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 …
Amaravathy polluted beyond redemption Immediate desilting of Amaravathy irrigation channels demanded Speedy disbursal of compensation to affected farmers sought KARUR: Taking a dig at the politicians and elected representatives, speakers at a meeting of people
There is a shift towards limiting and eliminating chemically-cultivated cotton KARUR: A global movement on the use of organic cotton-based products was evolving rapidly and exporters must take note of the development to stay ahead of competitors, speakers stressed at a workshop on
S. Ganesan Work on protective structures along Cauvery, Coleroon begins Strong effort: Work under way on building permanent protective structures along the right bank of the Cauvery at Vengur. TIRUCHI: The construction of permanent protective structures along the Cauvery and Coleroon rivers has begun as part of the Rs.253.71-crore flood …
KARUR: Safe disposal of sludge generated by the dyeing units in Karur district continues to be a problem as the Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility planned at Mathagiri village has not taken off despite getting all governmental clearance. There are hundreds of manual and machine bleaching and dyeing units in …
KARUR: Efforts are under way to make Karur district cent per cent literate. Part of the efforts is introduction of the 100-day literacy programme for women and girls, according to District Collector J. Umamaheswari. Participating at the anniversary celebrations of the Nerur Government Higher Secondary School coupled with the launch …
KARUR: A holistic approach to precision farming would help farmers produce world- class agricultural products by implementing recent technology to maximise the yield and get improved profits, according to Commissioner for Agriculture, S. Kosalaraman. Speaking after inspecting a field of paddy near Veerarakkiam raised under the System of Rice Intensification …
KARUR: The district administration curbed sand mining in the river Amaravathy. This comes on top of the directive of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that had ordained the Karur Collector to take a suitable action regarding to sand mining while disposing of a petition filed in public …
KARUR: Farmers in the pollution-hit Noyal river basin have urged the State Government to quickly disburse the compensation awarded to them by the Loss of Ecology Committee.
KARUR: Farmers and residents affected by industrial pollution bitterly complained about their plight when the members of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Committee on Public Sector Undertakings came visiting their localities in the district. The polluters have reduced to waste a whole river in Amaravathy whose water once had medicinal qualities …
This is a study of social mobility over 25 years in six villages in the former Tiruchirapalli district in Tamil Nadu. The two most important external drivers are local industrialisation and social policy in a broad sense. It is shown that the overall effect seems to be a centripetal tendency …
ON Inspection: Assembly Petitions Committee Chairman Kovai Thangam, and other members enquiring about facilities in GH in Karur on Thursday. KARUR: Assembly Petitions Committee has recommended construction of a bridge across the Amaravathy river at Pasupathypalayam in Karur in lieu of the existing causeway there, according to its chairman and …
The Rs.253-crore flood prevention project, to strengthen the bunds of the Cauvery, Coleroon and other rivers in Tiruchi, Karur and combined Perambalur districts, would be completed within two years, Public Works Department Minister Durai Murugan has said. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would lay the foundation stones for this and three …
INSPECTION: Transport Minister K.N. Nehru (right) and PWD Minister Durai Murugan near the site where the new Kattalai barrage will come up across the Cauvery at Mayanur in Karur district. The stage has been set for laying the foundation for Rs.700-crore worth of projects that will be executed by the …
A three-month-old boy, which was administered vaccine on Wednesday died on Saturday The child's parents alleged that death was due to vaccination while the Health Department declared it to be death due to diarrhoea. According to sources, the couple Suresh (24) and Sigamani (20) residing in Kammanallur area of Lalapet …
Tamil Nadu reels under a third successive year of drought, and the rural economy is fast drying up as a sixth straight crop failure stares farmers in the face. R. Maniam, who owns 3.5 acres (1.4 hectares) of land, is virtually in tears as he crushes a fistful of paddy …
