Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P. G. Sethuram Vs State of Tamil Nadu dated 11/11/2021. Grievance in the application is against illegal operation of a stone crusher – Erode mines at survey No. 733/2, 734/2, Senapathipalayam village, Kangayam taluk, Tirupur district, Tamiil Nadu, on agricultural …
However, there is no announcement to boost export of engineering goods Industries in Coimbatore District have welcomed the budget announcements of the State Government on Thursday regarding development of green energy corridors in the State and assisting industrial clusters in infrastructure development. Southern India Mills’ Association chairman T. Rajkumar has …
It will cost Tirupur Corporation Rs. 10 crore per annum The Tirupur Corporation administration launched a solid waste management project under a public-private partnership mode in 30 Wards on Sunday. As part of the scheme, Srinivas Waste Management Services (P) Limited would collect the garbage at the primary and secondary …
Petition sent to the TNPCB Chairman seeking answers on the issue P. Sankara Narayanan, an environmental activist hailing from agrarian community in the region, has decided to implead in one of the recent Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in Supreme Court, in an attempt to fight the continuing industrial pollution …
To maximise the farm returns from rainfed areas of the district, a diversified farming system would be implemented in the district for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables with emphasis given on water management. The project, which was conceptualised by the Department of Horticulture with the participation of various stakeholders, …
The Madras High Court on Monday gave the green signal for implementation of GAIL India Ltd.’s natural gas pipeline project which is to pass through seven districts in the State. Allowing a petition by the company challenging a State government’s letter of April this year, the First Bench, comprising Chief …
While setting aside an order of a single Judge of January 2009 on a batch of writ petitions, the Madras High Court directed the petitioners and the New Tirupur Area Development Corporation Ltd (NTADCL)., to get necessary approval for drawing water from their open wells and supplying them through tankers …
S. Sivakumar (35), a farmer at Manupatty in Udumalpet revenue division, has come out with an innovation in the water conservation front by developing a device to recharge borewells, utilising the impounded runoff rain/storm water in a better manner. He has developed the cost-effective new gadget using perforated plastic barrels …
It will be headed by the Collector as its ex-officio chairman A District Coordination Committee, comprising representation of various departments, is all set to be constituted within the next few days to initiate quicker action against dyeing units that are found discharging untreated effluents in the open and seize the …
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, …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has asked those running the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Karaipudur here to utilise all the equipment installed for achieving zero liquid discharge (ZLD) norms at appropriate cycles or face closure. Board District Environmental Engineer R. Kannan told The Hindu that instructions were …
Taking a worthwhile step forward, the recently-floated Solar Energy Association of Tamil Nadu (SEAT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm to set up a model 5 MW solar power plant in the hinterlands of Tirupur. The SEAT was floated by a group of industrialists from …
TNPCB issues consent to establish two such sludge disposal facilities at Tirupur and Karur. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued consent to establish two facilities for disposal of sludge generated from textile dyeing effluents. The Federation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Tiruppur and Federation of CETPS and …
Owners reaping profit at the expense of environment The district administration has come under severe criticism yet again for the inordinate delay in sealing large number of dyeing units caught for illegal operations. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board sources told The Hindu that over 30 dyeing units, which were caught …
The Integrated Processing Development Scheme, recently announced in the Union Budget for the textile sector, will enable development of new textile processing parks and also improve infrastructure, including effluent treatment facilities, in the existing textile processing centres through public private partnerships. With an outlay of Rs. 500 crore for the …
Farmers of seven districts rally against gas pipeline project Vehicles proceeding towards Omalur Main Road diverted for three hours Farmers from seven districts gathered in protest against the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) gas pipeline cutting through their farmlands on Tuesday. They assembled near the Five Road Junction and …
The Coimbatore district has achieved a total coverage of 98.36 per cent during the second phase of the pulse polio programme on Sunday. According to Deputy Director of Health Services R. Damodharan, of the targeted 3,31,450 children in the age group of 0 to 5 years, oral polio vaccine was …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and other authorities, including the District Collector, Namakkal, asking them to explain the steps taken against illegal dyeing units running near Rasipuram in that district without effluent treatment plants and which were …
A report on drought-like situation in Tirupur district by Department of Agriculture, which was accessed by The Hindu , has stated that 92,327 farmers were affected during the current financial year. On the cropping area, the drought-like situation had taken a toll on 75,879 hectares brought under cultivation of various …
Inadequate fund allocation is hampering the ambitious Noyyal river system revival or restoration project and the meagre allocation of Rs. 30 lakh per annum is just proving to be insufficient even for carrying out emergency repairs to the channels and tanks. Noyyal that originates in Western Ghats near Poondi and …
They dump tonnes of effluents into Cauvery, Bhavani rivers that feed lands of thousands of farmers Erode and Namakkal have emerged safe havens for scores of dyeing units that had to shut shop in Tirupur after the Madras High Court ordered their closure for flouting pollution norms two years ago. …
