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 …
Demonstration to be held on May 11 Call to give up Neelambur bypass plan COIMBATORE: Farmers' organisation Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam will hold a demonstration here on May 11 to protest against land acquisition. State president of the Sangam M.R. Sivasamy has said in a release that if the National Highways …
The Tamil Nadu Government will frame a policy for the sustainable exploitation of mineral resources, announced the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Stalin, in the Assembly today. This was part of a number of initiatives in his reply to the debate in the Assembly on the demand for grants to …
ERODE: Erode MP A. Ganesha Murthi has appealed to the Central Government to declare Erode, Coimbatore and Tirupur districts as Special Zone for Organic Farming and initiate concerted efforts to promote the organic farm practices. Many farmers in the three districts had taken up organic farming at a large scale. …
Coimbatore: Farmers in Kurumbapalayam, Kullakkapalayam and Podanur in Achipatti area of Pollachi have urged the administration to take steps to control the pollution caused by two companies. Villagers in a signed memorandum to the Collector pointed out that the pollution emitted by these two companies was effecting the ground water …
D Daniel Raj | ENS ENVIRONMENTALISTS here took the Chipko movement to a whole new level on Monday by performing a milk abhishekam for trees that were felled to widen roads ahead of the World Classical Tamil Conference scheduled to be held in June. The novel protest was against the …
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has called upon meat stalls in the city to store the waste in bio-degradable bags and hand these over to the Corporation workers instead of dumping these in the drainage and under bridges. Chairing a meeting on the city's environment concerns recently, Mayor R. Venkatachalam told …
A ONE-AND-A-HALF-YEAROLD elephant was found dead at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History in Anaikatty, near here. The post-mortem report revealed that the calf that had come to quench thirst died due to hepatitis B besides severe parasite infection. Forest guard R Kumar said, "The calf along …
Tirupur: The powerloom cloth manufacturers affiliated to the Coimbatore-Tirupur districts Powerloom Cloth Manufacturers Federation, observed a fast here on Wednesday in protest against the frequent rise in the prices of cotton yarn. The federation secretary, M. Doraisamy, said that the abnormal rise in yarn prices in short notices during the …
MARUMALARCHI Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), general secretary Vaiko was arrested along with 153 party workers on Friday while attempting to enter Kerala from the Onpadharu check post to inspect the site where the Kerala government had decided to construct a dam across the Pambar river. The MDMK men started from …
The elephant was found roaming along the reserve forest at Odanthurai The pachyderm was suffering with a swollen injured leg Coimbatore: The forest officials have begun an effort to bring a 10-year-old wild elephant found roaming along the reserve forest at Odanthurai with a swollen injured leg. Following information, the …
Plan to carry out a door-to-door awareness drive in Mettupalayam To rid of waste:Chairperson of Mettupalayam Municipality Satyavati Ganesh (second right) hands over a garbage collection bag to a resident COIMBATORE: Wealth out of Waste, a project under which paper waste and plastic bags are bought from houses and shops, …
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation plans to turn nearly 200 public toilets smell-free, including those in the integrated sanitary complexes constructed in areas where the below poverty line families live. Ozone sterilisers will be installed in the toilets to rid these of smell. Two sterilisers were installed on Wednesday in the …
FOR ENVIRONMENT: Registrar of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University P. Subbian speaking at a training programme on pesticide management at the university in Coimbatore. COIMBATORE: According to the World Health Organisation, one million human pesticide poisoning cases are reported all over the world with one-third of these occurring in farm workers. …
Venkatachalam and Deputy Mayor review works REVIEW: Coimbatore Corporation Assistant Engineer K. Karuppusamy (right) explains to Mayor R. Venkatachalam (second right) and Deputy Mayor N. Karthik (left) the construction of a water tank under the Pilloor Phase II drinking water scheme at Ganapathy in the city on Sunday. COIMBATORE: Efforts …
Ensuring quality: Organic farmers will soon get certified by the Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department, which will help them get a good price. COIMBATORE: More than 50,000 acres across the State have been brought under organic certification programme, thanks to Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department's efforts. Tamil Nadu Government set …
As per the model, the right of ownership, control and maintenance will lie with Kerala. The cost of maintenance and construction of the dam will be the responsibility of TN COUNSEL for Kerala on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the water-sharing policy for the proposed new dam at …
M. Soundariya Preetha Board contends that the fees were hiked after 13 years and is meagre for SMEs The consent fees were hiked by nearly 500 per cent for some small-scale units The hike is only 300 per cent to 450 per cent for large-scale units COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore District …
V.S. Palaniappan Coimbatore: During 2009-2010 nearly one lakh teak seedlings have been planted in farmlands in Coimbatore District by the Forest Division and Social Forestry Division under the project,
