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 …
The Lower Bhavani Farmers Association claimed that the yagam conducted by Public Works Department at Bhavanisagar dam seeking divine intervention to bring rain was primarily a tactic to divert the attention of the people from the ineffective water management practices that took place in the dam this year. The authorities …
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 …
The Government which had planned measures to conserve water bodies and rivers was said to be actively considering the proposal. A proposal submitted by Siruthuli for restoration of Noyyal river, its canals and tanks are under active consideration of the Government, official sources said. Chairman of Siruthuli S.V. Balasubramanian and …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has caught four illegal dyeing units during raids carried out along the banks of River Noyyal on Thursday evening and Friday. Official sources said the units, located in the hinterlands of Tirupur, were found dyeing the yarns and discharging the effluents generated in …
The farmers of Salem district have urged the State and Central governments to provide them ‘adequate’ compensation since they fear that farming activities would come to a standstill in their lands once the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) completes the ambitious Kochin – Bangalore natural gas pipeline project. Of …
Members of various farmers associations, political parties, industrial associations and general public observed a fast here on Tuesday urging the Centre to prevent the Kerala Government’s move to construct a dam across Siruvani River in Attapadi. Senior functionaries of various political parties including Erode MP A. Ganesamurthy and former Union …
A functionary of Hindu Makkal Katchi resorted to a novel protest in Chennimalai on Monday to oppose the Kerala government's move to construct a dam across River Siruvani at Attapadi. State Public Relations Co-ordinator of the party T. Senthil Kumar performed angapradakshinam at the Chennimalai Murugan temple to express his …
Industrialists urged to take initiatives to ensure clean environment Justice P. Sathasivam, Judge of Supreme Court, has asked the industrialists in Tirupur knitwear cluster to always abide by the court directives and take initiatives to provide a clean environment. “Courts can not remain silent on seeing the pollution caused on …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has detected two illegally operating dyeing units at Lakshmi Nagar and Angeripalayam areas during raids conducted over two days ending on Tuesday. Both the units were found discharging effluents indiscriminately into the open in violation of the Madras High Court directives asking the dyeing …
Political parties, farmers, traders to observe fast on July 17 Members of various political parties, farmers associations, trading community and various other organisations in the district have decided to observe a token fast in Erode on July 17 to protest against the Kerala Government's move to construct a dam across …
An emergency meeting of leading political parties convened by Communist Party of India (CPI) in Tirupur on Wednesday has resolved to conduct agitation in protest against the proposed move by Kerala government to construct dams across various inter-state rivers that bring water to Tamil Nadu. The meeting, attended by representatives …
More parties and organisations extend support With more than 31 organisations coming together, the stage seems to be set for a human chain agitation at Gandhipuram in Coimbatore on Monday to protest Kerala’s decision to construct a dam of 450m length at Chittur – Venkadal in Attappady across River Siruvani, …
The opposition from the farmers in the district to Kerala's proposal to build a dam across Bhavani river at Attapadi intensified as the farming community fears that the move may deprive them of water for irrigation. Most of the farmers in the district depend on the Bhavani river for their …
Tirupur farmers want pipeline to be laid along highways Around 650 farmers and activists staged a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against the Gas Authority of India Limited’s (GAIL) choice of farmland in the district to lay gas pipeline to take natural gas from Kochi to Bangalore. The gas …
Says it is trying to create disharmony between two States Members of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a protest in the city and Mettupalayam against the Kerala's move to build a dam across Siruvani. The party's urban district secretary, R.R. Mohankumar, led the protests in the city, while his …
Tamilaga Vivasayigal Livelihood Protection Committee has urged the Chief Minister to save farmers in Western Tamil Nadu from an “impending danger” to their livelihood that has come in the form of pipeline project by Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) from Kochi to Bangalore. The pipeline on entering Tamil Nadu …
Groundwater table, agriculture hit The menace of illegal sand mining continues to ravage River Bhavani in Erode district and remains a cause of serious concern to the farming community. Every night, tractors, trucks and bullock carts continue to transport loads of sand illegally mined from the river to construction sites …
Groundwater table, agriculture hit The menace of illegal sand mining continues to ravage River Bhavani in Erode district and remains a cause of serious concern to the farming community. Every night, tractors, trucks and bullock carts continue to transport loads of sand illegally mined from the river to construction sites …
Industry waste has asphyxiated the river and destroyed livelihoods, says Joe A Scaria From wherever in India you are reading these lines, odds are high that your innerwear was made in the Coimbatore-Tirupur textile belt. And if you are indeed wearing one such, it is a near certainty that you …
The Tamil Nadu government has issued orders to upgrade two of its cement plants with an investment of around Rs 515 crore. Besides, it has sanctioned Rs 67.46 crore for Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) to set up a cement plant, which will mark the company’s foray into …
