Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said. Addressing Panchayat presidents in an awareness programme on rainwater harvest held here on Tuesday, the Collector said that rural villages are no exemption to depletion of the underground water table. He felt …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted: residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects Erode …
Even groundwater in the area is polluted, say residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam into the river has become its only source of water. “Anyone crossing the bridge that connects …
Toilets are yet to be considered an integral part of houses in rural areas of Namakkal Superstitious beliefs, religious sentiments and vasthu shastra are making construction of toilets in rural areas of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu an uphill task. P. Aruna (32) and her husband Periyasamy (45), a truck …
Even while trade and industry have been demanding the reopening of the GAIL pipeline project, citing the energy needs of the region, farmers are united against its unilateral implementation in its present form. Bodies representing farmers in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts firmly believe that any …
Farmers in Namakkal district will get the entire drought relief fund of Rs. 56.11 crore. “The package will benefit a total of 1,17,458 farmers who suffered crop or yield loss of more than 50 per cent on an area of 1,80,981 acres, as on January 2013”, Collector D. Jagannathan told …
More than 300 people from tribal communities, including women, who are living in the foothills of Kolli Hills staged a demonstration on the premises of the Forest Range Office in Rasipuram on Thursday urging the government and the forest department to properly implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (for Scheduled …
Allocation for crop loans, farm mechanisation in Namakkal The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for Namakkal District for the financial year 2013-14 at an outlay of Rs. 2,565 crore that will cover 10,93,364 borrowers in the priority sectors was released by District Collector D. Jagannathan here on Tuesday. He said that …
The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for Namakkal District for the financial year 2013-14 at an outlay of Rs. 2,565 crore that will cover 10,93,364 borrowers in the priority sectors was released by District Collector D. Jagannathan here on Tuesday. He said that the targeted credit for this year is Rs. …
About 500 owners and workers of small manual dyeing units in and around Komarapalayam in Tiruchengode taluk went on a token fast on Saturday alleging that Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials showed partiality in evicting illegal dyeing units. “They are victimising smaller units, while bigger ones continue to …
Continuance of the large-scale pollution of the River Cauvery by authorised and illegal dyeing, textile processing and tanneries on either side of the river (in Namakkal and Erode districts) was the most important issue that was raised by farmers dependent on water from the river to irrigate their fields, at …
“The project to ‘Alleviate Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro Biodiversity Hot Spots’ in Kolli Hills that is jointly implemented by the University of Alberta (UA), Canada, and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), India, has progressed well in achieving its goals. It will be scaled up to benefit people living in …
Farmers of seven districts rally against gas pipeline project Vehicles proceeding towards Omalur Main Road diverted for three hours Farmers from seven districts gathered in protest against the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) gas pipeline cutting through their farmlands on Tuesday. They assembled near the Five Road Junction and …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and other authorities, including the District Collector, Namakkal, asking them to explain the steps taken against illegal dyeing units running near Rasipuram in that district without effluent treatment plants and which were …
Collector D. Jagannathan has asked officials in the five Municipalities, 19 Town Panchayats, 15 Panchayat Unions (Blocks) and the 322 Village Panchayats in the district to use the general funds available or allotted to local bodies only for meeting the drinking water needs of the people. According to the Collector …
They dump tonnes of effluents into Cauvery, Bhavani rivers that feed lands of thousands of farmers Erode and Namakkal have emerged safe havens for scores of dyeing units that had to shut shop in Tirupur after the Madras High Court ordered their closure for flouting pollution norms two years ago. …
Vaccine Vial Monitors to allay apprehensions of public regarding the dosage’s potency A total of 3.39 lakh children in the age group of zero to five years have been targeted in Coimbatore district during the first phase of 18{+t}{+h}annual Pulse Polio Programme on Sunday (January 20). To allay public apprehensions …
Drive carried out by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Nine illegal dyeing units that were functioning near River Cauvery at Pallipalayam in Tiruchengode Taluk were removed in a drive carried out by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday. TNPCB sources said that all the units were manual …
Environment Minister M.C. Sampath chaired a review meeting here on Saturday to discuss the pollution situation and steps to be taken to bring down pollution by industries. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials of Salem, Namakkal, Erode and Krishnagiri Districts along with Industries Minister P. Thangamani were also present. …
Tests conducted on soil samples to determine level of macro and micro nutrients Study on the availability of micro and macro nutrients in soil samples collected from Valapurnadu Panchayat atop Kolli Hills reveals that it lacked three of the four main macro ingredients – organic carbon, nitrogen and potash. “On …
