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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Ossie Fernandes Vs.The Union of India dated 29/09/2015 regarding Coastal Zone Management Plans with reference to the CRZ Notification, 2011 for the districts of Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Pudukottai and Thirunelveli.
First renewable energy project of the Corporation A 10-MW solar photo voltaic power plant was commissioned in Neyveli on Monday, making it the first renewable energy project of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC). The plant located on 54 acres was installed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited at a cost of Rs. …
More than a year after a single judge passed a judgment in a case, even before the respondents filed a counter-affidavit, the Madras High Court on Tuesday set aside the verdict and directed that the matter be remitted back to the authorities. The single judge had on July 7 last …
Seek the closure of a quarry near their houses Over 150 villagers from South Chezhiyanallur near Maanur in Tirunelveli district submitted a petition to Collector M. Karunakaran on Monday seeking the closure of a limestone quarry near their houses, which, they alleged, was “illegally run” by a cement company. The …
Daughter petitions Collector to book murder case against miners Seeking action against sand mafia members who hacked her mother to death, a woman from Vickramasingapuram submitted petition to Collector M. Karunakaran on Monday. In her petition, V. Jothi said the sand miners, led by one John Joseph of North Agastihyapuram …
Indian Railways' coach manufacturing unit Integral Coach Factory (ICF) located in Perambur was awarded the first prize in the ‘National Energy Conservation Award’ for 2014 by the union power minister Piyush Goyal on December 14. The markers for the awards are based on initiatives taken by organisations to conserve energy …
Huge heaps of garbage lying on the roadside and the vacant plots of Kodeeswaran Nagar and its burning in an unsafe manner at the spot itself are causing serious health hazards to the residents for the past several weeks. The very birth of Kodeeswaran Nagar and Vedhathri Nagar that have …
Members of Tamil Nadu Vivasaayigal Sangam staged a demonstration here on Tuesday urging the State Government to initiate immediate steps to protect the Tamirabharani from rampant pollution and provide drought relief to farmers of the district. The protestors said the Tamirabharani, lifeline of three southern districts, should be protected from …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday ordered the government-appointed special team, probing the alleged irregularities in beach and sand mining in southern districts, to submit a detailed report to the Chief Secretary within a month. Passing interim orders on a writ petition filed by the Beach Mineral Producers’ …
Six workers at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site suffered injuries when hot water spilled over them during maintenance work on Wednesday. Three of them were staff members while the remaining three were contract workers. They were immediately given first aid on the plant site and then taken to the …
Govts have carried out court-mandated safety measures at the nuclear plant, it said The Supreme Court on Thursday shrugged off the last objections from activists and people that the Central and Tamil Nadu governments had failed to carry out court-mandated safety measures to clear the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear …
Petitioner's advocate had alleged that the plant had been commissioned in grave disregard of the safety guidelines. In a moral boost for the outgoing UPA-II, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition to stall commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu while expressing satisfaction at the government’s …
Dwindling storage level in dams and no sign of rains in the catchment areas has become a cause of worry for the Tirunelveli district administration. It conducted a meeting to review the situation and gear up the official machinery for possibly a worst summer. The level in the Papanasam Dam …
Unit-II should also attain critical stage by 2014 end The Unit-I, with a capacity of 1000 MWe, of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to reach 100% power production in less than two months. The project is expected to go on commercial production by the end of 2014, according …
In the last two years, wind mills of a mere 282 MW were commissioned Is the end of Tamil Nadu’s wind power “growth story” in sight? In a State that witnessed an unprecedented growth in the sector of wind energy not long ago, capacity addition during the just-concluded financial year …
HC orders notice to Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Kerala Chief Secretary The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday ordered notices to the Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) and the Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala on a public interest litigation petition to revive Pampa-Achankovil-Vaipar …
Fishermen from Idinthakarai, which is a 15-20-minute drive from Kudankulam, have been protesting against the plant for the past 960 days Residents of Idinthakarai village in Tamil Nadu, who are opposed to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), have decided not to allow any party to campaign in their village. …
Marking three years of the Fukushima disaster, AAP leader and Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan raised the pitch against the government’s attempt to bypass supplier liability provisions in their current negotiations with the Russians on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. “The cost of the Fukushima disaster has been conservatively estimated …
Soil mulching being adopted for raising horticultural crops on 50 hectares in Tirunelveli district Plasticulture, a new technology of soil mulching with polythene sheet that conserves soil and water, is being adopted for horticultural crops for the first time in the district, which has started experiencing adverse effects of monsoon …
It has produced 69 crore units since inception in October 2013. The first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) has, so far, produced 69 crore units of power ever since production started in October 2013, its Site Director, R.S. Sundar, said here on Thursday. He was here to flag …
