should remain adamant about continuing Dow Chemicals, the infamous successor to Union Carbide, to continue as the sponsor of the games. It is equally unfortunate that the organising committee should have the audacity to say that it was the Indians who...

  7. Something is foul in the Vizag air

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    / January 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Despite the notices issued by AP Pollution Control Board to HPCL to back down some of their stacks to prevent air pollution that caused inconvenience to the people of Visakhapatnam during last November, the chemical smell is back in Vizag, giving one the impression that APPCB discharges its functions only...

  8. Andhra’s liquor tragedy should be a wake-up call

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    / January 4, 2012 / 2 Comments
    By E A S Sarma The unfortunate liquor tragedy that took place on December 31, 2011 at Porata Nagar tribal hamlet near Vijayawada resulted in the death of 19 persons. It is significant that this tragedy should come on the heels of the findings of the State’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)...

  9. Thou shall be named after a politician

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    / December 12, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By E A S Sarma I feel distressed at the way the Andhra Pradesh government has been naming public institutions after political leaders, ignoring the outstanding contributions made by the professionals in their respective fields. The latest I have come across is the naming of the State Archaeological Museum after...

  10. We do not want a Bhopal in Vizag

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    / December 3, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma The Forum for Better Visakha has, time and again, highlighted the impending pollution threat to Vizag and its surroundings from the existing and new industrial units. There has been no response to our appeals from either the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) or...

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