REVEALED: Chintoor - The Real Truth

Tribes of Godavari Valley queue up at voting booths defying Maoist diktat

Tribes in Godavari Valley face EVM glitches while voting in Chintoor Agency, a LWE-affected area on tri-State borders.

The Hindu · May 13, 2024

Apathy adds to misery of Murias and Koyas reeling under water shortage along A.P.-Chhattisgarh border

The Muria and Koya tribes living in Chintoor Agency of Alluri Sitharama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh are reeling under water scarcity as the streams on which they are dependent have gone dry.

The Hindu · Apr 7, 2024

Officials put FSI data to work for combating frequent forest fires at Papikonda National Park in Chintoor of Andhra Pradesh

Preventing forest fires in Papikonda National Park to protect wildlife with technical inputs from Forest Survey of India.

The Hindu · Apr 4, 2024

Inter-State road connectivity cut off between Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh

Heavy rains cause rivers to swell, cutting off road connectivity from AP to Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Chintoor in ASR district is affected, with Sabari and Sileru rivers in spate. Godavari river touches 2nd warning level at Bhadrachalam. 10,835 families evacuated, NDRF deployed, medical teams on standby. 750 families evacuated in…

The Hindu · Jul 27, 2023

Spotted deer hunted down in Chintoor Agency

For the Koya tribe inhabiting the secluded villages bordering Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, the annual Bhumi Panduga festival marks the beginning of agricultural activity during the monsoon. But, on the darker side, it spells disaster for the wildlife here as the tribal folk set out on a hunting spree…

The Hindu · Jun 27, 2023

Forest officials closely monitoring tiger’s movement in Chintoor Agency in Andhra Pradesh

The Forest Department authorities are closely monitoring the movements of a tiger a day after a cattle was killed on the outskirts of Sukumamidi village near Chintoor in Alluri Sitarama Raju district

The Hindu · Jun 10, 2023

APSRTC launches night bus in ASR district’s tribal belt

This is the first bus service that covers the tribal belt; Kunavaram, Rekhapalle, Mallethota, Chintoor, Maredumilli, Rampachodavaram, and Rajamahendravaram via Gokavaram.

The Hindu · May 18, 2023

Andhra Pradesh: Three Class X girls feared drowned in Chintoor

They had come on a picnic from Chirala town in Bapatla district

The Hindu · Sep 26, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Sigh of relief in Eluru, ASR districts as flood abates

120 doctors deployed in the affected areas in Chintoor Agency

The Hindu · Aug 20, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Tribal habitations continue to be under a sheet of floodwaters

Road transport affected between four bordering States as the Chintoor-Bhadrachalam stretch remains cut off

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2022