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 …
A tremor of light intensity was experienced in parts of Tamil Nadu, but there were no reports of any casualty or damage, Met officials said today. The tremor, measuring 3.3 on Richter scale, was experienced for a few seconds in some parts of Salem and Dharmapuri districts around 11.20 last …
Air quality too, to be monitored at five spots, during Deepavali It’s a busy time of year for officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A week head of Deepavali, they have begun measuring levels of noise and ambient air quality at five places in the city. Monitoring stations …
Says immersion of Vinayaka idols has polluted the Mookeneri Lake Taking moral responsibility that he was not able to save the picturesque Mookeneri Lake, here, from a bunch of polluters, who immersed idols of Lord Vinayaka, made of plaster of Paris and toxic dyes in it, a Salem-based environmentalist V. …
A total of 192 star tortoises that were seized while being smuggled out of the country have found a new home in the Sathyamangalam forests. A total of 497 tortoises were confiscated in different incidents and handed over to Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur near Chennai for rehabilitation. The …
The State Government has sought a detailed Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on the pollution allegedly caused by various chemical industries to water bodies including River Cauvery, and villages and hamlets in and around Mettur. In response to the Madras High Court’s direction, …
Social activists have urged the State government to order a detailed investigation into the “vanishing hills and hillocks and pristine waterbodies” of Salem district, which fall prey to mindless and illegal mining for commercial purposes. Saying that the loss to the State exchequer would run to Rs.1000 crore, members of …
A gang on Wednesday allegedly threatened and abused a group of activists and farmers campaigning against chemical industries causing pollution in the Cauvery, in hamlets around Gonur village at Mettur. The activists have been campaigning since August 13 to urge the residents of Gonur, where the chemical factories are located, …
For the first time in the State, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), work is on to interlink 49 lakes in the district to reduce persistent water shortage and remove the imbalance in water availability. Traditional water bodies in 16 village panchayats in the district have …
Pamphlets with details on anti-larval operations distributed To create awareness on chikungunya, health officials on Monday carried out door-to-door campaign, conducted fogging operations and distributed pamphlets at Achankuttapatti in Ayothiyapattinam block, near Salem. Of the total 350 families with 1,540 persons in Adi Dravidar Colony, over 300 were suffering from …
To harvest rainwater, 150 check dams would be constructed in the district, Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edapadi K. Palaniswami said here on Sunday. Inaugurating the newly-constructed Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society at Rs. 17.07 lakh in Vellalapatti in Omalur taluk, Mr. Palaniswami said that preserving rainwater would enable …
The farmers of Salem district have urged the State and Central governments to provide them ‘adequate’ compensation since they fear that farming activities would come to a standstill in their lands once the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) completes the ambitious Kochin – Bangalore natural gas pipeline project. Of …
Corporates and citizens come together to segregate and recycle waste Smoking mountains of garbage are the new normal for India’s urban sprawls, sticking out like dirty reminders of a consumption culture gone awry. But from amidst the stink, hope of a cleaner future is sprouting in the southern states. The …
The Federation of Cuddalore District Farmers' Associations has appealed to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to put in place permanent flood control measures in Cuddalore district. In a representation, Federation secretary Karmangudi S. Venkatesan said Cuddalore district, by virtue of its geographical location, was acting as a drainage point for rainwater run-off …
Several farmers here are up in arms against the proposed Gas Authority of India Ltd project to lay a pipeline from Kochi to Bangalore via Erode district for transporting gas. They have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government and the Gas Authority of India Ltd not to go ahead with …
Drive begins in Salem; continues in Namakkal. Three dyeing units in Salem were demolished by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and Revenue officials on Thursday. TNPCB officials said that based on information that unauthorised units were functioning in Sevapet, Neikkarapatti and Uthama Solapuram, officials raided the units and found …
Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL) is aiming to ready its petroleum refinery project in northeastern Tamil Nadu by this year-end, with an additional investment of Rs 12,000 crore. NOCL, along with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, is setting up the Rs 7,160-crore project with an annual capacity of six million …
SALEM: The Salem district administration has undertaken an ambitious drive to make Yercaud free from plastics waste. As a prelude to it, the administration in association with Lions Club International District 324 B2 had launched the plastics-free campaign at the foot hills by distributing pamphlets and handbills asking the people …
The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department is concerned at the reported arrangements being made by the Karnataka government to draw the Cauvery water for a drinking water project at a point 30 km downstream the Hogenakkal falls but within Karnataka limits. The drawal point is 25 km upstream the Stanley …
