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 …
Coimbatore ACME Round Table 133 on Tuesday gave away Rs. 50,000 in compensation to 15 farmers from three forest ranges in Sathyamangalam. The farmers would use the money to buy cattle in their effort to make good the loss of animals to tigers, said K.S. Sundararaman, chairman of the organisation. …
Air quality too, to be monitored at five spots, during Deepavali It’s a busy time of year for officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A week head of Deepavali, they have begun measuring levels of noise and ambient air quality at five places in the city. Monitoring stations …
Coimbatore Amrita Vidyalayam students conduct survey on solar power generation Every household can generate the power it needs and also a little more, if only it were to install solar panels on the roof. “Our study reveals that a household will be able to not only meet its average requirement …
With half to five kg of waste, burn stove for more than two hours With a cap on the supply of LPG domestic cylinders at subsidised prices, kitchens can make use of alternative options. Some in Coimbatore have done so and also gone green with biogas plants. A simple system …
In May this year, Masilamani (41), a resident of a housing board colony bang opposite the Kodungiyur dumpyard, woke up with violent coughs and breathlessness. A visit to the doctor later in the day confirmed that he had acute bronchitis. He was surprised because he had no previous history of …
Against the backdrop of long hours of power cut and growing demand for power in the State, Tamil Nadu has come out with “Solar Energy Policy 2012.” The policy envisages 3,000 mega watt of solar power in the State in three years. Several industrial and commercial consumers are already going …
Corporation blames contractor; seeks explanation on fire accident Residents of Konavaikalpalayam, Mahalingapuram, N.G.R. Nagar, Sakthi Eswaran Nagar and L.G. Nagar blocked the Chettipalayam Road on Monday, demanding closure of the Coimbatore Corporation’s dump yard in Vellalore. As the Coimbatore Corporation officials’ and police’s efforts to pacify the crowd failed and …
A new system of surveying, using Global Positioning System (GPS) and Electronic Total Stations, is in progress in districts including Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirupur and The Nilgiris, according to Revenue Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam. Addressing a conference of State Revenue Ministers in New Delhi on Thursday, Mr. Venkatachalam [the text of …
Tamil Nadu has started using global positioning system and electronic total stations to survey land. Speaking at the state revenue ministers conference in New Delhi today, Thoppu N D Venkatachalam said the survey using the global positioning system and electronic total station was conducted on a pilot basis in one …
The People's Movement of India will launch a nation-wide awareness campaign and take out a yatra from Coimbatore to New Delhi to urge the Central Government to promote the use of ethanol as an alternative automotive fuel. The campaign will be launched on September 21 and the yatra will commence …
Around 50 students of the Government Polytechnic for Women staying in the hostel on Bharathiar Road were hospitalised after some of them swooned while others complained of nausea and vomiting. Late on Sunday, students complained of uneasiness and nearly 15 of them swooned. At midnight, the students were admitted to …
With the help of geospatial technology, it is possible to generate and update information about natural resources, in spatial format, at much more frequent intervals, so enabling proper inventory and management of natural resources, said P. Subbian, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). Inaugurating a 21-day summer training on “Geospatial …
Certain section of population seeks relaxation of ban on tourism; specialists are against any dilution of the scheme The Tamil Nadu Government’s latest notifications on demarcation of core and buffer zones of three tiger reserves in the State may still require a fine-tuning to strike a balance among ecology protection, …
To create awareness among cattle owners to avoid drugs that are toxic Even as the vulture (Gyps indicus) population is dwindling, Arulagam, an NGO, and Care Earth team have embarked on a mission to generate awareness among cattle owners to avoid drugs that prove to be toxic to vulture population …
“Protect tigers but protect us too.” This is the appeal of several sections of society in Valparai, a hilly town located in the midst of lush green plantations and about 105 km from here. Contending that the Supreme Court’s recent decision to ban tourism in core zones has the scope …
Certain section of population seeks relaxation of ban on tourism; specialists are against any dilution of the scheme The government’s latest notifications on the demarcation of core and buffer zones of three tiger reserves in the State may still require a fine-tuning to strike a balance among ecology protection, tribal …
Minister reviews situation with senior officials The ban on entry of tourists into the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) will in no way affect the normal life of the local population living in and around Valparai and there is no need for any apprehension, Minister for Forests K.T. Pachamal said recently. …
The process of land acquisition for 20.5 km in six revenue villages along the Podanur – Pollachi section was derailing the pace of gauge conversion works, railway officials said. Senior officials from the Construction Wing of Southern Railway, Chennai, led by Chief Administrative Officer K. Vijayakumar inspected the ongoing works …
A delegation of nearly 15 persons, including office-bearers of the Valparai Merchants Federation and various other associations, on Wednesday left for Chennai to urge officials to exclude Valparai from the core and buffer areas of Anamalai Tiger Reserve. A. Jebaraj, president of the federation, said that traditionally Valparai had been …
All seven functioning quarries ordered to be closed in Karur district Sand quarries in the river Cauvery that are more than five years old have remained shut since Saturday following the Madras High Court directive. Through Friday night, vehicles awaiting their turn to load sand were hurriedly cleared and excavators …
