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 …
After the deluge, it's usThe bustle's gone out of Tharangambadi. The once-prosperous Dutch-controlled port was before last year's tsunami a contented fishing village
Kodaikkanal, India, suffered mercury contamination due to emissions and waste from a thermometer factory. Kodai Lake is situated to the north of the factory. The present study determined mercury in waters, sediment and fish samples and compared the values with those from two other lakes, Berijam and Kukkal. Total mercury …
A large scale timber-smuggling racket operating from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has come to light with the seizure of 180 tonnes of red sander wood by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (dri) recently. Export of Rakt chandan or red sandalwood is prohibited by the Indian Exim Policy 2002-2007. It …
farmers in Erode district of Tamil Nadu (tn) have strongly protested against effluents from tannery industries polluting the Kalingarayan canal, a subsidiary of the river Bhavani. The 91-kilometre Kalingarayan canal has nearly 44 tannery industries and 532 dyeing units near it. Coloured effluents from these units have affected the biota …
Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors. Species with biodiesel potential …
at a hearing on November 10, 2005, the Supreme Court (sc) suggested that an expert committee be set up to probe technical and safety issues relating to the height of the Mullaperiyar dam
A bus ride through Cuddalore's industrial belt is a nasal nightmare. Villagers outside this port town, 200 kilometres (km) south of Chennai, know different areas by their characteristic smell
Tannery waste is one of the most complex and putrescible organic industrial wastes causing huge amount of water pollution. Through the excessive organic load present in tannery wastes the oxygen content of the waters is depleted, which leads to the death of fish and other aquatic animals. In India, Tamil …
The present work relates to isolation of promising Pseudomonas strain from the oil contaminated sites in service stations, Namakkal and then collecting a saline tolerant Pseudomonas strain from the coastal saline region of Rameswaram. These bacterial strains have been optimally characterized with regard to biodegradation of oil.
Air pollution tolerance index of 27 species growing in the natural conditions adjacent to Coimbatore-Ooty highways were determined by calculating ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll, leaf extract pH and relative water content of leaf tissues.
Scientists of the Chennia-Tamil Nadu based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation identified 101 edible wild greens. Not all are consumed regularly. The frequently eaten leaves: Ponnamkanni (Alternanthera sessilis) , mullencheera (Amaranths spinosus) , kuppacheera (Amaranths virdis) , mudungachappu (Solan nigrum), maracheera (Emberia tsjeriam-cottam, eaten only by the Kattunaikkas). Leaves eaten …
In the tiny village of Dasayanadoddy in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district, thirty-five families farming meagre plots of groundnut and ragi barely keep their hearth fires burning. However, a lone farmer's experimentation on his one acre (.4 ha) land has entirely reversed his fortunes. In 2004, Jayadeviah S decided to branch …
function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20050731/26-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=400,height=300,scrollbars=yes") } Here is a piquant contradiction: forest-rich states in India are beginning to grumble about the natural wealth they possess, and are protecting. In his speech to the 12 th Finance Commission (fc), Virbhadra Singh, chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
the Tamil Nadu government announced on April 18, 2005 that it has shelved the Rs 300 crore New Veeranam Extension Project because farmers were afraid it would harm agriculture in the Coleroon river basin. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa said in a statement that her government didn't want to scare the …
the district authorities of Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu have cracked down upon industrial units polluting the river Noyyal. Coimbatore and Tirupur are India's major centres for the manufacture of textiles and cotton knitwear, respectively. In the second week of March 2005, the authorities ordered the erring units to …
the Prime Minister's office (pmo) has raised serious concerns about the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (sscp) in Tamil Nadu. The sscp aims to provide a route linking India's eastern and western shores, doing away with the current need to circumnavigate Sri Lanka. In a note issued in the first week …
