Kattupalli currently has approval for constructing five berths with total quay length of 1,900 metres, according to the original master plan. CHENNAI: A three-member Central team is carrying out an
CHENNAI: Manithaneya Makkal Katchi on Friday said the argument that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant would augment the power availability in Tamil Nadu was based on “wrong information”. Participating
Tamil Nadu is already a leader in renewable energy in the country and will seek further increase in such power production over the next five years, said Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), here on Wednesday. Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day International Multi-disciplinary Conference on Solar Energy at the Meenakshi College for Women, Sudeep Jain said that currently, Tamil Nadu accounts for 36 per cent of renewable energy produced in the country.
The Central Experts Committee set up to allay the fears of the people protesting against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), decided not to hold any more talks with the State panel as the latter’s
CHENNAI: The contribution to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to undertake cyclone Thane relief work touched Rs 24,27,42,932 on Wednesday. On Wednesday alone, Rs 4.15 crore was donated by various institutions.
CHENNAI: With a view to checking rain water from flowing into the sea and storing water received from Krishna River for the residents of Chennai and its surrounding areas, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
MADURAI: In the midst of protests against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Union Minister G.K.Vasan today said a decision on its early commissioning would be taken at a public meeting here next month, in which Union Ministers from Congress will take part. "The meeting on February 4 will be the first step for early commissioning of the plant," he told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function. KNPP was the safest among nuclear plants in the world with maximum security and safety features and the country was expecting it to generate power, he said.
THOOTHUKUDI: In what is being dubbed as an attempt to muzzle the anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) movement, the Union Home Ministry has begun an ‘audit’ of foreign funds received by six non-Governmental
CHENNAI: To improve basic infrastructure facilities in cities and urban areas in the state, Tamil Nadu government today decided to start a scheme at a cost of Rs 6,653 crore. Under the "Integrated Urban
PUDUCHERRY: CPI national secretary D Raja, on Tuesday, demanded that the central governement formulate a comprehensive nuclear policy. Speaking with reference to the Koodankulam nuclear power project
The damage caused by the havoc wreaked by cyclone Thane in the district has been pegged at Rs 4,000 crore, according to an official of a Central team that inspected the affected areas here. “In total,
