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 National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News item published in Newspaper The Times of India dated 07.03.2023 titled “Oil leaked in Tamil Nadu’s Nagai spreading along coast, say experts' dated 28/03/2023. The National Green Tribunal directed constitution of a joint committee to see whether any remedial …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Punganur Consumer Protection Council Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 01/07/2019 regarding encroachment on the Cauvery River and the River banks at Mayiladuthurai. The District collector, Nagapattinam was directed to submit a report within two months on the …
To set up plants totalling 3,440 MW in Neyveli, Thoothukudi; draws up ambitious plan for renewable energy NLC India Limited (NLCIL), which has shelved the seven-year-old 3,960 MW Sirkazhi thermal power project in Nagapattinam district, has assured the government that it will implement a couple of thermal power projects of …
More than 10,000 cases, 75 fever deaths reported; awareness campaign in schools, colleges being held As several fever deaths were reported over the past few days in the State, the government kicked off dengue prevention activities on Thursday to mark Anti-Dengue Day. So far, 10,392 cases of dengue and 75 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/S. Empee Power and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Vs Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 19/09/2016 regarding plan for a 1320 MW coal based Coastal Thermal Power Plant in 400 acres of land in Neithavasal Village, Sirkali …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Yes Yes Mineralas Vs The Director, IA- Division (Non Coal Mining) III, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 01/06/2016 regarding granting of mining lease to mine the minerals Garnet, Ilmenite and Zircon …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of S. Ali Hussain Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/02/2016. On 21-09-2015 NGT had directed the MoEF and CC to produce the entire documents related to 2×660 MW imported Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at …
Review meet takes stock of worksand water supply facilities Nagapattinam district has received Rs.1.76 crore allocation for 44 drinking water supply schemes in various blocks. While Nagapattinam block has received Rs.40 lakhs for over 10 drinking water supply works, Kollidam has received Rs.36 lakh for nine water supply schemes. Speaking …
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 …
New Delhi: The Union environment ministry has indicted ONGC for the oil spill that was reported off the Uran coast near Mumbai in October. It has asked the petroleum ministry to take action against those responsible for not adhering to crucial monitoring norms in the public sector oil major despite …
After a brief lull, quarrying of river sand commenced in five places on Monday, taking the total number of re-opened sand quarries to 12. On Wednesday last, seven quarries resumed operations. Of the 12 functioning quarries, five are on the Coleroon river (two each in Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts and …
Environmental clearances granted last year to Public Works Department for sand quarrying in 21 places on the river beds of Coleroon and Cauvery are now under the scrutiny of the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench here. Farmers associations such as Kollidam Aaru Pathukappu Nala Sangam and Somaswarapuram Vivsayikal Nala Pathukappu …
‘NLC poised to substantially increase power generation capacity’ The first unit of the 1,000-MW Tuticorin thermal power project (2x500 MW), now under construction, is likely to be commissioned in December 2013 and the second unit by March 2014. The project is being implemented through a joint venture company, NTPL (NLC- …
“There is no sand mining in the 20 mining points along the stretch of River Cauvery since Sunday as the flood has made sand mining impossible. While truckers stopped mining on Sunday, we also received direction from the Public Works Department officials asking us to stop mining till we receive …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing a water deficit of 11%, says a report. This is bad news, coming as it does at the beginning of a torrid summer. While the current total water demand in the state, for domestic, irrigation, livestock and industrial needs, is 1,867.85 tmcft (thousand million cubic …
Illegal sandmining, plotting out of agricultural lands, and allegations of departmental apathy ignited sparks at the farmers grievance meeting here on Thursday. Allegations against some panchayat presidents abetting transfer of cultivable lands to real estate was brought to the attention of the Collector T.Munusamy. Speaking of increase in the letting …
Relief to be disbursed immediately through PAC societies. Over one lakh samba farmers in the district will get relief to the tune of Rs.272.60 crore, said K.A. Jayapal, Minister for Fisheries. Speaking after distributing cheques to affected farmers at Sikkal on Monday, Mr. Jayapal spoke about Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s steps …
Fisheries Minister K. A. Jayapal launched the Solar Energy Peoples Movement to promote solar power-based activities in the district at a function here on Wednesday. The Minister said that the Chief Minister has a vision of developing Tamil Nadu as a world leader in solar energy and introduced Tamil Nadu …
The Centre should extend Rs. 1,000-crore aid to farmers of Tamil Nadu who have been facing an unprecedented drought in the wake of monsoon failure, P. Shanmugam, State general secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said. He told reporters here on Monday that nine farmers in various parts of the State …
Committee makes note of the “preparedness” shown by it The manner in which the State Government responded to the outbreak of dengue fever during the recent epidemic is a model that can be emulated elsewhere in the country, B.K. Tyagi, Director, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), here has …
