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 …
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 …
Agriculture, water supply in Krishnagiri district hit Illegal sand mining in the main water sources such as South Pennar and the river Markandeya has affected water supply and agriculture in Krishnagiri district. Kodiyalam, Kelevarapalli Dam and KRP Dam are the main water sources for Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts. Many representations …
Several farmers here are up in arms against the proposed Gas Authority of India Ltd project to lay a pipeline from Kochi to Bangalore via Erode district for transporting gas. They have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government and the Gas Authority of India Ltd not to go ahead with …
KRISHNAGIRI: Farmers attached to the Tamizhaga Vivsaiygal Sangam (TVS) on Wednesday urged the state government to prevent Karnataka from diverting water from the Thenpenniyar river alleging that the move would cause severe water shortage in five districts of TN. In an emergency meeting on Wednesday in Savalur village, TVS state …
CHENNAI: PWD Minister K V Ramalingam on Thursday said that as per the existing agreement, Karnataka could not construct a new dam across Thenpennai river without the consent of the Tamil Nadu Government. Replying to an issue raised by the Congress, CPI and CPM in this regard in the State …
Insect behavior is largely decided by farming practices. Both plants and insects are mutually dependant. While plants provide food to insects, insects provide the necessary ecological services to the plant. Farmers therefore need to manage cropping as a part of a larger ecosystem management. This requires deeper understanding of the …
Farmers optimism on the state government giving a new lease to the Palar river has come a cropper with media reports suggesting that the Karnataka Government plans to block the flow of water to the Pennaiyar River altogether. Farmers here were optimistic that the state government would take up with …
The State government has sanctioned works, estimated to cost around Rs.11.49 crore, for the artificial recharge of groundwater. They cover the formation of subsurface dykes, percolation ponds, check dams and recharge shafts/ tube wells. A release on Tuesday stated that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had approved the proposals. In Thanjavur district, …
CHENNAI: With a view to checking rain water from flowing into the sea and storing water received from Krishna River for the residents of Chennai and its surrounding areas, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday ordered the creation of a new reservoir in Tiruvallur district by merging Kannankottai and Thervoykandigai …
It is spread over eight years and costs Rs.686.28 crore Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced implementation of an eight-year Rs.686.28 crore Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project to increase green cover in the State, avoid conflict between man-animal and prevent animals from migrating to grassfield in search of …
Two lakh saplings to be planted across the district As part of improving the green cover, two lakh saplings would be planted across the district, said Collector R. Lilly here on Tuesday. Plan Addressing a consultative meeting held at the Collectorate, Ms. Lilly urged the officials of the government departments …
As many as 21 dyeing units, which were operating illegally in Dharmapuri district for the past one week, were closed by the revenue authorities in association with the District Environment Office, official sources said. A revenue official told The Hindu on Sunday that the illegal units were functioning in and …
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to encourage the private sector to set up units in the state to address the acute power shortage and as part of this, five private companies have “cleared formalities” to establish thermal power plants. Electricity Minister R Viswanathan had recently announced that the private …
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday said her government would ensure drinking water for all the localities in the State after making a survey of the requirement. Intervening during the question hour, the AIADMK regime in between 2001 and 2006 did three surveys in five years and achieved the goal of …
The Dharmapuri district administration has banned the use of plastics bags below 20 microns in Hogenakkal from February 12, Collector R. Ananthakumar announced here on Wednesday. The Collector made this announcement after holding discussions with traders and petty shop owners in Hogenakkal. Ecology Addressing the traders, he said it was …
KRISHNAGIRI: As per the direction of the Madras High Court, the Dharmapuri Collector, R. Ananthakumar, has initiated steps to ban the use of plastics and recycled plastics in the district with immediate effect. This was announced by the Collector at a press conference in Dharmapuri Collectorate on Tuesday. He made …
The new nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy policy provides implicit incentives to farmers to test soil samples regularly and get crop-wise recommended doses of nutrients, and offers prospective benefits from the agro-environmental management point of view. A study of six villages in the lower Bhavani Basin in Tamil Nadu reveals that despite …
Cooperative Week celebrations to conclude on Saturday Handheld billing machines to all ration shops from December 1 Functioning of shops to be monitored from control room He told reporters here that of the targeted disbursal of Rs. 25 crore, Rs. 14.57 crore was disbursed till October. The target will be …
FLUOROSIS, the dental condi tion that is highly prevalent in Dharmapuri and adjoining areas in Tamil Nadu, will be eliminated when the Hogenak kal integrated drinking water project is implemented, Ga' gandeep Singh Bedi, Manag ing Director of TWAD, said. Inaugurating the sixth an nual conference of the Tamil Nadu …
HOGENAKKAL DRINKING WATER SCHEME DEPUTY Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday said the Rs 1,928.80-crore Hogenakkal Drinking Water Supply Scheme and the fluorosis mitigation project works were under progress and potable drinking water would be supplied to the residents of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts before the stipulated project completion …
