Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
‘No time-frame fixed for re-opening MTR’ A special tourism plan is in the process of being put in place for the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here, according to Field Director, MTR, Raguram Singh. He told The Hindu that it would be in tune with the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the conditions laid down by the Apex Court while lifting the ban on tourism in the core areas.
A meeting of the officials of the four tiger reserves – Parambikulam in Kerala and Anamalai, Muthumalai and Kalakkadu in Tamil Nadu – have decided to reopen them for tourism next week after implementing the new guidelines issued by the Supreme Court on using 20 per cent of the area for eco-tourism. In the meeting of the officials from the two States held at Parambikulam on Thursday, the Kerala side was led by Wildlife Warden of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, K. Vijayanandan, and Tamil Nadu side by Chief Conservator of Forest, Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Rajeev K. Sreevastava.
Solar-powered facility on the lines of one installed in New Delhi Even as the corporation is all set to take up a project to refurbish bus shelters across the city with private participation, Tiruchi MP P.Kumar, AIADMK, has sanctioned Rs.83.50 lakh for erecting 16 solar-powered modern bus shelters in the city. The modern bus shelters would be on the lines of the one installed in New Delhi and fitted with solar panels for lighting and come with a mobile phone charger, Mr.Kumar told The Hindu over phone.
Inspection by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s Advisory Committee for Project Safety Review (ACPSR) of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project 1 and 2 continued for the second day on Thursday during which the
A sprawling tank at Tiruthalaiyur in the district has been a haven for migratory birds, attracting a large number of species from different parts of the globe. Gifted with serene atmosphere and isolated from human habitations, the village has been a gift for a number of migratory birds. The birds that visit the lake include naththakumbi naarai (open billed stroke), kokku (egrets), anbil, aruval mookkan (Ibis white), raa kokku (night heron), grey heron, ullan kuruvi (sand piper), plover and a host of ducks.
11 acre-plot in Pazhavanthangal was used as a dumpyard for over three decades Over 11 acres of Defence Ministry land at Pazhavanthangal lies as an abandoned dumpyard. For more than three decades now, the ministry’s land maintained by the St. Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram Cantonment Board had been used for dumping garbage collected from adjoining residential areas. When the board began to dispose waste in the land, the area hardly housed any residents; but in the last 15 years the population has grown to a large number.
Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has redoubled the efforts to transform Cuddalore into a “zero-waste” district before January 2013. He has started propagating the message in all the panchayats, town panchayats and municipalities. Addressing the meeting of the panchayat presidents and representatives of the Self-Help Groups at Panruti near here on Tuesday, the Collector noted that all good things should begin in right earnest. He said that in his camp office only recyclable things were being used and one-time use plastic articles were totally dispensed with. He pointed out that the plastic articles were hazardous to health, both on earth and in the sea. As the plastic articles would remain in sub-soil for hundreds of years without any degradation, it would prevent rain water to percolate into the soil.
Makes clear that 17 safety measures are additional, not a condition precedent Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati asserted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was absolutely safe and all apprehensions on safety of the plant were completely baseless. Making this submission before a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, Mr. Vahanvati also made it clear that it was not a condition precedent that all the 17 safety measures to be implemented before the plant was put into operation.
The State unit of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has adopted a resolution urging the Centre to allot the entire quantum of power generated by the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project to Tamil Nadu initially. At the end of the unit’s executive committee meeting at Sathyamurti Bhavan on Monday, its president M. Yuvaraj told reporters that fuel was being loaded into the Kudankulam units one and two. As Tamil Nadu was reeling under a power crisis for years, the power produced by these plants was essential for the State to tide over the situation. Protestors who were spreading misinformation should be immediately arrested.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa unveils a package for about Rs. 880 crore Infrastructure development in the expanded Chennai city is all set to gain momentum with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa unveiling a package for about Rs. 880 crore on Sunday. To be taken up under the Mega City Development Mission, the package would include a grant of Rs. 500 crore from the State government, according to a press release.