<p>Report of the Joint Committee constituted in the Original Application No. 172 of 2020 in the matter of Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen Vs Union of India & Others before the National
Sumana Narayanan inadvertently walks the thin line between a curio and wildlife contraband.
Nagercoil: A seminar on the status of tanks was convened here by environmentalists attached to various non-governmental organisations on Saturday. Most of the tanks of Kanyakumari district were full of weeds which reduced their capacity and promoted evaporation of water resources of Kanyakumari district intended for irrigation and drinking water purposes.
Remotely sensed data can provide useful information in understanding the distribution of groundwater, an important source of water supply throughout the world. In the present study, the modern geomatic technologies, namely remote sensing and GIS were used in the identification of groundwater potential zones in the Kanyakumari and Nambiyar basins of Tamil Nadu in India.
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: A scheme meant to benefit farmers in setting up groundwater recharge structures has hit a roadblock.
V Gangadharan | ENS IN keeping with the provisions of the Schedule Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the State forest department is in the process of finalising a report on the Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH) in Tamil Nadu.
The study was carried out to evaluate radioactive concentration in food crops grown in naturally highbackground radiation areas in southwest India. Seventeen varieties of food crops were collected from different parts of Kanyakumari district. The gross alpha and beta activities of the collected samples were measured using alpha scintillation counter and low beta counter respectively.
J. Praveen Paul Joseph Luxuriant: Gorgonids and Seagrass bed in Udangudi in coastal Manapad in Tuticorin district. Tuticorin: There is a rich patch of coral reefs, gorgonian (sea fan) and seagrass beds in the south off Tuticorin coast, according to a study conducted by Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) here.
The study on physico chemical characteristics of estuary (Rajakkamangalam) water samples were collected in four sampling stations were studied in 2001.
Nagercoil: Kanyakumari is the only district where almost all forests are primeval, dense and worth mentioning. Various types of forests from luxuriant tropical wet evergreen forests to southern thorn scrub forests are there in Kanyakumari division because of diverse locality factors varying rainfall from 50 to 130 cm and elevations from sea level to 1,829 meters, said the Tourism Minister, N.
NAGERCOIL: The Department of Forest has decided to plant seven lakh saplings under Tamil Nadu Afforestation Programme with financial assistance from Japan, said the District Forest Officer, V. Sundarraju.
