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 …
Order of the Madras High Court (Suo Motu W.P. (MD) No. 17508 of 2020 regarding Amaravathi river pollution dated 02/12/2020. The matter dealt with discharge of untreated effluents from the dyeing units and other companies into the river Amaravathi - polluting the entire river. Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice B. …
Trichy: As a few of the borewells supplying drinking water to Karur town go dry by further deepening water crisis over the past few weeks, Karur municipality has been identifying places for digging new borewells to streamline water supply. Work is being carried to dig borewells at different locations at …
Madurai sizzles at 41 degree Celsius; Chennai records 36.9 It is not even April and many districts in the State are in the grip of oppressive heat. On Thursday, temperatures in Madurai and Karur districts touched 41 degree Celsius. Salem was almost as hot at 40.8 degree Celsius. Tiruchi and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S. Selvakumar Vs Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 09/08/2017 regarding running of M/s.Vinayaka Hot Mix Plant at Karudayampalayam Village, Karur District, Tamil Nadu. NGT Southern Bench disposed of the Application as the unit …
Trichy: Over 340 activists of Cauvery Protection Movement including CPI leader R Nallakannu were arrested by police in Karur on Wednesday while protesting against illegal sand mining being carried out on the Cauvery river bed . Handing over video evidence of the illegal sand mining to the district administration, members …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K. K.Subramaniam & Others Vs Loss of Ecology (Prevention & Payment of Compensation) Authority & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding loss of agricultural yield (Thoppampaptti Village, Thennilai keezh Bhavani Ayacut, Aravakurichi Taluk, Karur District, Tamil Nadu) due to …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has issued notices and is monitoring the mercerising units located on the banks of the Noyyal in the district. According to an official of the board, the district has hardly any textile processing units and only a handful of mercerising units. The local …
Two patients from Karur, including a 12-year-old boy, have tested positive for H1N1 influenza. They have been admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) here. While P. Yaswanth was from Ramnagar in Karur, Amaravathi (37) was from Andankovil. They were taking treatment at private hospitals in Karur for …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Tamil Nadu HDPE Knitted Fabrics Manufacturers Association Vs Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee & Others dated 15/12/2015 regarding certain industries involved in the illegal sale of hazardous waste materials to the public by misusing the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Karur Maavata Nilathadi Neer Pathugapu Matrum Saayakazhival pathikapatta Vivasayigal Sangam, Karur Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/11/2015 regarding dumping/storing of lime sludge and other industrial wastes in S. F. No. 176/1 and 177/ 2 …
Puliyur town panchayat has made a sound beginning in solid waste management by generating revenue from the waste collected from the public. Though several other panchayats have already forayed into the process of making manure from waste, Puliyur town panchayat has gone a step ahead by incorporating four other methods …
The solid waste management scheme rolled out by the State government has started making impact in all the 11 town panchayats in Karur district. The scheme, which aimed at helping local bodies generate income from garbage, besides ensuring clean environment, was started about 10 months back in town panchayats, including …
MADURAI: The Madras high court Madurai bench on Wednesday passed orders dismissing 18 writ petitions that challenged the order of the national green tribunal (NGT) allowing the public works department (PWD) to continue its sand quarry operations in 18 places along the stretches of the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers, running …
Manjanayakkanpatti, a minuscule village in Karur district, has reasons to attract the attention of advocates of green energy, as a consortium of textile exporters has commissioned 10 MW solar photo voltaic-based power park which is said to be one of the largest clean energy parks in the country. Though the …
Irate members of the public besieged the cement factory of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) here, as raw material from there, carried by the wind, was causing health problems for people living in villages around the factory. Sources said that on Saturday night over 150 persons from the …
Division Bench also stays in-stream mining until June 4 The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday restrained Public Works Department (PWD) from using machines to quarry sand from various sites in Cauvery and Kollidam rivers flowing through Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts. A Division Bench of Justices …
Work on Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers’ ₹ 1,500-crore packaging board factory will start next month with the Ministry of Environment and Forests giving it the go-ahead. According to an official press release, TNPL has also achieved financial closure for the project to set up a multi-layer, double-coated board manufacturing …
Ministry of Environment and Forests guidelines stipulate that mining in quarries with lease area of 5-25 hectares should be done only manually. Sand mining from rivers in the State could be curtailed in the wake of recent guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests stipulating that mining …
Continual poor rainfall in 2012 and 2013 is threatening to force a drinking water scarcity in Karur district. Geologists warn that groundwater level is plummeting to unprecedented danger levels in the district. The annual average rainfall in the district is 652.20 mm, with southwest and northeast monsoon being the main …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday passed an interim order restraining use of more than two earth movers in sand quarrying sites in Tiruchi and Karur districts. A Division Bench comprising Justices R. Sudhakar and V.M. Velumani passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation petition filed …
