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 …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan and K.Lakshmi Testing stations proposed in Poondi, Red Hills, Porur, Pulicat Veeranam lake also to get similar facility Proposal for setting up 23 monitoring stations submitted to CPCB CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board plans to establish facilities to monitor the quality of water at waterbodies …
A.V. Ragunathan Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service provided the boards CUDDALORE: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation has been imparting training on a representative section of fishermen in the coastal villages in Cuddalore district on the importance and usage of the electronic display boards (EDB) set up for disseminating information …
Traditional farming knowledge on agroecosystem management promoted the low cost sustainable development in ecosystems through optimal use of natural resources. It protects and conserves ecological systems, and improving economic efficiency of the farming community. The coastal agroecosystem of Parangipettai (Portonovo) in Northeastern coastal Tamil Nadu is a typical agrisilvicultural zone …
A painting exhibition put up to mark World Water Day on Monday. CUDDALORE: If wastage of water continues, then by 2025, there will be acute scarcity of water, forcing people to stand in queue to get the rationed out water. These are ominous forebodings conveyed through the paintings by the …
CUDDALORE: A five-year research by marine biologists has now made it possible to breed marine ornamental fishes in hatcheries even using low saline estuarine water
Technology plays a crucial role in making banking services available to the rural poor. And banks are exploring options. To begin with, the Reserve Bank of India (rbi) has permitted banks to use intermediaries such as cooperatives or microfinance institutions to provide services in places banks cannot reach. These intermediaries, …
The set-up is straight out of a sci-fi movie. But its applications are for real disasters. Taking a cue from the tsunami that hit the Indian shores on December 26, 2004, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) virtually mapped Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu to study levels …
A.V.Ragunathan Sad sight: Dead fishes, swollen and deformed with rashes all over body, were washed ashore in Cuddalore on Tuesday. CUDDALORE: The six-km coastal stretch from Chithiraipettai to Rasapettai, near here, was found littered with dead fishes on Monday evening. Strong odour from the putrefying fishes prompted the Village Administrative …
A.V. Ragunathan Penniyar banks are getting spruced up for river festival on January 18 WAITING FOR D-DAY: The banks of Pennaiyar in Cuddalore readying for the January 18
This analysis of NREGA in Tamil Nadu shows many positive aspects of the program. Finds that Provision of job within the village is very much encouraging and the villagers consider NREGA as a boon for improving rural livelihood. Also points out few shortcomings and has suggested few changes desired in …
A.V. Ragunathan Paddy on 15,000 ha face threat of destruction CUDDALORE: The incessant rain that lashed Cuddalore district for the past four days has claimed three lives and rendered 57 villages, particularly those in the coastal areas, and samba paddy crops on 15,000 ha, vulnerable. Seventy-year-old Mayawati of Chitharasur in …
At the outset the District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Cuddalore welcomed the District Collector, officials from M/s.Tannex Power Generation Limited and the general public of the villages. Further District Collector briefed about the project and asked the project proponent to explain about the proposed project in detail. …
District Human Development Reports also shows slight improvement in life expectancy THE State Planning Commission on Wednesday released the District Human Development Reports (DHDRs), which show a marginal improvement in life expectancy and infant mortality rates. The study was conducted in five districts: Thiruvannamalai, Sivaganga, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Dindigul. Prof …
There is a marked fall in groundwater table Underground drainage project progressing slowly CUDDALORE: The Tamil Nadu Science Forum has voiced concern over the fast-depleting groundwater level in Cuddalore. At a district conference held here recently, the forum passed a resolution urging the authorities to take speedy measures to reverse …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it would pass orders in one week on an application by Chemplast Sanmar Limited seeking consent to operate its Cuddalore plant. In view of this submission by TNPCB counsel T. Harish Kumar, …
Creation of an integrated drainage facility suggested Authorities urged not to change alignment of proposed subway on Lawrence Road CUDDALORE: The Federation of All Residents
CUDDALORE: The State government has given sanction for the implementation of two comprehensive water projects at a cost of about Rs 20 crore in Parangipettai and Kumaratchi Panchayat Unions, and the Killai Town Panchayat, according to Rajendra Ratnoo, District Collector. Water would be drawn from the Kollidam for supply to …
CUDDALORE: The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation has voiced concern over indiscriminate dumping of chemical waste by unscrupulous tanker-lorry drivers in residential areas. In a representation addressed to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the Association
