Nagercoil

Report on eco-conservation park in Manakudy, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, 05/04/2021

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 …

Mineral water unit leaves water-starved panchayat dry

S Mahesh | ENS Nagercoil Residents and councillors allege that the plant is being run without permission since 2008 URGING the authorities to immediately close down the private mineral water plant functioning at Aralvoimozhy, the residents along with the councillors and president of Aralvoimozhy selection grade town panchayat staged a …

Kodayar pollution up: PWD study

Encourage farmers to use bio-fertilisers, organic pesticides, report urges State government KODAYAR river, one of the major sources of water for drinking and agriculture in Kanyakumari, Nagercoil and surrounding areas, has been facing major pollution challenges from agricultural and industrial activities, according to a recent study conducted by the Institute …

Web site on plastic ban launched

Nagercoil: The district administration has launched a web-site recently to create awareness among school and college students as well as the general public on the ban of plastic materials in the district. The Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo, said that in the web-site there were two options where the public could click

210Po radiation dose due to cigarette smoking

The level of 210Po in eight brands of cigarettes and four brands of bidis popular in and around Nagercoil town was determined to evaluate the annual effective dose. The 210Po activity in a full cigarette ranged from 32.8

Ban on plastic items below 20 microns

Nagercoil: The Municipal Council has decided not to allow use of plastic items under 20 microns and those violating this decision will be slapped a fine of Rs.5,000. A resolution to this effect would adopted at the council meeting to be held here on Thursday. According to the Chairman of …

Check dams across Pazhayaru not possible

NAGERCOIL: The Consumer Human Rights Protection Group has urged the Government to construct eight check dams across the Pazayaru. Surplus water Its president S.R. Sree Ram said that the surplus water during rainy season drained in to sea and hence check dams should be constructed across the river. Moreover, a …

Plastic waste to be collected from six wards of Nagercoil Municipality

More than 400 college and school students participate in training programme Nagercoil: The district administration has selected six wards of Nagercoil Municipality for the implementation of collecting and sending non-degradable plastic waste from Kanyakumari district to India Cements in Tirunelveli district as fuel, said the Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo. India Cements …

Mangroves yield good results

NAGERCOIL: Mangroves which were grown in the estuaries at Manakudi village in the year 1999 have yielded good results. The plants now cover five acres and have grown up to five feet. Mangrove forests act as natural barriers in reducing the damage created by natural calamities like tsunami or cyclone. …

All steps taken to check outbreak of diseases

Nagercoil: The Department of Health has formed village self sanitation and town panchayat sanitation committees in different parts of the district to check the outbreak of contagious diseases, if any in future, due to the rainy season, said the Deputy Director for Health, Madusoohdanan. Speaking to The Hindu he said …

Awareness of global warming to be created

Nagercoil: The Tamil Nadu Federation of Voluntary Agencies (TAFVA) here has decided to conduct various programmes to create an awareness among the people of global warming. Global warming is the generation

NREGS, boon to Kanjiramparai residents

P.S. Suresh Kumar Implementation of various development works gradually picking up Nagercoil: The people of Kanjiramparai, a tiny village situated between Thekkekonam and Narakathinkuzi at Manjalumoodu village panchayat in Melpuram panchayat union are happy nowadays as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has come as a boon to them.

Solid waste management is a challenge

NAGERCOIL: The state-of-art method must be followed while implementing decentralized solid waste management in different parts of the district in order to enhance the social and technical capacity, said the Collector Rajendra Ratinoo. Inaugurating the district level workshop on decentralized solid waste management here on Wednesday the Collector said that …

Rs.2.51 cr. paid as wages under rural job scheme

Nagercoil: The Government has spent Rs.2.51 crore to pay wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the last two months for 3,40,696 persons, said Collector Rajendra Ratnoo. According to the Collector, there were 99 village panchayats and of that works were going on under this scheme in …

Steps will be taken to end sea erosion: Collector

Nagercoil: The State Government would find an early solution to end sea erosion in the district. According to sources, officials from the Public Works Department visited Kadiyapattinam, Colachel, Ramanthurai, Mullurthurai, Aryantoppu Thengapattinam, Eraiamannthurai and Puthurai, where seawater entered more than 50 villages and bus service was stopped owing to erosion. …

Motivate farmers to take up eco farming

Nagercoil: The district unit of Eco-friendly Agriculture Products Association in co-operation with Rural Uplift Centre organized a district level conference and distributed certificates to farmers, who adopted eco-friendly methods while under taking agriculture operations in their respective villages, at Thuvarancadu near Thittuvilai recently. The members of the association passed various …

Seminar cautions about climate change and its effects on life

Nagercoil: A seminar on climate change was conducted recently at LMS Girl

Health insurance scheme launched in Nagercoil

Nagercoil: NIRMAYA, a health insurance scheme from the Central Government for the welfare of persons afflicted with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness, etc., was launched by the Lok Sabha Member, A.V. Bellarmine on Friday. Addressing the gathering, the MP said the scheme was intended to provide affordable health insurance to …

Building self-reliant coastal communities

Nagercoil: The one-day orientation programme organised by International Fund for Asian Development recently evoked a very good response. Inaugurating the programme, Collector Rajendra Kumar said that the goal was to build self reliant coastal communities, resilent to shocks and able to manage their livelihoods in a sustainable manner and the …

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