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 …
Two months ago, residents of Thervoy Kandigai in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu were set to take forward the fight to save their land. Despite their opposition, the environment ministry in August this year had given clearance to an industrial park near the village. The residents decided to challenge the …
Autorickshaws predictably made the most of the weather, demanding `200 to ply from T Nagar to Royapettah. No amount of haggling helped -- Resident of Royapettah Threat of flood looms following discharge from overflowing lakes; 300 families from some villages in Tiruvallur district evacuated; Kaavanur, Sirugalathur, Kundrathur, Thirumudivakkam and parts …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS CHEWING tobacco is no better than smoking when it comes to the ill health effects. But a research done on 65,000 persons in the districts of Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram has revealed that more than 12 per cent of those studied, above the age group of 20, …
Sharadha Narayanan | ENS Only seven of the total 13,702 tanks fenced; 4,695 yet to cross survery stage; 1,978 tenements on water bodies in Chennai alone FIVE years after the Madras High Court ordered that all encroachments to water bodies in the State be cleared, the Public Works Department (PWD) …
THE Hindustan Coca Cola beverages limited is planning to go water neutral by next year, according to Ajith Jha, Vice President-Corporate Affairs of the company.
Letter to M/s Tamil Nadu Electricity Board from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Terms of Reference (TOR) of 2x800 MW Super-critical Technology Coal Based Thermal Power Plant of at village village Vayalur, in Ambathur Taluk, in Thiruvallur Distt., in Tamil Nadu dated August 11, 2010.
Pulicat lake, the country's second largest brackish water ecosystem after Chilka in Orissa, is facing an ecological crisis with its area shrinking and fish dwindling due to silting and indiscriminate fishing, a study has found. The lake in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district is home to 160 different fish species and …
Sangeetha Neeraja SCREAMS of disapproval and disappointment filled the air at Thervoy Kandigai village in Gummidipoondi taluk of Tiruvallur district, as around 1,000 people gathered on Friday to protest the proposed SIPCOT Industrial Park. The protest was registered in a public hearing in their village. The public hearing was organised …
The Bench also indicated the importance of public hearing CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed a panchayat and five municipalities to approach the Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (EIAA) with full particulars of the proposed common Solid Waste Management Plant (SWMP) in Kuthambakkam village of Tiruvallur district. A Division …
Virudhunagar worst hit; funds for other districts after getting report CHENNAI: The government on Thursday sanctioned Rs. 18 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund to overcome the drinking water shortage in 10 districts. Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Villupuram, Krishnagiri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Dindigul and Namakkal districts will be benefited. Making a …
Farmers in Ikkadu and Kambathur blocks in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea FARMERS who have cultivated pulse crops like greengram and blackgram in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea, whose caterpillar eats away the leaves …
B. Kolappan Tiruvallur: For around five hours on Thursday, Sanjay Kumar, one of the members of the three-member team sent by the Survey of India, walked across hundreds of acres at Kaverirajapuram in Tiruvallur district as part of efforts to map the area. The team has been sent in the …
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 …
V Gangadharan | IN a welcome move, the farmers of Tiruvallur district will maintain lakes and tanks themselves for irrigation purposes henceforth. To facilitate this, water users associations (WUAs) have been for med for the first time in the district. The initiative is part of the World Bank-aided Irrigated Agriculture …
B. Kolappan Tiruvallur: Over a hundred members of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were arrested on Tuesday when they defied a ban and held a demonstration demanding an inquiry into alleged land-grabbing at Kaverirajapuram in Tiruvallur by politicians, officials and Chief Justice of …
N. Anand Details will be announced in National Solar Mission SOLAR POWER: Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, inaugurating WinWinD
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has said that no dumping of garbage on a 67-acre grazing land at Kuthambakkam in Tiruvallur district, about 40 km from here, will be permitted, until further orders. Passing interim orders on public interest litigation petitions challenging the government
K.Lakshmi They will prevent surplus water draining into sea Water Resources Department officials inspect one of the recharge structures being built at the Thiruninravur tank. CHENNAI: Residents in and around Thiruninravur may escape inundation this monsoon as artificial recharge structures are being constructed in the Thiruninravur tank to harness surplus …
