Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Major roads blocked by uprooted trees and debris dumped by cyclone Thane in Cuddalore district and Puducherry were cleared for traffic on Sunday as relief operations intensified to restore power to the affected areas where the toll has gone up to 47. With reports of five more deaths coming from …
Relief operations were under way in south India on Sunday as residents struggled to repair damaged homes and property after a cyclone that claimed 42 lives. Cyclone Thane, packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (85 miles) an hour, struck the east coast on Friday between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu …
CHENNAI: The very severe cyclonic storm, 'Thane', today crossed the Tamil Nadu coast, leaving six persons dead and causing extensive damage to Cuddalore and the neighbouring Union Territory of Puduchery which remained cut-off from the nearby districts of the state. Five persons died in Cuddalore in incidents of wall collapse …
Cyclone Thane, packing wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil and Puducherry Friday morning, officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here said. “The cyclone is in the process of crossing between Cuddalore and Puducherry coast. The wind speed is around 140 kmph …
A public hearing, on Thursday, meant to record the opinions of local residents and NGOs on the disputed garbage dump yard at Kurumampet was disrupted by ruling party MLAs, who demanded that the project be shut down immediately. A crowd of around 500 residents had gathered at the public hearing, …
A "very severe" cyclonic storm lay centered about 250 km off Chennai, with the weather office forecasting winds touching up to 135 kph and advising fishermen against venturing into sea for the next two days. "The very severe cyclonic storm 'Thane' over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-southwestward and lay …
Karuvadikuppam crematorium causes pollution Residents and shop-keepers near the Karuvadikuppam crematorium, maintained by the Oulgaret Municipality, are constantly bothered by the smoke from the complex that pollutes the environs around the facility. The municipality installed an electric furnace a few years ago, which stopped working since June this year. People …
London-based Hardy has been forced to stop crude oil production at its Cauvery basin block because the Oil Ministry has refused to extend a key contract in the field without competitive bidding, government sources said. The ministry, which is facing a CAG probe into its dealings with private firms in …
Marg Ltd, a Chennai-based integrated infrastructure company plans to launch a ‘Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' project in Karaikal. The company won the Rs 93-crore public private partnership project of the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India through competitive bidding. The PURA projects envisage provision …
Last year, malaria claimed 145 victims and affected nearly 77,000 in the city. The Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) in Pondicherry, which is part of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is developing biological agents that kill the larvae of all species of mosquitoes. The product is in final …
Surreal beach sight: Half-smashed houses with fronts wide open, and people still living We were on a beach, somewhere close to Puducherry. It was a surreal sight: half-smashed houses with fronts wide open, and people still living in them. The devastation was caused not by a sea storm or cyclone, …
Data to be compiled within a week Udhagamandalam: A census operation to update data relating to the population of wild animals in the Nilgiris North and South divisions and Gudalur got underway here on Friday with a training session for volunteers organised by the Forest Department with the help of …
TIRUCHI: Tamil Nadu is the most critically affected among the Southern States owing to over exploitation of ground water resource, observed D.S.C.Thambi, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, Chennai, here on Wednesday. Of the 385 blocks, over 142 blocks were over-exploited in the State. While the western parts of the …
New Delhi: For the second year in a row, Puducherry is the number one state in terms of Educational Development Index (EDI) at the elementary level (class I to VII/VIII), followed by Lakshadweep and Kerala. Kerala has made remarkable progress in primary education
New Delhi: Swine flu cases are going up by the day in the country. One of the major causes has been the prolonged monsoon, helping the deadly virus to infect a lot more people. In just one week
As the government struggles to incorporate nutritional aspects in the proposed right to food legislation, the industry has come forward in support of right to nutrition and offered to engage with the government as partner, the way it got its act together in the 1990s to produce iodine fortified salt.
Incessant rain triggered flash floods in Rajouri and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir HEAVY rains lashed most parts of north India for another day on Wednesday, triggering flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir and pushing up water levels in rivers of Punjab and Haryana resulting in flooding of more …
Priti Narayan Garbage will be segregated into three categories Town generates around 350 tonnes of garbage per day Proper incineration, unlike open-air burning, does not release noxious gases PUDUCHERRY: As a permanent solution to Puducherry
Rajesh B. Nair, Serena Josephine M. and Priti Narayan Establishment of the harbour has created the problem, say residents The fishing hamlet at Solai Nagar (north) faces a constant threat of sea erosion. Boats parked close to the shore in the area. Several coastal villages situated at the north of …
