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 …
Urbanisation was the most significant between 1991 and 2001: data Nearly half the population of Tamil Nadu live in urban areas, as the State continues to maintain its status as one of the country's most urbanised ones. Provisional data released by the Census Directorate based on the 2011 headcount shows …
The Department is also planning to go in for renewal of vegetation The Coimbatore Circle of the Forest Department is embarking on an ambitious project to improve the wildlife habitat in reserve forests and protected areas by ensuring availability of fodder and water. Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy, …
Leading renewable energy power company Orient Green Power Company (OGPL) has commissioned a 18.7 MW wind farm project at Gudimangalam in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. With this new addition, OGPL now has an operating capacity of 172 MW of wind energy in Tamil Nadu making it the leading wind …
Pilot project in 20 acres; NBR to compete for UNESCO award The Coimbatore Circle of the Forest Department would soon embark on an ambitious plan to replace the exotic species in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) with Shola forests (one with tall fully grown trees) and grassland eco-system in a …
There is an imperative need to use technology for better wildlife management and effective conflict resolution methodologies, Consultant and expert of the World Wildlife Fund Ajay A. Desai tells V.S. Palaniappan. Mr. Desai is in Coimbatore to radio-collar two problematic elephants in Coimbatore division that indulged in crop raids and …
A 20-year-old male elephant that was shot with a tranquillising dart by Forest and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) experts for fixing the radio collar in the small hours of Sunday was later found dead. The elephant's carcass was traced by officials at the foot of the Anubavi Subramaniar …
Orient Green Power Company Ltd. (OGPL), an independent renewable energy-based power generation company, has synchronized its 10 MW bio-mass power plant near Pollachi into the Tamil Nadu grid at Angalakurichi in Coimbatore district. The 10 MW-bio-mass power plant is the first of its kind in India with a specially designed …
THERE have been many indicators that global warming could be hurting the world food production, lowering yields and increasing prices. Turns out the warming of the planet over the past three decades has already led to a measurable reduction in crop production of wheat and maize. Researchers from Stanford University …
Will identify herd and fix it on one of the animals CHENNAI: In an attempt to reduce man-animal conflict and warn farmers about the movement of crop raiding elephants in Coimbatore Forest Circle, the State Forest Department has proposed to radio collar an elephant from a herd, which will be …
4,531 men, 3,403 women and 25 transgenders had tested HIV positive In 2010, Coimbatore was in second place Awareness programme to be conducted COIMBATORE: Coimbatore district has 8,359 HIV positive people, including 17 prisoners, Collector M. Karunakaran said on Thursday. Speaking at a meeting of the District Welfare Co-ordination Committee …
COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Government should strongly oppose Kerala's stand on the Mullaiperiyar issue, said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Vaiko at a public function held in Karamadai, near Coimbatore, on Monday. He said the State's interests were under threat as the new Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy had declared …
COIMBATORE: Public consultation meetings will be held at Udumalpet and Pollachi on June 4 to get feedback on the proposed four-lane work on National Highway 209 from Dindigul to Coimbatore. Project Director of National Highways Authority of India-Coimbatore P. Manivannan told The Hindu on Friday that the meeting would be …
Tirupur: Farmers dependent on the Amaravathy river irrigation systems have appealed to the State government seeking enhancement of irrigation infrastructure for augmenting agriculture production in Tirupur, Coimbatore and Karur districts. Lingam Chinnasamy, general secretary of Amaravathy Nathineer Pasanai Pathukkappu Iyyakkam, pointed out that desilting had not been carried out in …
A severe blow to the people, says MDMK COIMBATORE: The common man is feeling the pinch of the recent petrol price hike. The oil marketing companies hiked the price of petrol by Rs. 5 from Saturday midnight. This is the ninth hike since June 2010, after the Union Government had …
Disposal of napkins raised as a concern at consultative meet TIRUCHI: Aiming to maximise sensitisation on menstrual hygiene management and integrate it with total sanitation, the Menstrual Hygiene Management Corporation (MHMC) decentralised its operations following the UNICEF-sponsored state-level annual consultative meeting at the Kalaiarangam Hall here on Sunday. Ten regional …
Coimbatore: The Forest Department in Coimbatore is planning to assess the number of tigers in Coimbatore forests and reorient its strategy to protect the animal following sighting of a tiger for the third time in Sirumugai range of the Coimbatore forest. District Forest Officer V. Thirunavukkarasu told The Hindu that …
Domestic consumers also evincing interest in solar energy COIMBATORE: Increasing power cut here, which has disturbed production plans in several industries, has encouraged many to explore renewable energy options. During the last one year, nearly 1,000 MW was added to the installed wind energy capacity in the State. The State …
COIMBATORE: Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KNMK) has written to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, seeking help to solve the issues that confront the Tirupur knitwear cluster. The party president Best S. Ramasamy said one lakh workers had lost their jobs and five lakh more were on the verge of losing work, …
Water level in Siruvani Dam is steadily coming down. COIMBATORE: Hardly a few weeks into summer, Coimbatore has started feeling the impact of fall in water supply. All eyes are on the dipping water level at the Siruvani Dam. As of Saturday, the dam had a little more than 17 …
COIMBATORE: Residents of Thendral Nagar in Kavundampalayam Municipality are troubled by the quality of water they get. The area and other localities in the Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat get water under the Bhavani Combined Drinking Water Scheme. They say that the water is bad, takes the taste off the …
