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 …
The Forest Department on Tuesday deployed 48 teams into the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve for undertaking tiger census in the seven ranges in Sathyamangalam and Hasanur divisions on an expanse of 1,400 square kilometres. Sixty three volunteers among the field staff were oriented on the methodology of enumerating the presence of …
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 …
Observing that "there is overwhelming public interest in favour" of the natural gas pipline project of GAIL India Ltd, the Madras high court on Monday quashed a Tamil Nadu government order which put curbs on the public sector unit from implementing it. The first bench headed by Chief Justice Rajesh …
Ill-effects of open-air defecation explained The Corporation has identified nine locations to install user-friendly ‘Namma toilets’. The tender process would be initiated soon, Corporation Commissioner M. Vijayalakshmi said. The identified locations are ideally suited for the toilets, she said. Only the basement would be constructed with concrete and steel. The …
Five panchayats in Erode district would be made model panchayats with implementation of the total sanitation scheme and full coverage of toilets, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) officials said. The panchayats are Pazhamangalam (Modakurichi Block) Varadhanallur (Bhavani Block), Karapalayam (Erode block), Pariyur (Gobichettipalayam) and Kullappanaickkenpalayam in T. N. Palayam Block. …
Forest department to involve tribal people living in reserve forest area At last count, Erode district had a forest cover of 2,27,678 hectares — 1,45,531 in Sathyamangalam division and 82,147 in Erode division — accounting for 27.7 per cent of the district’s geographical area of 5,722 square kilometres. The area …
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve’s strategy to prevent poachers from neighbouring State Officials of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu are in the process of preparing a problem profile for each range. At present, the STR has five Ranges – Bhavani Sagar, Hasanoor, Sathyamangalam, Thalavadi, T.N. Palayam. …
Not a month passes without farmers on fringes of Erode’s forest area complaining to the district administration at the periodic grievances day meetings about sufferings they undergo due to the havoc caused by wild animals to their standing crops. Crops Sugarcane, turmeric, banana and tapioca crops that the farmers of …
A new climate change study released by Anna University predicts a 3.5 degree Celsius temperature rise in Tamil Nadu by the end of this century. Minimum increase in temperature will be about 3.1 degrees Celsius. It also says temperature will rise by one degree within 30 years and that sea …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of A.T. Yuvaraj Erode District Vs Rani Chemicals Kalingarayanpalayam and Others regarding pollution caused by industries involved in the manufacturing of bleaching liquid which has been a cause for rampant air and water pollution in and around the village of Attayampalayam, …
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests on Monday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench that no stone quarry lease was granted in Reserve Forest areas of Erode and Coimbatore districts, barring one in Coimbatore. Based on the news report published in The Hindu on August 7 on illegal stone …
The appearance of unauthorised sheds in Kongahalli, a village in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, has shocked naturalists and environmentalists. The sheds were constructed for the benefit of pilgrims visiting the Mallikarjuna Swamy temple. K. Mohan Raj of the Tamil Nadu Green Movement (TNGM) said five years ago there were only …
Illegal textile processing units pose a threat to farm sector in the region The discharge of untreated effluents into the waterways in the district has increased substantially in the last few weeks as many unauthorised textile processing units have come up in Erode and its suburbs. Though the district administration …
Sickness and infection owing to lack of water take their toll Despite the forest department’s efforts to improve protection for elephants, the Sathyamangalam forests lost seven jumbos in the last two weeks. One of them, aged about 22 years, died due to electrocution in Siddhankuttai on Tuesday. Though a majority …
Of the 1,122 samples of potable water collected from homes in six districts in Tamil Nadu, NGO Consumers Association of India (CAI) found that at least 50 per cent of the water had E. Coli – faecal contamination. According to Santhanarajan, director of CAI, 571 of the samples tested positive …
Hardly two months after the Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary was classified as a tiger reserve by the Union environment ministry, three new roads being laid in the forest area has invited the wrath of green activists. They believe the roads will disrupt and disturb wildlife in the region. Interestingly, two of …
Water supplied once a week to colony with 2,000 families With most parts of the town reeling under acute shortage of drinking water, more and more residents are taking to the streets demanding that the civic administration sort out the problem on a war footing. On Tuesday, more than 100 …
Farmers in Namakkal district will get the entire drought relief fund of Rs. 56.11 crore. “The package will benefit a total of 1,17,458 farmers who suffered crop or yield loss of more than 50 per cent on an area of 1,80,981 acres, as on January 2013”, Collector D. Jagannathan told …
Even while trade and industry have been demanding the reopening of the GAIL pipeline project, citing the energy needs of the region, farmers are united against its unilateral implementation in its present form. Bodies representing farmers in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts firmly believe that any …
The total area covered under the micro irrigation systems in the district has more than doubled during the last two years as many farmers are adopting effective water management practices in the wake of the drought. In a period of three years starting from 2007-08, the farming community in the …
