Over 7500 people vaccinated by Vedanta
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05 May 2021, 23:18 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): Vedanta AluminiumPower Business, India s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has accelerated the COVID vaccination initiative and vaccinated over 7500 of its people across its plants.
Further, it has swiftly augmented the capacity of its COVID Care Centres and quarantine centres across its plant sites in remote areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to effectively handle the pandemic scenario around its areas of operations.
With over 550 beds, Vedanta s COVID Care Centres at Jharsuguda and Lanjigarh in Odisha, and BALCO in Korba, Chhattisgarh, are equipped with required infrastructure and medical personnel to provide proper care to those affected by COVID. Additionally, Quarantine Centres have been created for isolation and post-treatment recovery.
The GCF project targets to cover 5,000 ha of mangrove
The forest authorities have launched the works pertaining to the restoration of 5,000 hectares of mangrove cover in the Krishna and Godavari estuaries and 200 hectares of salt marshes as part of the five-year project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme titled ‘Enhancing climate resilience of India’s coastal communities’ is being funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Of the 24 landscapes identified in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharastra for restoration at a cost of ₹298 crore, nine are in the State. As part of the programme, the coastal communities would be provided with climate-adaptive livelihood options for the restoration of the targeted landscapes by mid-2025.
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The white-bellied heron, a rare and elusive bird, was spotted at Walong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.
Walong is around 557 kilometers from t
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The water body is filled to the brim after decades
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The water body is filled to the brim after decades
In a rare sighting, forest officials spotted Grey-headed gulls (
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
at the Kolleru Lake near Kolletikota recently.
This is the first time that the birds, which are found mainly in South America and in Africa south of the Sahara, were spotted at the water body.
The grey-headed gulls have red bills and legs and the underwings are dark grey in colour with black wing tips. They lay two to three eggs each in nests prepared in bushes on floating grass in the waters.
Three small Indian civets recovered in East Godavari
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In Konaseema, one was eaten by locals while Forest officials rescued its two kittens
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In Konaseema, one was eaten by locals while Forest officials rescued its two kittens
East Godavari Wildlife Management authorities have rescued three small Indian civets (Viverricula indica) within a week in two separate rescue operations.
Two of them have been rescued from an abandoned house at a coconut orchard near Ravulapalem area in Konaseema region in East Godavari district.
In the Ravulapalem rescue operation, authorities had learnt that one kitten was killed by a dog while two other kittens were rescued alive from a house. Ironically, the mother of the three kittens was allegedly eaten by the local communities, according to sources associated with the rescue operation. The young kitten bitten by the dog was buried in the village itself as directed by the forest authorities.