itda park

A 38-year-old police constable, who went missing a week ago, was found dead on Saturday under suspicious circumstances near the itda park at Thotapalle under Garugubilli mandal in Vizianagaram district.

Cleaning operations at Lammasingi commenced on Monday following a report by TOI on November 29 citing the lack of a proper garbage disposal mechanism. TOI had also spoken to the project officer of Paderu Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA) Dr Venkateswar Salijamala who had assured an immediate response.

Internet-beaming balloons will soon provide free Wi-Fi to remote villages in Uttarakhand. To provide internet access to rural areas, the hill state will use tethered aerostats.

In peak winter, tourists throng Daringibadi, the picturesque hill town of Kandhamal district, to witness snow flakes as the place is aptly called the Kashmir of Odisha.

The hill town of Daringbadi will add another destination to its list of tourist interests.It will throw open for public a tribal museum, built on 1100 sq ft area, at the end of August.

The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) and local administration have decided to impose a ban on plastic in ecologically sensitive Lammasingi and gradually work towards making it a plastic-free zone in the district.

The tribal freedom fighters museum set to come up in Tajangi near Lambasingi is yet to take shape. After a tedious process of land identification for the proposed park-museum, 22 acres of suitable land has finally been identified.

A tribal food park will be set up in north-coastal Andhra Pradesh this financial year under Trifood Projects of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation. Initially, the food park will focus on setting up a cashew processing unit at Rampachodavaram in East Godavari district and a coffee curing centre at Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam.

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation will soon announce special packages for tourists visiting Visakhapatnam district, said collector Dr N Yuvaraj.

The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) has been selected for the state annual Tourism Excellence Awards for 2015-16 in the best civic management of a tourist destination category.

Even as AP Tourism Development Corporation is busy hatching big plans of transforming Paderu and Lambasingi into major tourism hubs, it seems to have forgotten that the tourist attractions at Araku Valley, one of the state’s most sought-after travel destinations, are languishing in a state of utter neglect.

The second edition of “India Drone Festival — Dronathon @ Dronagiri 2.0” organised by the Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) of the state government, started on Wednesday at the IT Park in Dehradun.

Tourist spots in Andhra Pradesh have been seeing a gradual rise in footfall after the government allowed a staggered reopening of tourism in the state. According to Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC), Borra Caves and Araku Valley are seeing nearly 200 visitors a day. Authorities say that the response in encouraging considering that the pandemic is still raging across the state.

N Jacob, H. No. 11-5-507, Red Hills, Hyderabad. In spite of repeated complaints, officials concerned are not taking action against individuals drawing water illegally by cutting the pipelines in our locality.

Lambasingi, often touted as the Kashmir of Andhra Pradesh, will be developed as a tourist spot in the upcoming year as the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) in association with Union ministry of tourism has come forward to develop tourism projects at a cost of Rs 9 crore in the hamlet.

In order to strengthen the security system in the backdrop of the Mumbai terrorist siege, the state Cabinet on Saturday...