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 …
R. Rajaram GREEN COVER: A teak sapling planted in Bharathidasan University campus in Tiruchi. TIRUCHI: Revenue Department has identified over 1,000 hectares of lands in the district to enable Forest Department undertake planting of saplings under the Central Government
S. Ganesan Spoilsport: An open drain flowing into the Uyyakondan near Palakkarai in Tiruchi. TIRUCHI: The Rs.253.71-crore flood control project has thrown up an opportunity for the Corporation to clean up the Uyyakondan River, which is fast turning into Tiruchi
Tiruchy, NEARLY 160 persons were injured in a jallikattu held at Narthamalai in Pudukkottai district on Sunday. Ten police personnel, including Balasubramanian, DIG of Tiruchy range and two policewomen were injured in a clash between the police and the spectators and a lathi-charge that followed to control the crowd. Narthamalai …
World Bank team discusses communication strategies for National Urban Sanitation Policy implementation For a cleaner environs: World Bank team interacting with slum dwellers at Kalmanthai in Tiruchi on Thursday. TIRUCHI: A two-member team from the World Bank was on a visit to the city on Thursday to interact with stakeholders …
TIRUCHI: The Campaign for Rights to Employment has urged the Government to do away with the norm of providing job to only one eligible person from each family for 100 days in a year under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), and instead come forward to provide employment to …
S. Ganesan Work on protective structures along Cauvery, Coleroon begins Strong effort: Work under way on building permanent protective structures along the right bank of the Cauvery at Vengur. TIRUCHI: The construction of permanent protective structures along the Cauvery and Coleroon rivers has begun as part of the Rs.253.71-crore flood …
TIRUCHI: The Forest Department has incorporated additional requirements in the comprehensive master plan chalked out for the proposed zoological park at M. R. Palayam Reserve Forest, a few km from the city. The department has included in the master plan, which has been forwarded to the State government, a disaster …
TIRUCHI: Chemistry students have a vital role to play in popularising the use of bio-pesticides and bio-fertilisers among the farming community, G. Jegannathan, Member, Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, said on Friday. In his key note address on
TIRUCHI: In an innovative attempt at improving sanitation and overcoming infrastructure constraints in railway stations, the Tiruchi Railway Division has taken up a pilot project to try out portable toilets. Two portable toilets, one each for men and women, have been installed at the Srirangam Railway Station. Such toilets were …
TIRUCHI: The State Forest Commission held a consultative workshop with the stake holders here on Friday on various aspects connected with promoting sustainable forest management and ways to enhance tree cover. The Commission
TIRUCHI: A Rs.70-crore-integrated solid waste management programme has been planned for the Tiruchi Corporation and the Municipalities of Manapparai, Thuvakudi and Kulithalai. A detailed project report (DPR) has been prepared by Community Consulting India Private Ltd, a consultant commissioned by the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd (TNUIFSL). TNUIFSL …
TIRUCHI: To solve the twin problems of rapid deterioration in the quality of drinking water and alarmingly high rate of decline in the per capita availability, a holistic and integrated sustainable sanitation approach was advocated by representatives from 20 states at the national level training program on ecological sanitation here …
TIRUCHI: The importance of efficient energy management by creating awareness among the student community was highlighted by the speakers at a seminar on
TIRUCHI: A huge volume of banned plastic cups and bags, below the thickness of 20 microns, was seized during a special drive conducted by the Corporation officials over the past two days in the city. The Corporation has banned the use, sale and manufacture of plastic products below the thickness …
TIRUCHI: The need for scaling up of sustainable sanitation model to all parts of the country was stressed by Prakash Kumar, SEI-UNICEF Ecosan Consultant, New Delhi. Excellent beginning Delivering the key note address at the three-day national level training programme for officials of Water Supply and Sanitation Departments here on …
TIRUCHI: Town panchayats and other urban local bodies should take to ecological sanitation models in a big way to overcome their problems in solid and liquid waste management, said T. Soundiah, Collector, here on Wednesday. Local bodies should support the ventures taken up voluntary organisations, such as the Ecosan community …
