Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The state was followed by Gujarat with 239.25 Mw, Andhra Pradesh (107.40 Mw), and Telangana (27.30 Mw) The addition of new capacity in the wind sector by Tamil Nadu in 2018-19 has been the highest among states in India. As on November 30, 2018, nearly half of the 871.85 Mw …
Year 2019 is upon us. And tomorrow onwards, there will be a complete ban on single-use disposable plastic across Tamil Nadu. While this initiative may be just making inroads into some parts of the state, the Queen of Hill Stations, Ooty has been showing us the way by saying ‘no’ …
Asks government to reconsider items exempted from banned list; dismisses writ plea by plastics manufacturers seeking stay on ban Foiling the last-ditch attempts made by an association of entrepreneurs to obtain a stay on the State government’s move to ban manufacture, sale, as well as use of certain ‘use-and-throw’ plastic …
Kurangani fire, Thoothukudi police firing and Chennai-Salem corridor project expose policy deficit It started out pretty well this year for the environment and the forest sector in Tamil Nadu. But as the months rolled on, the situation turned ghastly very early, and soon it became the hot bed of controversy. …
CHENNAI: The Central Pollution Control Board has forced a petrochemicals company to shut down one of its two plants in Manali here on Tuesday. The board had served the company a showcase notice on December 17 for abnormal levels in the treated effluent water discharged by the plant. In a …
CHENNAI: In another two months, a new coastal research vessel (CRV) equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and laboratories will help Indian scientists conduct studies in the Indian Ocean region. On Tuesday, Sagar Tara, a coastal research vessel for city-based laboratory National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was launched at the Titagarh …
CHENNAI: “Strict action would be taken against all industries manufacturing banned plastic items after the deadline of December 31, 2018”, said environement minister K C Karuppannan . He was taking part in the regional conference on awareness for plastic free Tamil Nadu that was held for various stake holders in …
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday said that “not an inch of land” will be given to NLCIL for its proposed Mines III project. Leading a demonstration in Neyveli near here, Mr. Anbumani said that over 10,000 acres of land acquired by the public sector undertaking (PSU) …
A Delhi-based private contractor commenced the work on May 29 and completed it a month ago. COIMBATORE: With a view to reducing the dependence on conventional sources of energy, the Salem Division of the Southern Railway has started tapping renewable energy successfully by placing solar panels on the roofs of …
Chennai: Time was when Ambattur was dotted with water bodies that supplied most of the locality’s drinking water. Now, mindless ‘development’ and indiscriminate letting out of sewage has destroyed most of the lakes, leaving residents struggling to save the few that remain. Three of the eight water bodies in East …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vedanta Limited Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 15/12/2018 regarding Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelter plant at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. NGT sets aside the closure orders passed by TNPCB and directs the Pollution Control Board to pass fresh order …
Chennai: A Tamil Nadu Minister on Monday told the Karnataka government that a discussion on the Mekedatu dam project was not possible as the matter was subjudice. CV Shanmugam, Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, in a letter urged the Karnataka government not to proceed with the preparation of the …
Vedanta Limited on Monday filed a caveat before the Supreme Court requesting it to not pass any order in connection with the Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi without hearing its arguments. CHENNAI: Vedanta Limited on Monday filed a caveat before the Supreme Court requesting it to not pass any order in …
A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to carry out an “independent probe” into the closure of the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said that the closure was not sustainable and “against principles of natural justice”. “The impugned orders cannot be sustained as it is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vedanta Limited Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 28/11/2018 regarding closure of Sterlite Copper Plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Report of the Committee consisting of representatives of CPCB and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF …
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by Tamil Nadu government seeking review of its September 10 order by which it has asked National Green Tribunal (NGT) to decide on merits and maintainability of the issue raised by the TN on Vedanta's petition challenging closure of its Sterlite plant at …
CHENNAI: With the deadline for the ban on plastic closing in on December 31, leading super markets in the city, boutiques and several smaller departmental stores have slowly started to shift towards providing an option of cloth bag and paper bag. V Vijayalakshmi, a homemaker, has started carrying her own …
CHENNAI: A 5kW solar panel atop Chennai Corporation Middle School at Basin Bridge has started functioning. The solar panel set up at a cost of Rs 3.74 lakh produces 20 units of electricity per day. Corporation commissioner on Tuesday inspected the 5kW capacity solar panel. The civic body has identified …
Chennai: A day after two tonnes of furnace oil leaked into the sea from a tanker at Ennore port, the port authorities and Indian Coast Guard said they had managed to clear a major portion of the spillage. Almost all visible patches of oil have been cleared and only a …
CHENNAI: An oil spill was reported in Tamil Nadu's Kamarajar Port on Sunday while an oil tanker was discharging fuel, said a top port official. "The oil tanker Coral Stars was discharging fuel on Sunday morning. Suddenly one of its flexible pipes broke resulting in a small amount of oil …
