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 …
The fine granite dust coming out of the burners of the quarry covered the entire area and even polluted drinking water in the village } VILLAGERS of Adanchan Kanmaipatti submitted a petition to the District Collector during the weekly grievances day on Monday, seeking closure of a PRP granite-quarrying unit …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: An allocation of Rs.53.25 lakh has been made under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to help 4,570 poor children in Madurai district through various intervention programmes this academic year. In the first phase, assisting devices costing Rs.5.19 lakh had been distributed to 668 differently-abled children at …
L. Srikrishna For firecracker unit accident that claimed 17 lives Cyclic effect would have caused explosion Factory has licence for storing explosives MADURAI: The firecracker unit accident that claimed the lives of 17 persons, including children, at Vadakampatti was more due to
Farmers demand release of water for irrigation THENI: Storage level in the Periyar dam crossed the minimum required level 112 feet to enable public works engineers to release water for irrigation here on Tuesday evening. Water level stood at 112.5 feet on Tuesday, thanks to a massive increase in inflow …
Madurai, May 25 The European Union and the Netherlands-based Oxfam-Novib in association with the Madurai-based DHAN Foundation will assist in the implementation of a project to develop water resources in the rural areas in five districts. The aim is to save and use the village tanks and ponds. Over three …
R. Sairam MADURAI: With the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance promising to expand its flagship programmes, implementation of projects such as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is expected to get a fillip. In Madurai district, the scheme, which guarantees 100 days of employment in a year for a household residing …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS Safai Karamchari Aandolan study in 8 districts shows practice continues; to knock court doors on Tuesday DESPITE the Madras High Court order on November 20, 2008 which called for the prohibition of entry of sanitary workers into the sewerage system, manual cleaners are being made to …
Melur, Five hundred and twenty trained bulls from Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Puthukottai and Tiruchy participated after being certified by a veterinarian FIFTY one people were injured in a jallikattu conducted during the Muppuli Ayyanarkoil temple festival at Sakkudi village in Madurai district on Sunday. Precautionary measures were taken by the …
GP Sunitha Madurai, The hilltop village has long been denied basic infrastructure like proper roads, provision stores or a post office UNHE A RD VOI C ES THE villagers of Malaiyur in Dindigul district are prepared to cast negative votes in the coming elections over the government
Field studies on floristic composition and ethnobotanical practices of the sacred groves of in and around Pallapatty village, Madurai district of Tamil Nadu were undertaken. A total of 133 plant species belonging to 113 genera distributed among 51 families were recorded. The mode of mythical and therapeutic uses and conservation …
Chandra Ranganathan & V Balasubramanian CHENNAI A GROUP of researchers at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) here are trying to come up with a unique index that will help gauge economic governance at the district level. The Economic Governance Index (EGI) will be initially formulated for Tamil …
AROUND 200 adolescent girls employed in a textile mill in the suburbs of Madurai are down with diarrhoea and vomiting on March 8 and many of them are still undergoing treatment in hospital. According to trade union sources, these girls were victims of the Sumangali Thittam, where young women are …
G P Sunitha| Madurai THE bio-diesel plant in Virudhunagar which has a capacity of producing two tonnes per day is all set to start its productiom from the first week of April, said Kanagaraj, managing director of All Human Integrated Meritorious Social Awareness (AHIMSA), an NGO, here on Monday . …
R. Sairam MADURAI: Huge mounds of garbage piled up in street corners have become an ubiquitous sight across the city, creating not just a sore sight but also a health hazard for people. Besides putting off foreign tourists, the piles of garbage have become a transit point for diseases from …
Special Correspondent MADURAI: Awards for drivers of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai division) for their contribution to fuel conservation were presented by Police Commissioner K. Nandabalan at the valedictory function of Road Safety Week celebration at K. Pudur on Wednesday. Mr. Nandabalan, in his address, spoke about the need …
MADURAI: The T. Kallupatti biomass power unit project is just one of the measures taken by the Commissionerate of Town Panchayats to promote green energy. Besides the four local bodies covered under the pilot project, two more biomass gasifier units are coming up in the Oddanchathram town panchayat in Dindigul …
R. Sairam MADURAI: T. Kallupatti, 50 km from here, may appear yet another sleepy small town in the State. But what is less known is that it is one of the four town panchayats identified for a pilot project for biomass power. At T. Kallupatti, 35 streetlights, seven sodium vapour …
Awareness programme: Jessie Jeyakaran, Member, International Zoo Educator Associaton, South Asia Network, left, at the biodiversity conservation programme. MADURAI: In the global movement towards conservation of biodiversity, the students of a Madurai school on Wednesday began to make a small contribution. An awareness programme was held by the Capron Hall …
L. Srikrishna ALL EYES ON AGRI-FRONT: Collector S. S.Jawahar giving away saplings raised at community nurseries to farmers at Pattinam village as part of the IAMWARM scheme. MADURAI: An World Bank assisted
