Etimoga

http://www.hrdp-net.in/live/hrdpmp/hrdpmaster/hrdp-asem/content/e199/e11168/e32165/e32169/e32171/Yedurumondi.pdf Yedurumondi (15.83772,80.887996) is a small rural community in the Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. The village is located on the island of Diviseema in the delta of the Krishna River. The island has about 10,000 inhabitants, catering 2,100 families in ten different villages. The 650 families of Yedurumondi live 200m away from the Krishna River and about 2km from the seashore. The village is con­ nected to the mainland by a ten-minute ferry trip and a kutcha(dirt) road. Around two third of the villagers engage in agriculture, they are only planting rice as other crops have not been successful on the island. The other inhabitants engage in fishing, livestock (goats for dairy) or are wage labourers who migrate for shorter or longer periods when there is no work in the fields.

                                                    Fishermen observing the alert being given on Electronic Display Board set up by INCOIS at Nachugunta village in Nagayalanka mandal of Krishna district. —PHOTO: V. RAJU The Ocean Information System, set up by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under Ministry of Earth Sciences, is disseminating timely data among the fishermen going out into sea from Krishna district. Fishermen from 20 island villages in the district depend on the data being transmitted by the INCOIS through electronic display and the message system installed at Nachugunta village in Nagayalanka mandal. Information from Indian Space Search Organisation (ISRO) satellites with technology to synthesize ocean features and to capture Potential Fish Zones (PFZs) can b...

Twenty-nine persons were feared drowned when a country boat in which they were travelling sank in the Krishna river near its mouth at Gollamanda village of Krishna district this morning. Eighteen bodies had been recovered when the search was abandoned in the afternoon when the tide turned. The victims were mostly women going for agricultural work and children who came home for the Dasara festival and returning to their hostels. The ill-fated boat fitted with a motor was carrying about 50 people as against its capacity of 15-20. About 20 others in the boat managed to swim to the bank and to a sand bar in the middle of the river. About a dozen people who survived were shifted to a hospital in Edurumondi and the rest were being treated at a make-shift health camp set up at Gollamanda village itself. According to Arevarapu Sankara Rao who survived, the tide was coming in and there was very strong wind, the waves were powerful and it was raining at around 7 a.m. Only...

  Interior Light House   ( Center of Andhra Pradesh )నదీ సాగరసంగమం The Light House is located in Estuary of Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary in   Andhra Pradesh .The Lighthouse is approachable by motor Boat from Avanigadda 15km in Krishna dist and Raju kalwa 7km in Guntur dist.There is a masonry retaining wall provided around the station, which also serves as lighthouse jetty. History The Lighthouse was built during 1898-1901 by using heavy lime concrete blocks. The Lighthouse was then know as Kistna(Havelock Point)Lighthouse and was an important aid for Rangoon ship service.This light functioned up to 1940 when Rangoon ship service was decommissioned due to war. The station withstood a devastating cyclone in 1977 which affected the lighthouse. The light could be re-exhibited only after two nights.

The chance to explore the scintillating scenes of the Krishna riverside life can be interesting. There is a unique traditional practice of fishermen community, in which wives accompany their husbands on fishing assignments on river Krishna during the night and the practice is still alive in the island villages of Diviseema. Overcoming all hurdles, women, including those newly wedded, go for fishing with their life partners on the country boats and are homebound only in the morning. They consider fishing as their sole livelihood option that they were blessed with. When the sun goes down, fishing boats are boarded only by couples and can be seen moving into the river. Couples from surrounding villages too make their presence felt at strategic locations to catch fish. “It’s a common practice and an unwritten promise existing in our lives that women would help their life partners in fishing, irrespective of the season or age,” is a common explanation offered by the Pallek...

Having served as the prime transportation mode for interconnecting the island villages cut off from the mainland, the humble punt existing for a decade in Diviseema Islands, has become an integral part of their lives. “The punt – which plies between Edurumondi Island and Etimoga – is literally the lifeline for us as we need to cross the Krishna for all our needs. River Krishna is said to be the life-line of Krishna district,” says Nagayalanka-based farmer Bhogireddy Anand Kumar, who owns 24 acres of land. Basic amenity From the time of the onset of the monsoon, there are dozens of farmers like Mr. Anand who travel everyday on the motorised vehicle in search of agricultural labour to hire from Edurumondi Island villages – Brahmayyagarimola, Gollamanda, Jinkapalem and Nachukunta and Eelachetla Dibba. The existence of the punt is not considered significant, but taken for granted as the basic amenity. It survived over a decade helping hundreds of villagers cross the riv...

తీరానికి రాజయోగం Sakshi | Updated: July 20, 2014 01:43 (IST) క్షిపణి ప్రయోగ కేంద్రం ఏర్పాటు   దేశంలోనే రెండోది   గుల్లలమోద-లైట్‌హౌస్ మడ అటవీ ప్రాంతం ఎంపిక? నాగాయలంక : బంగాళాఖాతం సరిహద్దు తీరప్రాంతమైన నాగాయలంక మండలానికి రాజయోగం పట్టనుందనే వార్తలొస్తున్నాయి. కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వ రక్షణ శాఖ ఆధ్వర్యంలో ఏర్పాటు చేయబోయే క్షిపణి ప్రయోగ కేంద్ర మే ఇందుకు కారణంగా తెలుస్తుంది. రక్షణ పరిశోధన సంస్థ (డీఆర్‌డీవో) ఆధ్వర్యంలో దేశంలోనే రెండో  క్షిపణి ప్రయోగ కేంద్రాన్ని రూ. 1000 కోట్లతో నాగాయలంక సాగర తీరం గుల్లలమోద-లైట్‌హౌస్ మడ అటవీ ప్రాంతంలో నిర్మించడానికి సన్నాహాలు జరుగుతున్నాయి. అటవీశాఖ, పర్యావరణ అనుమతుల నేపథ్యంలో ఈ ఏడాది జనవరి 3వ తేదీన డీఆర్‌డీవో ఉన్నతాధికారులు, అటవీ శాఖ ప్రిన్సిపల్ సీసీఎఫ్ (చీఫ్ కన్జర్వేటర్ ఆఫ్ ఫారెస్ట్) జోసఫ్, వైల్డ్ లైఫ్ సీసీఎస్ శ్రీధర్ గుల్లలమోద-లైట్‌హౌస్ ప్రాంతాల్లో పర్యటించి నిశితంగా అధ్యయనం చేశారు.  నాగార్జున విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో జరిగిన ఓ కార్యక్రమంలో (గత ఏడాది చివరిలో) ముఖ్య అతిథిగా పాల్గొన్న అప్పటి కేంద్ర రక్షణ మంత్రి శాస్త్రి సలహాదారుడు పద్మశ్రీ అవినా...