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Water is life - let's sustain it All the housewives or women in general in Visakhapatnam wear a long face these days. Their agitation is about one single problem that is pressing for an immediate solution. Yes, it is the water crisis we are facing today. The wells have gone ...
Change traditional methodsThe present situation should make everybody think how precious water is and how to conserve it. A few suggestions, if implemented as part of the daily routine, can work wonders. For flushing toilets replace old-fashioned large capacity ... When the wells go dry 
Wanted: civic consciousnessTo start with, avoid using greasy soaps that require more water to wash off. Use non-soapy substances for dish washing. With the dog days nearing make best use of the corporation swimming pools to cool yourself instead of spending hours under the ... 
Frugal use of waterMost of the apartments and individual houses have borewells with additional municipal connection to fulfil their water needs. The VMC needs to think on the lines of providing more water to the needy by cutting down the supply where there is ... 
Holistic approachNone should be allowed to reclaim water bodies rather on the contrary some sort of awareness has to be created to dig more ponds and lakes. Ranen Dutta, Dutch ... 
Not to be spiltI am sure that, by the time the water tankers that carry potable water reach their destination they must be half empty. Most of the tankers either have leaking joints or goes without a lid on the top and keeps spilling precious water all through ... 
Water harvestIf Visakhapatnam district is considered in totality one can find quite a number of perennial streams and rivulets running down the slopes in the agency areas. These natural sources of water are to be tapped by building micro-catchments in the ... Conserve or perish Make best use Keep a watch on your overhead tank so that there is no wastage of water due to overflow. Every house should have some open space so that during rains the water seeps into the subsoil. This can improve the water table in our ... Lift ban on borewells The most harassed and harried people these days are the housewives of Visakhapatnam. The wells and reservoirs have gone dry and the VMC is making things worse with their uncertain supply of water. To worsen the situation further they dropped a ... Seeking Permission Visakhapatnam was blessed with natural perennial springs like Ootagedda, Hanumanthavakagedda and Meghadrigedda that flowed right across the town into the city a few decades ago. But over a period of time they have ceased to exist or have been ...
A humanist educationistHe advocated the transformation of all educational institutions, from the elementary school to the university, from places of passive receptivity to those of spontaneous activity, from places of collecting and forgetting information, to places of ...
`Pleased buyers please us'Recently, a poor girl secured a seat in Andhra Medical College but she did not have the money to buy the prescribed textbooks. A good Samaritan took her to a successful businessman, who immediately granted her the required funds. That was not a ...
Depression: take it by hornsIn the last Metro Plus, the reasons that plunge women to a state of depression were discussed, but the most important factor that revolves around this syndrome is how can it be identified? Richa (original name concealed) was a cute and ... 
Positive approach-the best way outHow to avoid depression and how it can be overcome? V.S. Bose, professor of Psychology, Andhra University, has a few suggestions. Human mind is complex and complicated, it is the same mind that has created the microchips in computers and it is ...
Metro cultural round upThe cynosure of all the eyes yearning for an insight of spirtuality recently was VUDA's sprawling open-air auditorium, Gurazada Kalakshetram in Siripuram. It was the week-long discourse on the Bhagavatham rendered with captivating intensity in ...
FILMSTAR-TURNED-politician Jayaprada will soon don a new role as producer. The star recently attended the premier of Hindi film Satta and was so impressed by it that she promptly decided to remake it in Telugu. Besides producing, she will ... Double role THE SUCCESS of Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri Lo and Sivarama Raju apparently gave a boost to Nandamuri Harikrishna's confidence as an actor. Now for the first time he will be appearing in a double role for R K Movietone's latest venture. The ... Seeking success WHEN WILL they learn? We mean the ambitious producers (or is it distributors?) who try to cash in on anything that smells of success. Take for example, the announcement of the release of a film called Rowdy starring Nagarjuna and Sonali ... Babus' bond POLITICS MAKE strange bedmates they say, but so do films. The love-hate relationship between the two Babus of Telugu gadda took an interesting turn recently. The pictures of Chandrababu Naidu and Mohan Babu fondly hugging each other, ... Foray in playback singing? HER FATHER has been in Bollywood for some decades, her brother is creating waves and can she be far behind? Well Meghna Oberoi, daughter of Suresh Oberoi and sister of Vivek, is set to become a playback singer. Trained in classical and light ... 
HowzatCRICKET MANIA has gripped the country. BBC World too has stepped up its coverage of cricket. Cricket World Cup Update throughout the day till March 23 will provide latest scores, group standing, highest scores and team news. Also catch ...
The second anniversary of Sri Sampat Shiridi Sai Baba temple, on the Dwarakagiri hillock at Bhim Nagar, adjacent to the National Highway at Marripalem, will be celebrated from February 19 to 21. The celebrations would begin with `Kakada ... 'Souhard Samman' Noted Hindi writer, S. Sesharatnam, has been selected for the `Souhard Samman - 2001'. The award, constituted by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow, is given for exceptional contribution to Hindi language and literature. Sesharatnam, ... Exciting offers Venkateswara All Mart, Waltair Main Road, has come out with a host of offers in connection with its first anniversary celebrations on Monday. . A unique `Old for new' exchange scheme is also on offer. The old items thus collected would be donated ...
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