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 …
College students, volunteers, environmental activists and Corporation sanitary workers came together to take up a cleaning drive aimed at making wards 1 to 6 in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikovil areas plastic-litter free under a ‘Masilla Tiruchi' (Clean Tiruchi) campaign organised under the auspices by the Environmental Protection Forum here on Friday. …
In an attempt to enhance green cover in the district, the Tiruchi Police have decided to plant 1,000 saplings on lands belonging to the department. The saplings would be planted in police stations, police quarters, Armed Reserve grounds and other police offices with a view to turning them as green …
Among the things that the AIADMK government headed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa can be proud of in the 100 days since it took power, are significant announcements in the health care sector: increased coverage under the health insurance scheme, a new multi-specialty hospital and a new medical college. Doing away …
9,834 hectares covered this year against normal area of about 6,500 hectares The area under kuruvai paddy in Tiruchi district has reached a 10-year high this season, thanks to the timely release of water and favourable conditions. According to sources in the Agriculture Department, kuruvai paddy has been raised in …
To train farmers in quality production; distribute seeds at 50 per cent subsidy The district has been sanctioned Rs.1.01 crore under the Seed Village Scheme during the current financial year for providing training to farmers in quality seed production and distribution of certified and foundation seeds to farmers at subsidised …
The district administration has urged beneficiaries of the Scheme for Artificial Recharge of Groundwater through dug wells in the district to establish rain water harvesting structures near their wells immediately and report compliance to the VAO. Failure to establish the structures would lead to recovery of financial assistance given to …
Much to the relief of Tiruverambur residents, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is on course to construct an underpass beneath the road over-bridge at a close distance from the entrance to the railway station, as part of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur four-lane project. According to official sources, the underpass will …
It shall provide an opportunity for multinational companies to monopolise TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi district unit of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India (CPI), has urged the State government to reject the Seeds Bill 2010 and the Tamil Agricultural Council Act 2009. In a representation …
We are so used to turning our eyes away when we see somebody defecating in the open that we fail to reflect on this widespread practice, prevalent much more in India than in other countries. It is not only visually disturbing but has hazardous implications for public health in our …
THANJAVUR: India would be affected severely due to climate change considering the high emission from industries, according to environment experts, said P. Devadas Manoharan, Vice Chancellor, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchi, here on Tuesday. The Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change has expressed concern over India's vulnerable position. After inaugurating …
TIRUCHI: Tamil Nadu is the most critically affected among the Southern States owing to over exploitation of ground water resource, observed D.S.C.Thambi, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, Chennai, here on Wednesday. Of the 385 blocks, over 142 blocks were over-exploited in the State. While the western parts of the …
KULITHALAI: The successful solid and liquid waste management model practised in Kulithalai with the support of stakeholders and voluntary organisations could be replicated by civic bodies in Nepal, said the visiting Director General, Department of Water and Sewerage, Gajendra Kumar Thakur, here on Wednesday. Speaking at the conclusion of a …
TIRUCHI: A large number of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) cadre, including women, participated in a day long fast in Thottiam town on Thursday to condemn the indiscriminate sand mining by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) members. The fast was also to condemn the frequent traffic jams and accidents …
TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi District Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association has urged the government to take steps to clear of silt and widen all the 17 irrigation canals in the Tiruchi region so as to ensure that water for irrigation reached the tail-end areas. The association also urged the government to …
TIRUCHI: The Green Tiruchi Movement launched by Project Greenhands, the environmental branch of Isha Foundation, here on Saturday envisages planting of 1 lakh saplings in the district over a decade in keeping with the Foundation's initiative to restore to Tamil Nadu 33 per cent of green cover at the earliest.
Exposed, untreated excrement can kill by the million. One of the hardest-won UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a 2015 target of halving the proportion of those without sustainable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Even if achieved, the target would still leave some 500 million on the …
T E Narasimhan / Chennai September 21, 2010, 0:23 IST A sizeable number of small and medium units in the leather industry in Tamil Nadu have closed shop. Regulatory issues such as environmental standards and a lack of tax incentives has hit the tanning industry in the major districts of …
Village nurses and sanitary inspectors assigned to monitor Health department launches a poster campaign to sensitise people to preventive measures Hospitals told to report cases of A (H1N1) flu, dengue, malaria and filariasis to health officials TIRUCHI: The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has launched a surveillance to …
