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 …
Farmers of 60 hamlets in the 10 revenue villages in Tiruchengode taluk through which the Cochin to Bangalore gas pipeline is being laid have opposed the works. A ‘Vivasayegal Valvathara Pathugapu Kuzhu' (Farmer's Livelihood Protection Committee) to protect the interest of farmers who will be affected by the project, was …
Several farmers here are up in arms against the proposed Gas Authority of India Ltd project to lay a pipeline from Kochi to Bangalore via Erode district for transporting gas. They have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government and the Gas Authority of India Ltd not to go ahead with …
COIMBATORE: Even as they face stiff resistance from the government departments and agencies, the green activists in the city had something to cheer for after the state forest minister KT Patchaimal said in the legislative assembly that the government was considering whether to enact the Tree Protection Act to protect …
Middlemen identify landowners and pay them to get consent About a week ago, the residents of villages in Anamalai Panchayat Union that border Kerala got hold of four lorries that were about to dump wastes alongside roads and in farms. They took up the issue with the district authorities and …
The Southern India Engineering Manufacturers' Association has mooted a project to study energy efficiency of star-rated pumps in the agricultural sector. BEE-rated Former president of the association Mahendra Ramdass said nearly 40 per cent energy saving can be achieved by replacing the old agricultural pumpsets with Bureau of Energy Efficiency …
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has issued show-cause notices to three unauthorised dyeing units near Perur and action is to be taken on these units soon. An official of the board here told The Hindu on Tuesday that in the last six months as many as six unauthorised dyeing …
Generation touched almost 2,000 MW on Monday and Tuesday Residents of the city and suburbs came in for a pleasant surprise on Tuesday with electricity authorities not carrying out the scheduled two-hour load shedding. C.R. Ramakanthan, a resident of Baba Nagar at Villivakkam, said that from Tuesday the new timing …
Massive rally planned in protest against the civic body's resolution seeking legal action against those who oppose cutting trees A meeting of nature conservation groups and green enthusiasts on Sunday resolved to write to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa expressing their anguish over a resolution passed by the civic body seeking legal …
With the Coimbatore Corporation Council recently passing a resolution to initiate criminal action against those obstructing development works by opposing tree cutting, axing of trees on Chellappa Gounder Street in Kattoor resumed on Sunday. However, the contractor felled only two trees and not the ones in dispute as the trees …
Though wind energy generation is good in the State in the evening hours, it is yet to pick up during the rest of the day. With nearly 1,000 MW installed during the last 12 months, the State now has nearly 6,900 MW installed capacity of wind energy. The evening generation …
As many as 600 trees marked to be felled; contractor claimed to have obtained permission from the authorities Attempts to cut trees on Marudhamalai Road, near Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), on Tuesday, led to protests by green activists. This resulted to heated exchanges between activists and the contractor carrying …
The State government has planned to carry out six projects of inter-linking of rivers in the State at a total cost of Rs. 9,015 crore as part of its efforts to achieve optimal utilisation of water resources. Stating this while initiating a debate in the Assembly on the demands for …
The 300-odd small farmers, belonging to Thummanatti vegetable growing cluster in the Nilgiris, are an aggrieved lot. The hailstorm which struck the area recently has affected garlic, radish, beetroot and peas crops. “These crops were fully grown, ready for harvest, when the hailstorm struck the area,” says the Promoter-Director and …
Officials on Wednesday discussed measures to curb man-animal conflicts in human habitations adjoining the forests in Coimbatore and Anamalai Tiger Reserve areas. The meeting, presided over by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Rakesh Vashisht, was attended by District Collector M. Karunagaran, Field Director of Anamalai Tiger …
Officials from the Loss of Ecology (Prevention and Payment of Compensation) Authority took water and soil samples from Ramapalayam and Welpuram areas in Jadayampalayam and Thekkampatti in Mettupalayam on Wednesday. In 2002, the villagers and farmers filed a petition before the Madras High Court stating that industrial effluents had polluted …
Drinking water schemes seeking to serve 44.36 lakh people in eight districts will be implemented at a cost of over 1,500 crore in 2012-13, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P.Munusamy told the Assembly on Monday. Replying to the debate on the allocation for departments under him, the Minister …
COIMBATORE/TIRUPUR: A 65-year-old farmer from Tirupur is being treated for swine flu (H1N1) in the isolation ward of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Pommu Naiker of Nathakattupudur in Ward 19 of Tirupur Corporation was confirmed to be infected by the H1N1 virus at a private hospital in Coimbatore on …
With the Union Government removing the accelerated depreciation benefit for investors in wind mill projects from April 1, 2012, investment in the wind energy sector will not be attractive to the small captive investors, according to K. Kasthoorirangaian, Chairman of Indian Wind Power Association. Investors had the option to go …
In the last three months, one person died and 12 others were diagnosed with the A (H1N1) virus in the State, according to a release from the Department of Health and Family Welfare here on Monday. The infection was found to have affected people in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruppur. The …
Coimbatore: A 75-year-old farmer from Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur died of H1N1 virus infection, the first swine flu death in the state in two years. Another case was reported from PGI Chandigarh — a 21-year-old woman from Haryana’s Kurukshetra. This is the first confirmed swine flu case after more than a …
