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 project in the KanyakumariMadurai belt, which has a large operational wind power capacity. Kolkata based engineering firm Techno Electric and Engineering Company has just commissioned a 15 MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu. The project has been set up under a wholly owned subsidiary, Simran Wind Projects, and …
Union Minister M K Alagiri on Sunday laid the foundation stone for a Rs 780-crore drinking water scheme in Madurai and said the welfare schemes launched by his father and CM M Karunanidhi will help DMK to retain power in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, due in May.
Thousands of hectares of land that had been lying idle for years in Tamil Nadu have been made cultivable through major interventions under watershed development project of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Being implemented in Tamil Nadu since 2001, around 160 watershed development projects are under way …
Scores of farmers and cadres of Communist Party of India (Marxist), including the party MLA K. Bala Bharathi, laid siege to the Tirumangalam taluk office protesting against acquisition of
MADURAI: Insurance coverage is meant to tide over unexpected loss. But, it seems that it does not work the desired way for the farmers who have sought crop insurance? The insurance premium paid also adds up to their loss, complain farmers criticising the norms of the National Agriculture Insurance scheme.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to promote its watershed projects as a livelihood option for landless farmers/labourers and women in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. It will organise a two-day residential workshop on January 20 and 21 at Theni in which non-governmental organisations partnering with NABARD …
Excessive extraction of sand from the basin of river Tamirabarani is affecting ground water table According to the directive of the Bench, each zonal panel will comprise a retired district judge, an environmentalist and a geologist THE Madurai Bench has named the chairman and members of the zonal monitoring committees …
The Central Government has sanctioned Rs. 5 crore to the country to be given as subsidy for establishing wind-solar hybrid power generation units during the financial years 2010
Further quarrying should not be allowed: panel MADURAI: A three-member commission appointed by the Madras High Court Bench here has concluded that excess sand quarrying on five sites along the stretch of Tamirabarani, the only perennial river of the State flowing through Tuticorin and Tirunelveli districts, has created an ecological …
R. Sairam Funding the project from its own resources, the Temple is doing its bit for a green environment at its farm PHOTO: S. JAMES LUSH: Newly created greenery around Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai. MADURAI: The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here is taking up a
R. Sairam Funding the project from its own resources, the Temple is doing its bit for a green environment at its farm PHOTO: S. JAMES LUSH: Newly created greenery around Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai. MADURAI: The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here is taking up a
Authorities of the Saraswathi Narayanan College in Madurai have been felling trees on the campus without obtaining permission from the govt, the petitioner saidTHE felling of trees in Saraswathi Narayanan College campus in Madurai was stayed by the Madurai Bench of the High Court.Krishnasamy, president of the Tamil Nadu Science …
R. Sairam MADURAI: Six major industries in southern districts of Tamil Nadu are planning to establish high-capacity solar power generating plants under a Central Government scheme.They have sent their applications to NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), the power trading arm of State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the designated …
R. Sairam Subsidy covers almost half the total cost for installing the power pack MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) is looking to promote the use of solar-powered inverters in homes for domestic consumption. A one kilowatt power pack, which would cost a total of Rs. 2.2 lakh …
University's research project to help electroplating units MADURAI: A project to find out a solution for wastewater treatment in electroplating industries has been sanctioned for Madurai Kamaraj University. The Department of Science and Technology has provided a grant of Rs.28 lakh for the project
The daily net ecosystem CO2 exchange, diurnal pattern of net CO2 exchange and ecosystem respiration of Cenchrus ciliaris grassland in semi-arid region were studied during July 2008
Mohamed Imranullah S. MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday restrained the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests from granting environmental clearance to a proposed distillery at Vadaseri in Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district. A Division Bench, comprising Justice F.M. …
Female infanticide has declined in Tamil Nadu, but there is still an alarming decline of child sex ratio in many districts. When Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and main opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which seldom see eye to eye on national and regional issues, joined other …
