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 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 …
Eight units demolished near Pallipalayam Three persons were arrested on Wednesday on charges of stopping officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) from removing illegal dyeing units near Pallipalayam. Pallipalayam police registered a case and arrested them based on a complaint from the Village Administrative Officer. Police said …
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 …
Reckless behaviour of devotees at Kooduthurai is one reason; HR & CE Department workers too responsible The River Cauvery is fast turning into a garbage dump at Kooduthurai, a famous religious spot located in Bhavani. Huge amount of discarded cloths, garlands, pooja materials, polythene bags and other waste end up …
The Federation of Cuddalore District Farmers' Associations has appealed to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to put in place permanent flood control measures in Cuddalore district. In a representation, Federation secretary Karmangudi S. Venkatesan said Cuddalore district, by virtue of its geographical location, was acting as a drainage point for rainwater run-off …
Though the district level coordination committee directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to register cases with the police against the owners of illegal textile processing units and those who rented their land for establishment of such units, not a single case has been filed so far. The committee, …
Colour of water turned black and acidic smell emanated While people in the world observing the World Environment Day and discussing measures to protect the Earth on Tuesday, it is business as usual for many textile processing and tannery units in Erode district. A few textile processing and tannery units …
No positive action taken till date to sort out problem of discharging untreated effluents into water sources While people in the world observing the World Environment Day and discussing measures to protect the Mother Nature on Tuesday, it is business as usual for many textile processing and tannery units in …
Plans are afoot to increase the production of inland fish in the State to three lakh tonnes a year. Presently, of the total 5.97 lakh tonnes of fish production in Tamil Nadu, inland fish production is only 1.72 lakh tonnes and marine fisheries is 4.25 lakh tonnes. To make available …
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 …
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 …
The discovery of over 100 bags of toxic solid waste buried in an agricultural land near Chennimalai has shocked the farming community and environmental activists. A team of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials conducted a surprise check in a textile processing unit near Chennimalai following complaints from the public …
Constituency development fund of MP and MLAs will be utilised to carry out the work In an attempt to meet the growing water requirement of Erode, the Corporation had decided to sink borewells in 76 places in the town. Disclosing this at the Corporation council meeting held here on Thursday, …
No action taken to curb the menace, say farmers. The continuous dumping of untreated, toxic effluents by the textile processing units in the Bhavani river is now threatening to become an environment disaster harming the district's agricultural sector severely. The absence of any serious action from the district administration and …
The detention of a lorry carrying untreated effluents from a textile processing unit in Perundurai on Sunday has once again brought to light the lack of effective mechanism in the district to prevent the processing units from dumping their waste in the water sources. In the preliminary inquiry, it was …
Study in the wild to create awareness of conservation The last significant vulture population in the Western and Eastern Ghats are threatened by the indiscriminate use of pesticides, say researchers watching vulture habitats. A team of researchers from CareEarth Arulagam has taken up a detailed study in the wild and …
Says agriculture has been affected severely because of the imposition of power cut. The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has called for the use of solar-powered farm pump sets to tide over the problem of power shortage in rural areas. Stating that agriculture had been affected severely because of the imposition …
Five textile dyeing and printing units in Periyasemur area on the outskirts of the city have been dismantled by the District Environmental Monitoring Committee for allegedly discharging untreated effluents into water sources and for operating without proper licence. Committee members raided the units yesterday and found them discharging untreated toxic …
To make monitoring of effluent discharge by dyeing units in Tirupur and Erode districts more effective, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will have an online water quality monitoring system this year in the Noyyal river and Kalingarayan canal. In the policy note tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, …
