March 14, 2023 – Bhartiyanews24x7

Governor S. Abdul Nazeer addressing the joint session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature on the first day of the Budget session on Tuesday as Assembly Speaker Thammineni Seetharam and Council Chairman K. Moshenu Raju look on. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement TDP MLCs and MLAs staged a walkout midway through Governor S. Abdul Nazeer’s address to a joint session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature when he was making a reference to the purported achievements in the irrigation sector including the progress claimed to be made in the construction of Polavaram project, saying that they were all lies put together by the government. Members of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) raised ‘Jai Jagan’ slogans and thumped the desks in unison even as Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, K. Atchannaidu, Nimmala...

A Sabuja Bahini member tries to douse a burning patch of forest near Similipal biosphere, Odisha. File photo | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday, March 13, 2023, urged Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav to set up an empowered committee for the formulation of a detailed long-term action plan to prevent forest fires in Odisha.Mr. Pradhan shot off the letter in wake of forest fires exceeding the number of those recorded in other States this year. He also sought Mr. Yadav’s personal intervention in convening a meeting between the Ministry’s officials and the State government officials for launching urgent measures to contain the fires. “We need to assess the damage to forest land, flora and fauna, as wel...

Day: March 14, 2023

Andhra Pradesh Governor’s address in Assembly marred by Opposition’s comments, walkout

Pradhan seeks Centre’s urgent intervention to contain forest fires in Odisha