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  1. For a piece of land in Vizag

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    / July 14, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma I received a representation from Shri Srinivasulu Pragada of Samata, an NGO that has been working at Sewanagar slum in Visakhapatnam for quite sometime. They are concerned with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) move to evict the slum dwellers. I visited Sewanagar last year...

  2. Blame it on the rain

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    / May 30, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By M S Hussain   The headline is from a song of the same name. It was performed by a German band called Milli Vanilli, which, sadly, turned out to be a pair of charlatans who had successfully passed themselves off as singers in the late eighties, and were awarded a Grammy for their...

  3. Is this Vizag’s destiny?

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    / February 18, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma The Visakhapatnam chapter of INTACH collected a water sample from the channel draining the waste water into the sea from Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) near Appikonda village. We then got the sample analysed at the laboratory of the AP Pollution Control Board in Vizag and...

  4. Shooting the environment in Vizag

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    / January 29, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By E A S Sarma There is a scenic reservoir known as Sabuvanipalem (also known as Chambuvanipalem) near Visakhapatnam (close to Madhuravada & Visakha Engineering College). The reservoir is nestled among lush green hills that constitute an extension of Kambalakota wildlife sancturary. It is a fairly large reservoir that could...

  5. Let tourism in Vizag not destroy Vizag

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    / January 15, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By E A S SarmaWe have information that the Visakhapatnam district authorities met on January 13 to discuss a plan of action to push through several tourism projects in the district. If it is true, we are concerned. We feel that tourism cannot be separated from the law of the...

  6. Destined to visit Vizag?

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    / January 2, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By T S Sudhir Our introduction to the coastline of Visakhapatnam happened years before we physically arrived there. K.Balachander’s superhit `Maro Charitra‘ (later remade in Hindi as `Ek Duje ke liye‘, that introduced Kamal Hassan to audiences north of the Vindhyas) was shot here. I have visited Vizag several times...

  7. Look East, Araku calling !

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    / January 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By T S Sudhir“If you have any phone calls to make, please make them now. Once we cross this place, there will be no mobile connectivity,” advised Vijay Kumar, our driver. I don’t know if it was panic or relief that we felt at the thought of being `disconnected’ from...

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