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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Officials trap tricksters thriving on forest properties

V.S. Palaniappan Money is extracted after making false promises Inform District Forest Office of illegal activities Coimbatore: Forest Department has initiated a drive against tricksters thriving on forest properties and cheating people of huge money in the name of getting them forest properties that would bring them good luck, health …

Expect 15 pc jump in tiger population

V Gangadharan | ENS Expect a 15 per cent jump in tiger populationFOREST officials hope for a substantial increase in the tiger population in Tamil Nadu during the synchronised wildlife census exercise that is scheduled to begin towards the end of this month. The population of big cats saw an …

Bicycle rally highlights need for oil conservation

Coimbatore: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited in association with The Hindu organised an awareness rally to mark the oil conservation fortnight. The observance started off with the administration of an oil conservation pledge to the students, followed by a quiz. Nearly 50 students from Stanes Higher Secondary School went on a …

Man-eating panther trapped, relocated

It had killed a five-year-old boy CAGED: A four-year-old panther that was trapped by Forest Officials near Valparai in the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday night. Coimbatore: Officials of the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) trapped a male panther aged about four years near Valparai, tranquilised and relocated it to a …

Public hearing held on widening highway

Coimbatore: District Collector P. Umanath along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials held a public hearing at Sulur on Wednesday to elicit public opinion on the widening of the National Highway Number 47 from Chengapalli to Walayar. The Collector addressed the …

Minister calls for completion of water scheme works by February

COIMBATORE: Minister for Rural Industries Pongalur N. Palanisamy has called upon the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board here to complete the works on the Bhavani Combined Water Supply Scheme by February next year in order to help Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat tide over scarcity of …

Public help sought to raise ground water level

Coimbatore: Public participation was vital in promoting rainwater harvesting, District Collector P. Umanath said on Wednesday after inaugurating a rainwater harvesting structure at Ram Nagar in Coimbatore. The project to promote rainwater harvesting in the city is an initiative of the Ministry of Water Resources. It was being executed in …

Organic certification sought for coconut farm

Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD), led by Director of Organic Certification A. Karmugilan, conducted a surprise inspection of a 15-acre coconut farm at Mettulakshminaikkanpalayam, near Sulur village. M.A. Srinivasan, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police and the owner of the farm, said that for the last two-and-a-half …

Close monitoring of chlorine content in drinking water

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has stepped up the monitoring of the chlorine content in drinking water in view of the North-East Monsoon. Norms mandate 2 mg of chlorine in the tail-end areas of distribution, while the main service reservoirs (or overhead storage tanks) should have 5 mg.

Adivasis demand immediate implementation of Forest Rights Act

They stage a novel protest wearing leaves SALEM: Thamizhaga Adivasi Amaippugalin Kootamaippu (TAAK) has demanded the immediate implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Tamil Nadu. To highlight this issue, they also staged a novel protest here on Tuesday wearing leaves. The members, mainly women, said that Tamil Nadu …

TNSTC registers improvement in fuel efficiency

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has registered an improvement in fuel efficiency and brought down the breakdown rate of its buses attached to Coimbatore region this year vis-a-vis last year, according to TNSTC General Manager (Coimbatore region) K. Chandramouli. He told The Hindu here that average fuel …

Coimbatore Corpn. plans to tap solar energy

Other energy options will also be explored Total carbon emission put at 12.75 lakh tonnes COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation plans to tap solar energy for its in-house uses and also to power street lights and other public utilities in a phased manner, Mayor R. Venkatachalam and Deputy Commissioner V. Shanta …

Stop NREGS in agri-intensive areas

As NREGS is gaining popularity, finding labourers for farm work has become herculean task } DO not implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the agriculture-intensive areas in the district, farmers here said in a petition submitted to District Collector P Umanath. The Central government's NREGS, which aims …

Agriculture technology should be affordable to small farmers

COIMBATORE: The technology for agriculture sector should be sustainable and affordable to small farmers too, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Agriculture, T. Nandakumar, said here on Friday. Inaugurating Agri Intex, the annual agriculture exhibition organised by the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, he said,

Indias Jurassic nest dug up in TN

Hundreds Of Dino Egg Clusters Found Radha Venkatesan | TNN Coimbatore: Geologists in Tamil Nadu have stumbled upon a Jurassic treasure trove buried in the sands of a river bed. Sheer luck led them to hundreds of fossilized dinosaur eggs, perhaps 65 million years old, underneath a stream in a …

Soil erosion studies of Alanthurai watershed located in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu using USLE model

A field study was conducted at the Alanthurai watershed in order to estimate the soil erosion status using GIS and USLE. The annual soil loss values estimated from the USLE is represented pictorially using Arc view 3.2a version of GIS software.

170 sheep die after drinking stagnant water

All the dead sheep would be buried at a common place in the village after conducting autopsy } A HERD of over 170 sheep died after allegedly drinking polluted water stagnated on the roadside near a company at Ganesapuram here on Monday. The cattle owners and the public staged a …

A walk to stress environment protection

WITH A MESSAGE: Members of an environment protection group taking out a march from Coimbatore on Monday to Poompuhar in Nagapattinam District as part of a campaign against pollution of water resources.

Conductor on green mission

V Ashok Kumar | ENS TO enhance Coimbatore's green cover, a government bus conductor is developing a nursery of one lakh saplings at the Coimbatore Central Prison premises and plans to plant them across the city's educational institutions. Yoganathan (40), was given the Eco Warrior Award in 2008 by the …

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