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 …
Naturalists and environmentalists are shocked by the State Forest Department’s decision to increase fodder reserves in the forests. At present the department has created fodder reserves in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris North Forest division totally in about 450ha. The fodder is raised in the forest areas to reduce man-animal conflict, …
Absence of workers to collect waste and lack of information negate the very purpose of the project, they say In the northern parts of R.S. Puram that come under Ward 23 of the Coimbatore Corporation, Mayor S.M. Velusamy, councillors and officials launched the zero waste management project, Shunya, on October …
The city municipal corporation's long-pending initiative to promote source segregation of daily household garbage to aim at zero waste management has finally been initiated in 500 households in five different streets of RS Puram. The pilot project will see corporation workers collecting wet and sanitary waste from the houses in …
Powerloom weavers in Somanur and nearby areas are exploring options that will give them financial support to go in for solar energy. P. Kumarasamy, secretary of the Coimbatore District Job Working Powerloom Unit Owners’ Association, told The Hindu on Wednesday that just a handful of powerloom weavers in the district …
It will supply water to the troughs inside the forests. The Department of Forests has identified three sites in Coimbatore forest areas to install solar-powered borewells. It will supply water to the troughs dug inside the forests to prevent elephants and other wild animals from venturing into human habitations in …
A new climate change study released by Anna University predicts a 3.5 degree Celsius temperature rise in Tamil Nadu by the end of this century. Minimum increase in temperature will be about 3.1 degrees Celsius. It also says temperature will rise by one degree within 30 years and that sea …
Following poor turn out of out-patients at the 15-dispensaries run by the Corporation, instructions have been issued to the dispensary staff i.e., medical and paramedical assistants to reach out to the slums and provide healthcare to the poor at their door steps. Corporation Commissioner G. Latha said that fully equipped …
They were operating without licence or product approval The Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Food Safety Wing), Coimbatore Unit, on Wednesday issued closure notices to three flavoured water manufacturing units here for operating without licence or product approval. The action follows an instruction, issued on Monday, by …
Although it seemed a distant possibility a few months ago, the city municipal corporation is gearing up to implement the 24X7 water supply project in all 60 wards within old corporation limits in the city. The civic body will conduct an initial trial run in a chosen area, by supplying …
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday allocated Rs 2.81 crore for sinking of deep bore wells and building overhead tanks to supply water within forest areas, with a view to prevent wild animals from straying into human habitatations during the summer. The move would check the loss of lives and …
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests on Monday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench that no stone quarry lease was granted in Reserve Forest areas of Erode and Coimbatore districts, barring one in Coimbatore. Based on the news report published in The Hindu on August 7 on illegal stone …
Officials from the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) and the Department of Geology and Mining have completed the physical survey of 17 major mineral quarries and five granite quarries, in a little more than 70 hectares in the western districts of Tamil Nadu. This project has been launched to …
Starting Thursday, for a week the Perur Town Panchayat will involve the town’s residents in solid waste management by encouraging them to segregate the waste they generate. And if they do so, they will get a prize. The top 10 residents from each of the 15 wards will get a …
The Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) on Wednesday conducted a review meeting on biomedical waste disposal in secondary care government hospitals in seven districts of Western Tamil Nadu. According to TNSHP Deputy Director (Infection Control Waste Management), G. Jayanthi, who chaired the meeting, emphasis was placed on proper segregation, …
A mud track was laid inside the dam catchment area Green activists are sore over the laying of a mud track within the Gunderipallam dam catchment area along the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve and reports of rampant illegal sand mining. According to S. Jayachandran, secretary of Tamil Nadu …
Though Tamil Nadu is witnessing a windy season Though it is windy season in the State, wind energy generation is not at the maximum because of evacuation problems, according to K. Kasthoorirangaian, chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association. Tamil Nadu has over 7,000MW of installed wind energy capacity and …
Long hours of power cut in the district since 2008 has turned renewable energy attractive to the industries here. Apart from the investments made in wind mills, the textile and engineering industries have started tapping solar energy too. When power cut duration increased, industries went in for diesel generators. However, …
Weavers to go in for solar project Nearly 100 powerloom weavers in Coimbatore District are expected to go in for solar systems to run the powerlooms. The Coimbatore District Jobworking Powerloom Weavers’ Association organised a meeting on Monday and Canara Bank disbursed Rs. 5.85 lakh loan to one of the …
Many powerloom owners are exploring alternative energy sources Thousands of power looms in the villages in Coimbatore district reeled under 10 hours or more of power cut a day even a month ago. Though there is relief from power cut now, thanks to wind energy, many of these loom owners …
Those in Ondipudur on Monday petitioned District Collector M. Karunagaran, against the Coimbatore Corporation’s move to construct a sewage treatment plant there. The petition was signed by residents of Weavers’ Colony, Sindhu Nagar, Bharathi Nagar, Kumaran Nagar, Cheran Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Noyyal Nagar, Ramachandra Nagar, MGR Nagar, Kamarajar …
