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 …
Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has issued advisory to all the states regulating movement of people inside the forests. Surprisingly, despite existing laws in place against trespassing in forests, MoEFCC directions on April 20 come only after an application filed before the National Green Tribunal …
Calls for penal action against members of appraisal committee Poovulagin Nanbargal, an environmental group, has moved the National Green Tribunal’s principal bench in New Delhi, challenging the environmental clearance granted to the neutrino observatory project in Theni district. The appeal also sought direct penal action against members of the Expert …
CHENNAI: In a bid to sustain pressure on the Centre over setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), opposition parties led by the DMK, at an all-party meeting in Chennai on Sunday, resolved to call for a statewide bandh on April 5. The parties, which decided to block trains on …
In a major development, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project which suffered multiple delays for over a decade, was granted environment clearance by (EC) the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday to set up the lab in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district weeks after the recommendation of the Expert Appraisal Committee …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Now with the approval from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) project at Bodhi West Hills, Theni in the Kerala-Tamilnadu border, the project leaders are awaiting the state level clearances indicating that it is a basic science project to unravel the mystery …
The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project, which has remained a non-starter for over a decade after suffering multiple delays, is finally set to take off as the Expert Appraisal Committee (Infra-2) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has recommended the project for grant of environmental …
MADURAI: Two groups of 37 trekkers, including 26 women and three children, got trapped in a forest fire in the Kurangani hills near Bodi in Theni district on Sunday. Preliminary reports said five of them are dead and some are missing. However, the Theni administration has ruled out any deaths …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Vivasayam Mattrum Suttrusoozhal Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 06/07/2017 regarding pollution caused by a dyeing unit, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. The applicant which is a Registered Society consisting farmers of of Eluvanampatti Panchayat, Kottarpatti …
State-run hydro power giant NHPC has awarded an order of Rs 287.48 crore for setting up 50 MW solar power capacities at Theni and Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu to Larson and Tubro Ltd. "An EPC contract for the development of 50 MW Solar PV grid connected project located at …
The much delayed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), the country's most ambitious basic science project, may shift to Andhra Pradesh from Tamil Nadu as the state is showing no interest along with the strong opposition from environmental groups. Andra Pradesh government, on the other hand, seems to be keen on the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M. Saravanan Vs Government of Tamil Nadu - Environment and Forest Department dated 01/09/2016 regarding widening a stretch of 35 km road adjoining the Megamalai Reserved Forest in Theni district, Tamil Nadu. National Green Tribunal in its …
The study examines the distribution and factors regulating the sloth bear in a fragmented hills of Meghamalai in Western Ghats through occupancy framework. Indirect evidences were sought over 133 grids of 4 sq. km size between December 2011 and December 2012. Indirect evidences were recorded in 58 of 133 sampled …
Coming down heavily on the Kerala government for taking up a feasibility study for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar, the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday urged the central government to immediately step in and halt the process as it violates a Supreme Court order. The …
The Indian based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project director Naba K Mondal says the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified Pottipuram, Theni district as the place for the project only after detailed assessment of geology and seismicity of the area. He dismissed the MDMK leader Vaiko’s claim that the project …
Madura: Noted social activist Medha Patkar today joined hands with MDMK leader Vaiko to oppose the proposed neutrino observatory project in Theni district, claiming that it would cause large-scale environmental damages. "Nature will suffer major damages if India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is set up. Radiation from it will affect people …
In "Tunnel Vision blocks neutrino lab progress" (Feb 23), T Jayaraman, a physicist by training and professor at the school of habitat studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, said opposition to the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Theni has no scientific basis. He denied that the project that will …
Solar energy is conquering more territories with increasing industrial application. In Theni district, it has become popular among dhal mills. Besides conserving considerable fossil fuel, solar heating used in the processing of dhal also helps to keep the environment around the Western Ghats clean. Solar heat processor developed by Planters’ …
Tiger Reserve To Include 2 Sanctuaries If all goes well, Tamil Nadu will soon get its fifth tiger reserve that will include the Megamalai wildlife and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel sanctuaries and Varushanadu Valley in Theni district. While the proposal was made by the previous UPA regime, the NDA government …
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) has recommended the expansion of Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Theni district to boost conservation in the southern Western Ghats. After conducting studies on distribution, abundance and conservation of primates and mammals in the Meghamalai landscape for sixty years, the SACON scientists …
In the last two years, wind mills of a mere 282 MW were commissioned Is the end of Tamil Nadu’s wind power “growth story” in sight? In a State that witnessed an unprecedented growth in the sector of wind energy not long ago, capacity addition during the just-concluded financial year …
