Status report and action taken report by the Director of Fisheries, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu dated 05/04/2021. The matter related to a news item on the setting up of an ecological park by destroying mangrove forests, Manakudy, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The report stated that the Tamil Nadu government had accorded …
Status report and action taken report by the Director of Fisheries, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu dated 05/04/2021. The matter related to a news item on the setting up of an ecological park by destroying mangrove forests, Manakudy, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The report stated that the Tamil Nadu government had accorded …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Conservation of Nature Trust & Others Vs District Collector Kanyakumari District. Nagercoil & Others regarding Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the MoEF & CC in respect of the proposal of National Highways for the purpose of widening …
Private company had obtained clearance by submitting “false statement” of DFO, Nagercoil’ The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change has cancelled the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for the Rajakkamangalam Thurai private fishing harbour project, according to R.S. Lal Mohan, convener, Nagercoil chapter of the Indian National …
As four more of Government Siddha Medical College test positive Four students of the Government Siddha Medical College have tested positive to dengue fever, raising the on-campus tally to 12. Students have been working closely with health authorities to contain the outbreak of the disease in pockets of the district. …
Police make elaborate security arrangements at Collectorate Representatives from various organisations and the villages, opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, separately submitted petitions during the weekly grievance day meeting held here on Monday seeking the unconditional dropping of all cases filed against the anti-nuke activists and immediate release of anti-KKNPP …
On a day the movement against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant suffered a setback with the Supreme Court refusing to stay uranium loading, thousands of villagers took to the sea and stood inside the water off the coast of Idinthakarai village on Thursday, even as a strong posse of police …
District administration has given permission to desilt and sell silt after obtaining permission from Department of Mines and Minerals; officials yet to pass orders. The representatives of various farmers' associations here have urged the district administration to give permission to water users' association to desilt the water bodies instead of …
Rs. 3.25 crores allotted for installing solar panels to ensure uninterrupted supply of power to inmates The beneficiaries of ‘green house' scheme, who are supposed to occupy their houses at the earliest, need not worry about the prevailing load shedding in the district. The conventional energy has come as a …
Subramaniam Paramarthalingam Udayakumar was 21 when he, along with a few friends, started the Group of Peaceful Indian Ocean to campaign against ships and submarines said to be ferrying nuclear weapons across the Indian Ocean. They believed these American, Soviet, British and French vessels could be catastrophic to countries that …
The Government on Tuesday swung into action mode on the issue of foreign-funded NGOs protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. It registered cases against four NGOs allegedly found diverting funds to fuel the protests and deported a German national, who was on a tourist visa, for …
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested a 50-year-old German national who allegedly raised funds for protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Tamil Nadu 'Q' branch sleuths, who monitor the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the state, arrested Sonnteg Reiner Hermann in Nagercoil on Monday. They brought …
The present yard poses a threat to residents of Nagercoil Municipality It is high time the district administration explored ways to ensure safe and scientific disposal of garbage collected from the Nagercoil municipal limit and other extension areas either in the existing compost yard at Valampurai Vilai, situated in the …
The members of All India Farmers' Association staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate on Monday. They urged the Government to construct houses under the Green House scheme to those who built dwellings in the Government poromboke areas. Before removing the encroachment by the officials of Public Works Department …
The anti-nuclear protests at Kudankulam entered the tenth day on Thursday, with leaders of the rainbow organisations demanding scrapping of the nuclear plant in the village hopeful that the newly-elected local body representatives will support their cause. AIADMK had scored an emphatic win last week in the local body elections …
Lives of people around the plant are valuable Nearly 10,000 persons accompanied the 127 persons observing an indefinite fast at Idinthakarai against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday. Bishop of Tuticorin RC Diocese Yvon Ambroise, who participated in the fast being held near St. Lourdes Church in the coastal …
For the benefit of farmers in Aralvoimozhi, among others Forest Minister, K.T.Pachaimal released water from Poigai dam, situated near Aralvoimozhi on Friday for irrigation purpose. The Minister threw flower petals in the dam as a mark of releasing water. At first 20 cusecs of water would be released for irrigation …
Agriculture labourers migrating in search of employment NAGERCOIL: Kanyakumari is primarily an agrarian district with 83 per cent of its population residing in villages and 58.8 per cent of its working population engaged in agricultural and allied activities. Besides, being a coastal district, fishing is a predominant activity in the …
The Department of Forest has identified 58 varieties of water birds in different parts of the district. The District Forest Officer, V. Sundara Raju, told
Nagercoil: The Government has proposed to implement a integrated drinking water project costing Rs.79 crore to distribute potable water to the residents in and around Kanyakumari. A government order in this connection would be issued at the earliest. Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin is likely to lay foundation stone …
