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 …
NAGAPATTINAM: Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board is constructing 527 permanent houses at a cost of Rs.13.19 crore for tsunami-hit people of Keechankuppam coastal hamlet near here and it would be completed by end of March, said M.Jayaraman, Collector, here on Wednesday. The Collector, who along with officials of Slum Clearance …
Four years after the 2004 tsunami, a look at the reconstruction and rehabilitation work that has been carried out. Permanent houses for tsunami victims built by the Development Promotion Group (DPG), a Chennai-based NGO, at Vanavanmahadevi village in Nagapattinam district. UNTIL December 26, 2004,
People of Pillaiperumalnallur near Porayar in Nagapattinam district laid siege to a private oil exploration company on Monday in protest against the failure of the company management to keep to its promise to the locals in a land deal, leading to the arrest of about 75 of them. According to …
1.60 lakh children to be given the drops in Pudukottai NAGAPATTINAM: About 1.44 lakh children, below the age of five, in the district would be given polio drops during the Pulse Polio campaign to be held on December 21 and February 1. Collector M.Jayaraman, speaking at a coordination committee ahead …
CHENNAI: The CPI (M) on Tuesday made a strong case for effective implementation of the rainwater harvesting programme, a mega plan to desilt hundreds of lakes, including the Veeranam lake in Cuddalore, and drainage systems for Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur districts to prevent floods. Talking to reporters, the party
Usually we sees at least 5,000 outpatient cases daily but on Wednesday there have been less than 2,000, said a senior official at Kilpauk Hospital NORMAL life was thrown out of gear on Wednesday as the city went under a thick sheet of water following torrential rains, as cyclone
NAGAPATTINAM: Private initiatives in organic farming are the only option as the establishment was not yet sold on the wisdom of avoiding chemicals in agriculture, organic farmers opined at a meeting held here recently. Although there has been increased interest in organic farming, it is still restricted to some pockets, …
Yogesh Kabirdoss, Chennai: GLOBAL Positioning System (GPS) has come handy to study the movement of migratory birds in the State. Come December, the field station of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Mission, an NGO, which is engaged in natural conservation at Kodiakkkadu in Nagapatinam district, will start monitoring the movement …
Shyam Ranganathan, BREADWINNERS: NREGS has come as a boon to labourers, especially women. NAGAPATTINAM: With samba planting almost over in the district, villagers are turning back to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for income. Since rains are imminent, only some works like road laying and road strengthening are …
The hydrogeological environment in the Nagapattinam district has been subjected to pollution considerably. The eastern part of the district being tail end of the canal system, and due to inferior quality of ground water, the agricultural prosperity in the eastern part attained a set back. The agricultural lands are brought …
NAGAPATTINAM: A total of 96 villages in the district have received the Nirmal Gram Puraskar award for 2007-2008, Collector M. Jayaraman said in a press release on Thursday. He said that the villages that had received the award had implemented the measures under the Total Sanitation Campaign effectively, constructing toilets …
R.Rajaram FOREST MOVE: Teak trees planted along the banks of the Uyyakondan river in Tiruchi. Similar exercise will be undertaken on private lands. TIRUCHI: The Social Forestry Division, Tiruchi has commenced the work of planting teak and casuarina saplings in private lands belonging to farmers in Tiruchi and Nagapattinam districts …
CUDDALORE: The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) has been launched at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, near here. The project to be implemented with an outlay of Rs 7.32 crore has set the objective of providing sustainable livelihood to small and marginal farmers in the select disadvantaged districts. Vice-Chancellor M.Ramanathan said for …
Tiruchi Bureau "The basal fertilizer requirement for core delta districts is about 20,000 tonnes' TIRUCHI: Just as kuruvai cultivation is gaining momentum in delta districts, there have been widespread complaints of scarcity of fertilizers. Though the timely release of water has raised farmers' hopes, their biggest worry this season is …
Authors of a report (April 19) on post-tsunami shelter and settlement strategy of the Tamil Nadu government respond to a rejoinder by C V Sankar (May 17), officer on special duty for relief and rehabilitation.
Muniyamma, 30, and her family survived the tragic Boxing Day of 2004. But its aftermath has left her a widow and her four children fatherless. Her husband Pazhanivel, 38, immolated himself as the district administration tried to evict tsunami refugees from a temporary shelter in Kadambadi, near Nagapattinam. Having lost …
The tsunami relief effort was based on the recognition that out of disaster an opportunity can be created to rebuild, expand and improve upon services, correct imbalances and meet the needs of vulnerable groups. But in housing, this case study from Tamil Nadu shows that even three years after the …