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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 …

Take steps to stop effluent discharge into River Noyyal

Mushrooming of dyeing units contributes to the high level of pollution Legal cell demands setting up of an SC Bench in Chennai Tirupur: The Tirupur district unit of the All India Congress Committee

Inspired by Kalam, students take to villages

V Ashok Kumar | INSPIRED by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a group of college students here has formed an association to uplift villages in the district. Around 1,000 students from 50 colleges across the city are members of Kalam Students Foundation, which will focus on improving the …

Somayampalayam reels under water scarcity

COIMBATORE: For the residents of Somayampalayam, a village panchayat on the city

Burning waste dump along road causes concern

HEALTH HAZARD: Discarded footwear and garbage smouldering at a vacant site off Pollachi Main Road on Tuesday. People complained that smoke from the dump affected visibility on the road.

109 flu positive cases in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: The number of A (H1N1) flu positive cases in Coimbatore rose to 109 on Tuesday with four more persons being added to the list. Health officials said a student of a women

Solid waste management scheme progressing, says Corporation

COIMBATORE: The Rs.96-crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Scheme of the Coimbatore Corporation is well on course, according to Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra.

Sago units asked to go for biogas plants

Coimbatore, Aug. 28 The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) is in talks with the sago units in the Namakkal and Rasipuram belt for helping them install biogas plants, TEDA Chairman and Managing Director, Mr R. C. Gandhi, said. Speaking at the two-day workshop on

Elephant kills man in Kovai

D Daniel Raj | ENS ELEPHANT TRAMPLES MAN TO DEATH IN KOVAITHE pent-up rage over the slumberous attitude of the forest department in protecting the people prone to elephant attack boiled over at Somayanur, when villagers resorted to a road roko on Wednesday. The latest victim was a 60year-old Rangasamy, …

Plea to amend Land Acquisition Act

Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Consumer and Multi Service Organisation has urged the Union Law Commission to bring in land owner-friendly amendments to the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. President of the Organisation N. Jagannathan in a memorandum pointed out that such amendments would enable the value of the land under acquisition …

Need for coordinated plan to check industrial pollution of Cauvery

KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, …

Three held with deer skin, tiger paw

THE officials of the Forest Department arrested three persons while trying to sell deer skins and tiger paw, which are yet to be confirmed as original, in Coimbatore on Monday. Acting on a tip-off that skins were being illegally sold in the RS Puram area, a team of of ficials …

Ooty, Coimbatore quake prones

Earthquakes and tsunamis are the most d c gentle of natural - disasters. They cause least harm when you are r in the open. Geographically, Tamil Nadu is in a very advantageous position - as prior notice about tsunami can be given at least 110 to 140 minutes in advance …

Railways planning steps to check elephant casualties

Southern Railways plans to prune its train services and further reduce their speed to check increasing incidents of wild elephants being overrun by trains passing through the reserve forest area in the Coimbatore-Palakkad section. A high-level meeting chaired by Southern Railways General Manager V Carmelus with railway officials and officers …

Eco-tourism initiatives of Forest Dept. at Kovai Coutrallam nearing completion

V.S. Palaniappan Tourist-friendly facilities being implemented at a cost of Rs. 79 lakh Varied fare: An adventure walkway coming up near the Kovai Coutrallam falls in Coimbatore.

Kalam to inaugurate meeting on solid waste management

An exhibition will begin on August 12 Award for best paper by a student COIMBATORE: Former President Abdul Kalam will inaugurate here on August 13 a conference on solid waste management organised by Anna University, Coimbatore and the National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), Mumbai. Union Minister of Environment …

Elephant blood-stained tracks cause concern

V.S. Palaniappan Stretch between Coimbatore and Palakkad more vulnerable Deadly: These tracks between Ettimadai and Walayar are fatal for elephants that attempt to cross over to human habitations.

Drinking water supply workers demand time-scale pay

COIMBATORE: Workers involved in supplying drinking water in town panchayats in the district have demanded time-scale pay and pension. The Coimbatore District Town Panchayats

Encroachers will have to leave water bodies: Corporation

Slum dwellers will be re-located in good tenements, says Commissioner ASSERTIVE: Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (right) explains to councillors at an emergency meeting of the Council on Tuesday that people in slums encroaching water bodies will have to be re-located. Mayor R. Venkatachalam (second right) is in the picture.

Forest Departments drive to check offences

Focus on blanket sellers from UP and MP Villagers asked to report movement of strangers Monsoon patrolling begun in the forests COIMBATORE: The Department of Forests is carrying out to a drive to check offences in the Pollachi forests. This follows a tip off by the Q Branch Police to …

Pandemic now

On June 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the current worldwide epidemic of the new influenza virus A(H1N1), commonly called swine flu, to the status of a pandemic, the highest level of global alert. This is the first flu pandemic in 41 years. The last one was the 1968 …

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