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 Madras High Court in the matter of P L Ramaiah Vs The District Collector - Sivagangai District & Others dated 01/06/2018 regarding grant of permission and necessary protection for conducting the Jallikattu at Poolankurichi Village, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivagangai District on the eve of Sri Angala Parameswari, Sri …
Say mining permission was given to an individual despite their opposition About 100 villagers from Chinnareddipatti near Peraiyur thronged the Collectorate here on Monday demanding immediate cancellation of licence granted for quarrying sand from Periya Kanmoi (Muthu Ayyanar kanmoi), a tank in their village. The villagers, who brought bottles of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of SUO MOTO Vs. District Collector Sivagamgai and Others dated 26/04/2016 regarding drinking water pollution in Karaikudi Municipality, Tamil Nadu. In the complaint it is stated that in spite of regulatory orders issued by the District Collector in …
Madurai: An RTI query revealed misappropriation of lakhs of rupees from the fund earmarked for the Indira Gandhi Memorial Housing Scheme at Mela Nettur panchayat in Manamadurai union in Sivaganga district. The RTI application was filed by CPM member P Ayyankalai, a resident of Mela Nettur, on August 10 last …
The district administration has selected 38 village panchayats for implementation of Solid Waste Management programme. Announcing this here on Wednesday, Collector S. Malarvizhi said that the 38 panchayats were among the 2,000 panchayats selected across the State for implementation of the programme in the first phase. Under the scheme, one …
The district administration has selected 38 village panchayats for implementation of Solid Waste Management programme. Announcing this here on Wednesday, Collector S. Malarvizhi said that the 38 panchayats were among the 2,000 panchayats selected across the State for implementation of the programme in the first phase. Under the scheme, one …
Police opened fire in the air in self defence when illegal sand miners attacked a team led by Sub-Inspector, Muthukrishnan when they surrounded the lorries while red sand was being loaded on them at a village near Manamadurai in Sivaganga district today. Police said the SI, Muthukrishnan who was injured …
Influence of exotic plant invasions on the structure and functional attributes of native ecosystems has been extensively documented and debated. The complex interactions of invasive species with native ecosystems make invasion ecology an interesting and important area of research. Prosopis julifora native to south and central America was introdouced in …
Farmers in Sivaganga district have alleged that a graphite company in their area was polluting their fields and rendering them barren. A public hearing on the pollution caused by the company was convened by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control (TNPCB) board at the Sivaganga district collectorate on Thursday, in which …
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday ordered allocation of nearly Rs.100 crore to strengthen water resources across the State which include construction of a check dam at the cost of Rs. 35 crore across the Kosasthaliyar for storing the Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh for meeting Chennai’s water requirements. An official …
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced a slew of drinking water projects. According to a release, Rs 94.4 crore has been allotted to implement a project to provide water to people in 248 settlements in Kovilpatti, Kayathar, Ottapidaram, Vilathikulam and Pudur blocks in Tuticorin district. Another Rs 1.62 crore …
Moser Baer’s Rs. 100- crore 5-MW solar grid interactive photovoltaic (SPV) plant in Sivaganga has technology suited specifically for Indian climate Located in the hinterland is a project that proved to be a trump card for those advocating solar power as a solution to the power crisis in the State. …
Industries wonder whether TANGEDCO has a contingency plan in place With power generation from windmills steadily declining over the last few days, load shedding in southern districts has increased significantly. While the pattern of volatile wind production is a recurring one, industries say the difference this time is that wind …
Cheques to the value of Rs 2.08 crore were distributed to 89 villages in Sivaganga, Tiruppuvanam, Ilayankudi, S. Pudur and Kannangudi panchayat unions for undertaking poverty eradication programmes under the ‘Pudu Vazhvu’ scheme here on Thursday. Collector V. Rajaraman, who gave away the cheques to representatives of village poverty eradication …
With the objective of creating awareness on the safe use of electricity and promote the use of high standard electrical appliances, a human chain was formed from Tamukkam to Raja Muthiah Mandram here on Monday. Organised by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), Madurai Region, the event was part …
When the first flock of emus — flightless birds native to Australia — landed at Perundurai in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district in 2006, they drew the attention of only curious onlookers. Then they drew the attention of investors, enabling firms and businessmen offering schemes on the birds to rake in …
Tamil Nadu is repeatedly requesting the Centre to advise Kerala to conclude an agreement on sharing of the Neyyar river water and release it to the State, pending finalisation of the agreement, according to Public Works Minister K.V. Ramalingam. Apprising the Assembly on Friday of various steps taken by the …
Drinking water schemes seeking to serve 44.36 lakh people in eight districts will be implemented at a cost of over 1,500 crore in 2012-13, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P.Munusamy told the Assembly on Monday. Replying to the debate on the allocation for departments under him, the Minister …
Expressing dissatisfaction over the action taken so far by the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments on Mullaperiyar row, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Friday demanded that the ruling AIADMK immediately convene an all-party meet to show that all sections of society are united on the issue. “We should firmly announce …
Mullaiperiyar or Mullaperiyar? Where one stands on the dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala can be easily revealed by how the name is spelt. Here, “i” makes all the difference: a letter of the alphabet and also a pronoun that is a damning indicator of subjectivity — an absolute …
