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 Madras High Court on Monday gave the green signal for implementation of GAIL India Ltd.’s natural gas pipeline project which is to pass through seven districts in the State. Allowing a petition by the company challenging a State government’s letter of April this year, the First Bench, comprising Chief …
Observing that "there is overwhelming public interest in favour" of the natural gas pipline project of GAIL India Ltd, the Madras high court on Monday quashed a Tamil Nadu government order which put curbs on the public sector unit from implementing it. The first bench headed by Chief Justice Rajesh …
The Salem Citizens Forum (SCF) is in the process of launching a series of demonstrations and campaigns to emphasize on the need for conserving trees and to improve the green cover in Salem. “Trees are silent victims of development in cities. They are the first to be removed by the …
In yet another order that has taken on illegal sand mining, the National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Salem Collector to prevent the functioning of illegal brick kilns and excavation of sand in Eddapadi Taluk in the district. The order of interim injunction was passed on a petition filed …
A new climate change study released by Anna University predicts a 3.5 degree Celsius temperature rise in Tamil Nadu by the end of this century. Minimum increase in temperature will be about 3.1 degrees Celsius. It also says temperature will rise by one degree within 30 years and that sea …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notice to nine packaged drinking water units in the district asking them to stop production within seven days or face closure. This comes in the wake of the direction from the National Green Tribunal that ordered the closure of …
Following directives from the National Green Tribunal, officials from the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) have started taking samples from packaged drinking water units across the district. The team including T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and …
Residents of Jagir Ammapalayam on Tuesday submitted a petition to Salem Mayor S. Soundappan here on Tuesday. The petition said that they were residing in the area for more than 50 years and availability of drinking water continued to be a problem for many years. They alleged that an individual …
Condemning the dumping of garbage by Corporation vehicles in the open and demanding that garbage already dumped be removed immediately, residents of Chettichavadi blocked the road near the plant here on Wednesday. Every day about 150 tonnes of garbage collected from various wards are taken to the private-operated plant for …
Even while trade and industry have been demanding the reopening of the GAIL pipeline project, citing the energy needs of the region, farmers are united against its unilateral implementation in its present form. Bodies representing farmers in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts firmly believe that any …
At a time when crores of rupees are spent on better sanitation by building toilets in schools and public places, here is a public facility that remains idle even after its inauguration two years ago. Constructed under S. Semmalai’s Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme in 2010-11 at a …
It was restored by Salem Citizens Forum under public initiative Environmentalists here are waging a grim battle to keep the picturesque Mookaneri Lake alive. The Public Works Department’s (PWD) 39-acre water spread, resurrected in 2010 by Salem Citizens Forum at a cost of Rs. 87 lakh under the public initiative, …
Industrial units urged to establish solar energy projects to produce power to meet their industrial needs Speakers from expert fields highlighted issues that focused on solar energy and different types of energy savers at a seminar organised jointly by the German based FRIEDRICH-NARMANN- STIFTUNG and Salem District Small Scale and …
It uses coconut shells, husk, fibres, castor stalks and plant waste With power crisis crippling the State, educational institutions are looking at an alternative mode of sourcing electricity, so that the studies of the students are not affected during night hours. Recently, a biomass gasifier was installed at Golden Gates …
Officials told to expedite works to finish projects in time A three-member team from the World Bank inspected various works being carried out under the Underground Drainage (UGD) project, Mettur – Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme and Thirumanimutharu River project in the city on Tuesday. The team members Raghu Kesavan, …
As per the Land Acquisition Act, the government approval is necessary when the award sum exceeds a certain limit, the Madras High Court has said. In his order on a writ petition, Justice V. Dhanapalan said the very object of Section 11(1) of the Act was to get approval from …
This paper examines the emergence of specific commodity complexes and transactional forms in eight interior districts in Tamil Nadu focusing on gherkins, marigold, broiler, cotton and papaya. Their growing importance is a response to the structural changes in the larger economy and the contextual constraints on agriculture in the region. …
Team of unknown persons is conducting unauthorised raids A group of persons, which claims to be working under the direction of a Standing Committee of Chennai Corporation Council, has emerged as an obstacle to the campaign against the trade of illegal plastic bags. These persons, claiming to represent the Standing …
Environment Minister M.C. Sampath chaired a review meeting here on Saturday to discuss the pollution situation and steps to be taken to bring down pollution by industries. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials of Salem, Namakkal, Erode and Krishnagiri Districts along with Industries Minister P. Thangamani were also present. …
Mild tremors in parts of Salem, Dharmapuri and Erode districts triggered panic among residents in the wee hour of Thursday. While in Erode the tremors measuring 3.2 in the Richter scale were felt only in Umareddiyur, Ammapet and Nerinjipet, in Bhavani taluk for around three seconds in the wee hours …
