Director of Mines and Geology V.G. Venkat Reddy along with senior officials on Thursday launched inspections at granite quarries in the forested areas around Kuppam. During the last couple of days ...

Residents of several villages of Gudupalle mandal in Kuppam Assembly constituency lamented that despite their repeated appeals to stop the granite mining activity in the surroundings, nothing ...

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu pointed out that the illegal quarrying is primarily taking place in Santhipuram and Kuppam mandals and illegally quarried granite ...

Four special teams have been carrying out surprise inspections in Kuppam constituency for the past four days to prevent the illegal mining activity. “We have seized 40 granite blocks ...

Illegal granite mining is being done in around 150 ... clear through recent local body polls that the TDP lost ground in Kuppam and added that Naidu has been trying to gain political mileage ...