East Godavari District
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Government approved the renaming of 25 places in past one year; several name-change proposals still pending
•Allahabad and Faizabad are the latest additions to the growing list of places that have been renamed. Several proposals, including the renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla', are pending with the central government. The process is a long-drawn one with the involvement of multiple central ministries and departments.

Cyclone Titli in Andhra Pradesh: 'Very severe' storm claims eight lives, causes widespread damage in two districts
•The Eastern Power Distribution Company that caters to the electricity needs of Andhra Pradesh's north coastal districts reported that the power distribution system for 4,319 villages and six towns was affected in Srikakulam district.

Andhra Pradesh boat capsizes: Seven, including six girls, one woman, missing; navy dispatches diving team for rescue ops
Fp Staff •Six people, five girls and a woman, were missing after a country boat they were travelling in capsized in river Gautami in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Saturday evening.

Rohingya crisis: 620 tonnes of food material shipped for refugees from Andhra Pradesh to Bangladesh
•The assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is being provided by New Delhi as part of its humanitarian aid.

Andhra Pradesh village records 15 deaths in East Godavari district, food poisoning suspected
•Fifteen people from a tribal village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh have died in the last two weeks, with food poisoning suspected to be a possible reason.

GAIL pipeline mishap: Death toll rises to 16, 6 in critical condition
Fp Archives •The death toll in the GAIL pipeline fire tragedy in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh rose to 16 with an injured succumbing on Saturday.

GAIL pipeline mishap: President Pranab Mukherjee condoles tragedy
Fp Archives •President Pranab Mukherjee expressed grief over the loss of lives in a GAIL gas pipeline mishap in Andhra Pradesh and wished speedy recovery to the injured.

GAIL pipeline fire: PM Modi condoles deaths in tragedy
Fp Archives •Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths which took place in the GAIL pipeline explosion in the East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.



