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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Concern over mass felling of trees

TIRUCHI: The Tiruchirapalli District Exnora has expressed anguish and concern over the indiscriminate cutting of age-old trees in the city as part of the encroachment-eviction drive and widening of roads to ease congestion. In a letter to the Corporation Commissioner, forum's secretary C Balasubramanian said the Tiruchi District Exnora had …

Diarrhoea claims five lives in State

FIVE persons, two at Yervadi in Tirunelveli district and three at Musiri in Tiruchi distrcit, died of of diarrhoea on Thursday. At T Pettai Union of Musiri taluk, three persons, including a 18-month-old baby, died and more than a hundred villagers took ill following symptoms of diarrhoea in T Pettai …

Pollution check for Uyyakondan channel

Not potable:C. Masilamani, district secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, showing a bottle containing polluted water at the farmers' grievance day meeting in Tiruchi on Friday. TIRUCHI: Collector T. Soundiah directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials to check pollution of water supplied through the Uyyakondan channel for irrigation. Presiding …

Pee for plants

On the outskirts of Kathmandu, Siddhipur village has rediscovered the value of urine. More than 100 toilets in the village divert urine to farms, where it is used as fertilizer. It is not a new practice, though. The village was recycling urine before modern fertilizers were introduced. “In the past, …

Eight lakh saplings to be planted in private lands

R. Rajaram In Tiruchi, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur TIRUCHI: The Forest Department will plant eight lakh saplings in private lands in various forest divisions falling within the Tiruchi Circle under the Tree Cultivation in Private Lands Scheme (TCPL) in the current financial year with a view to enhancing tree …

Drinking water augmentation project inspected

For equitable distribution:The Assistant Vice-President of Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited Rajendran (third from left) and Corporation Commissioner T.T. Balsamy (left) inspecting the drinking water augmentation project at Melur in Tiruchi. TIRUCHI: The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) Assistant Vice President Rajendran and Corporation Commissioner …

CFLs for railway quarters to save energy

TIRUCHI: In an effort to save electrical energy, the Railway Board has initiated free distribution of 14 watts / 20 watts compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to replace 60 watts / 100 watts incandescent (IC) lamps in all railway quarters under the

Industrialists learn CSR strategies at meet

BRIDGING DIVIDE: C.K. Ranganathan, Chairman, CII, Tamil Nadu, speaking at a panel discussion on

Tiruchi Corporation to go in for scientific closure of garbage

S.Ganesan The disposal method was successful in Coimbatore Corporation Health hazard:Mounds of solid waste at the garbage dump at Ariyamangalam in Tiruchi. TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi Corporation has decided to go in for

Five-day programme organised on techniques to ensure seed quality

TIRUCHI: The Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute (AEC and RI), Kumulur of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University organised a five-day national training programme on pre and post harvest management techniques for seed quality assurance recently. K. Ramamoorthy, special officer (seeds), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, inaugurated programme and released the …

Panchayats should start work under NREGS

TIRUCHI: All village panchayats in the district should start the works sanctioned under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme within a week, Collector T. Soundiah has said. Speaking at special review meetings to discuss the implementation of the scheme with village panchayat presidents of the district over the …

Filariasis medicines to be distributed

TIRUCHI: An estimated 21.67 lakh people in Tiruchi district were targeted for coverage under a mass drug administration programme on February 28 as part of the lymphatic filariasis control measure. Di-ethyl carbamazine citrate (DEC) tablets would be distributed door-to-door through volunteers during the day. The programme is being conducted in …

Water-soluble fertilizer introduced in market

suitable for saline soils: Fertilizer bags being unloaded from a goods wagon at the yard in Tiruchi on Saturday. TIRUCHI: The Indian Farmers

Panel to recommend confining NREGS to non-farming season

TIRUCHI: The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee formed to monitor implementation of Central government schemes will recommend to the Union government that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) should be implemented during the non-agricultural season in Tiruchi district, D. Napoleon, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and …

Road improvement work in reserve forests begins

R. Rajaram TIRUCHI: Forest Department has embarked on the task of improving roads within Reserve Forests (RF) across the State with a view to providing linkages among remote villages on the fringes. The project also includes works on strengthening connectivity of roads running through the RFs in order to make …

Paddy crop hit by diseases in parts of Tiruchi

S. Ganesan No cause for alarm, says Joint Director of Agriculture TIRUCHI: Most parts of Tiruchi district, including the city, continued to receive moderate rainfall on Thursday. Though rainfall has not affected standing crop in the district, incidence of diseases have been noticed in paddy crop in some parts of …

Social audit committees to be formed to monitor NREGS

TIRUCHI: Social audit committees will be formed in all the village panchayats in the district to monitor and carry out social audits of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(NREGS). Disclosing this at a consultative meeting with district officials on constituting the committees here on Wednesday, T. Soundiah, Collector, said the …

Tiruchy rly HQ gets five star status from BEE

Greeshma Gopal Giri It is the first time in the history of Indian rlys that its buildings are given star status for energy conservation } THE Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has accorded star status to two buildings under the Southern Railway for energy efficiency. The BEE has conferred a …

Forest Department earns Rs. 1.4 crore from auction

R. Rajaram 5,800 tonnes of babul and prosopsis firewood auctioned TIRUCHI: The Forest Department earned over Rs. 1 crore as revenue through open auction of plantations of

Research centre for alternatives to animal use opened

TIRUCHI: The Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Centre for Alternatives to Animal Use in Life Science Education was opened at Bharathidasan University here on Friday to mark the 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Centre, , the first of its kind in Asia and a joint endeavour of the university, the Chennai-based …

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