The Madras High Court directed the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to pay compensation at the rate of Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers whose standing crops were damaged during Paravanar Canal Diversion activities at Valayamadevi in Cuddalore district. The District Collector, Cuddalore District filed counter affidavit stating that standing crops in …
One recurrent complaint that emerged during a recent public hearing of the NCPCR was the poor state of infrastructure in schools and hostels in the hinterland. A study of about 50 panchayat schools brought out by People’s Watch in 10 districts served as a sample. Activists deposed that majority of …
Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has redoubled the efforts to transform Cuddalore into a “zero-waste” district before January 2013. He has started propagating the message in all the panchayats, town panchayats and municipalities. Addressing the meeting of the panchayat presidents and representatives of the Self-Help Groups at Panruti near here on Tuesday, …
Over 1.14 lakh get degrees at the 80th convocation of Annamalai University On the occasion of the 80th annual convocation of Annamalai University on Thursday, M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, asked the university to promote seawater farming. Delivering the convocation address, Mr. Swaminathan said the founders …
The Tamil Nadu Government would construct one lakh concrete houses for the people in Cuddalore and Viluppuram districts, hit badly by cyclone Thane last year. Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today announced allocation of Rs 1,000 crore for the project under which 90,000 houses would be constructed in Cuddalore and 10,000 …
Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has urged private hospitals and clinics to adopt appropriate medical waste management system, failing which they will face penal action. At a review meeting held here on Tuesday, he told medical officers that they should keep a tab on waste disposal from private hospitals and clinics. If …
Failure of the monsoons has wreaked havoc in the lives of farmers in the Cauvery delta It is almost mid-day, and the sun is harsh. But that does not deter Kaliaperumal of Melamanganallur, who is waiting to be picked up for daily wage labour under the NREGA scheme. The village …
The Tamil Nadu tourism department is implementing a Rs 450-crore project along with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In the first phase, the department would take up the East Coast circuit followed by the Southern circuit. The main focus will be on improving infrastructure and safety. The first meeting of …
The Kollidam Keezhanai Paasana Vivasayigal Sangam has urged MPs of all parties in Tamil Nadu to call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and impress upon him the need for getting the State’s due share of Cauvery water for the current crop season. The Sangam, at a meeting convened at Kumaratchi …
It is up to Puducherry government to resolve the issues: Narayanasamy The East Coast Rail project was fraught with land acquisition issues and resolving them rested solely with the Puducherry government, said V.Narayanasamy, Union Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Parliamentary Affairs, and Pensions, here at the flagging off …
Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took additional charge of the finance ministry and called for the need to revive the economy by reversing the ‘climate of pessimism,’ the government took a series of ‘feel good’ policy decisions. The Union Cabinet and Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), in their …
Project to come up at Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts, supporting infra to cost Rs 13,000cr The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the proposal of the Government of Tamil Nadu to set up a Petroleum Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR). The region is expected to attract an investment …
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 …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended clearance to a 3,600 MW project of IL&FS; Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, ordering a cumulative impact assessment before the clearance is reactivated even though the laws do not require such a study. In another decision that will …
It asks company to carry out a fresh cumulative assessment study The National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has suspended the environment clearance (EC) granted by Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the proposed coal-based thermal power plant of IL& FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd in Cuddalore …
West Bengal has the highest number of red category industries causing high pollution, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, while 43 industrial clusters have been identified as “critically polluted”, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, said during Question Hour …
CHENNAI: PWD Minister K V Ramalingam on Thursday said that as per the existing agreement, Karnataka could not construct a new dam across Thenpennai river without the consent of the Tamil Nadu Government. Replying to an issue raised by the Congress, CPI and CPM in this regard in the State …
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 …
Many air pollutants emitted by industries are site specific. Methyl mercaptan is one such site specific air pollutant suspected in the neighbourhood of SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
Project management unit to have 4 separate wings A separate mechanism has been created with headquarters in Cuddalore for monitoring and management of rehabilitation projects in cyclone ‘Thane' affected areas. K. Veera Raghava Rao, Additional Collector, took charge as Project Director (Thane Rehabilitation), in the presence of Collector Rajendra Ratnoo, …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is not a stumbling block to development works or projects. It is only discharging its duties in protecting the environment, Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jayanthi Natarajan said here on Thursday. The Minister told reporters on the sidelines of a Tree Growers' …
