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 Supreme Court in the matter of Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/03/2024. The matter related to 3009.84 acres of land situated at Vadipatti village and a part of the Sirumalai hills. Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam, a religious institution filed the …
Gender analysis along the agricultural value chain enhances our understanding about the roles performed by men and women in the value chain and in forward and backward linkages, their access to productive resources, opportunities available for valueaddition and benefit sharing, both as individuals and group enterprises. The gender roles in …
Madurai: Residents were urged to make environmental friendly products and adopt traditional practices to eradicate plastic during the special gram sabha meetings held in villages in the district. Special gram sabhas are organized in all local bodies compulsorily on the four public holidays, Republic Day, May 1, Independence Day and …
Madurai: Dengue prevention activities were carried out in Ponnagaram and Andalpuram in Madurai on Sunday, vessels in which water was not stored properly were emptied and fines were also imposed on some residents. Water was found stagnated in a syntax tank on the terrace of an office building in Ward …
Madurai city corporation on Thursday carried out dengue prevention measures in the Anupanadi Housing Board area. Corporation commissioner Aneesh Sekhar inspected the area and checked if mosquito breeding is present in any containers at households. Finding a larval growth in three newly constructed houses in the area, he slapped the …
Madurai: Tirunelveli district collector Sandeep Nanduri has said that college and school administrations should create awareness on dengue to prevent the spread of the disease. He was speaking at a dengue awareness campaign organised for schools and colleges, here on Wednesday. The collector said that though awareness sessions on this …
CHENNAI: Almost three years after picking IAS officer U Sagayam to head the one-man commission to investigate the alleged illegal granite mining scam in Madurai district, the Madras high court is set to wind up the commission proceedings by July 31. On Wednesday, the first bench of Chief Justice Indira …
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in its interim order has banned two soft drinks majors, Pepsi and Coca Cola, from drawing water from the Thamirabarani River for the purpose of producing commercial products like soft drinks or packaged drinking water. In his public interest litigation (PIL), …
CHENNAI: When the total value of India's granite exports over a period of 17 years worked out to a mere Rs 52,000 crore, how can the notional loss suffered by illegal granite mining in Madurai district alone would work out to Rs 1 lakh crore, an association of granite mining …
Say mining permission was given to an individual despite their opposition About 100 villagers from Chinnareddipatti near Peraiyur thronged the Collectorate here on Monday demanding immediate cancellation of licence granted for quarrying sand from Periya Kanmoi (Muthu Ayyanar kanmoi), a tank in their village. The villagers, who brought bottles of …
They threaten to boycott Assembly election More than 200 residents of villages in A. Mukkulam area laid siege to Tiruchuli Tahsildar’s office on Thursday, demanding closure of a bio-medical incinerator unit at A. Mukkulam as “pollution caused by its smoke had killed scores of people in the last six years”. …
Only 43 of the 89 government hospitals in southern Tamil Nadu use funds allocated for the government medical insurance scheme, while 25% funds allocated for development of these hospitals lie under-utilized. C Anandraj, a health rights activist and People's Watch, Tamil Nadu, which filed a RTI on the utility of …
The U Sagayam committee probing a multi-crore granite mining scam in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday submitted its report to the Madras high court. The report, which is said to be running into more than 600 pages with around 7,000 documents including 100 pictorial evidence, was submitted to …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests for suggesting that ozone depletion is an international issue and asked its officials to visit Meenakshi Temple in Madurai to learn that India was aware of the ozone layer more than 700 years ago. "Do you have any …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to plant about 20,000 saplings along the four-lane highways in the southern districts within two days and file a compliance report by Friday evening. A Division Bench of Justices R. Sudhakar and V.M. Velumani …
Exotic organisms introduced into non-native ecosystems may invade and affect the native biodiversity, which might lead to serious ecological, economic and sociological threats. Among the various pathways of introduction of non-native species, on-line pet trading is the most recently emerging method which facilitates rapid introduction of exotic species. Though on-line …
Nine town panchayats in the district are set to be turned into plastic-free zones from the morning of Independence Day, as part of a project that the district administration has been working on since August 1. From August 15, Paravai, Alanganallur, Vadipatti, Sholavandan, A Vallalapatti, Palamedu, T Kallupatti, Peraiyur and …
MADURAI: Situated next to the sprawling Madakulam village tank is Kovalimalai - a 1,500 feet tall hillock - with a temple of Goddess Kabaleeswari at the top. For villagers of Madakulam, the hillock and the temple are important places but they are worried that soil miners have been looting the …
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday appointed TSR Venkataramana as an advocate commissioner to inspect the alleged illegal sand quarrying activities in the Cauvery river in Trichy district. Justice S Vaidyanathan appointed the advocate commissioner on a petition filed by Musiri-based farmer S Narayanan. In …
Coming down heavily on the Kerala government for taking up a feasibility study for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar, the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday urged the central government to immediately step in and halt the process as it violates a Supreme Court order. The …
