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 …
Karthik Madhavan Enthusiasts sight big cats at three places File photo: K. Ananthan Host to tigers: The census is expected to bolster wildlife conservation efforts.
Otherwise farmers will be left at the mercy of MNCs, they say ERODE: Farmers affiliated to the Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam have urged the Union and State governments to ban the sale of GM seeds and field trials. In a release the farmers have said that the governments must enforce a …
ERODE: Erode Corporation is in the process of replacing motors to augment drinking water supply. According to P. Vadivelu, corporation engineer, the civic body will replace a 170 HP with a 250 HP motor, to draw more water from River Cauvery. The replacement will help pump 15,000 litres per minute …
Karthik Madhavan ERODE: A report prepared by the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University on cotton crop failure in Perundurai and Gobichettipalayam has cited soil condition and nutrition management as the reasons. The report follows an inspection carried out on February 2 by four scientists of the university and five of the …
ERODE: Animal Husbandry Department, Erode, continues its check on birds for avian influenza. According to sources in the Department, an officer in the rank of Assistant Director visits the Vellode Bird Sanctuary on Fridays to arrival of new birds, death of birds, unusual avian mortality, if any, etc. The Department
COIMBATORE: The Central Government is organising a special campaign to promote the use of iodised salt among tribal women. The Coimbatore unit of the Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, has launched a programme,
ERODE: Residents of Ward 17 and 18 of Karumandichellipalayam Town Panchayat, near Perundurai, staged a protest here on Wednesday in front of the Office of the Executive Engineer, Urban Project Division of Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board. The residents, led by Ward 17 councillor M. Roothammal, complained that they …
ERODE: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan has urged self-help groups (SHGs) to take up environment conservation activities. Addressing SHG members at a function organised by the State Government to distribute revolving fund to the groups here on Sunday, she said,
Staff Reporter ERODE: Even as the Bhavani Municipality takes steps to implement the solid waste management system, the Consumer Protection Council has asked the civic body for safe disposal of garbage. At present the civic body dumps garbage at a 6.5-acre site near the Bhavani New Bus Stand and the …
The textile industries in Tamil Nadu are in the process of providing zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system and they are in need of suitable technology for colour and organics removal so as to reduce the chemical consumption, energy consumption and sludge generation, which are problems in the conventional treatment methods. …
R. Sairam MADURAI: T. Kallupatti, 50 km from here, may appear yet another sleepy small town in the State. But what is less known is that it is one of the four town panchayats identified for a pilot project for biomass power. At T. Kallupatti, 35 streetlights, seven sodium vapour …
KARUR: Farmers in the pollution-hit Noyal river basin have urged the State Government to quickly disburse the compensation awarded to them by the Loss of Ecology Committee.
Karthik Madhavan They have provided toilets to houses under Total Sanitation Programme on a par with any other panchayat Special honour: Thalavady and Digganare panchayats in Thalavady hills have been selected for this year
TIRUCHI: Decentralised and community-based systems could provide an efficient and cost-effective solution for individual houses, apartments and colonies in urban centres. While centralised treatment systems required huge capital investments and could pose problems in terms of maintenance and efficiency, decentralised system offered a viable alternative for management of wastewater. This …
Erode Action please: Effluents from a yarn-dyeing factory at Vairapalayam in Erode enter Kalingarayan Canal, which irrigates thousands of acres in Erode district. ERODE: Reams of paper have been used in various forums in an attempt to solve pollution problem in Erode. Farmers have moved the court, which is hearing …
Karthik Madhavan ERODE: Infectious Diseases ward at the Government Hospital, Erode, is as good as a patient.The asbestos roofed Ward 33, which has separate sections of men and women, is filthy, to say the least. The floor in the men
ERODE: In the backdrop of frequent power cuts and increasing power costs, the Erode Corporation has decided to go in for energy-saving bulbs. The Corporation will install 45 street lights on medians on EVN Road and another 100 in places across the city. The Corporation will fit the bulbs, which, …
An increase in population, unplanned expansion in the command area of the river Bhavani in Tamil Nadu and the growing domestic and industrial demand for water have intensified competition among water users in the river basin.
