It said the order was only a knee-jerk reaction of the state to "appease" a section of public with vested interest Vedanta group's Sterlite Copper Wednesday told the Madras High Court that the Tamil Nadu government's closure order against its Tuticorin unit was nothing but "naked" discrimination. It said the …
The Nirmal Gram Puraskar was launched by Government of India in the year 2002 with the objective to promote rural sanitation, especially to eliminate the practice of open defecation and to reward PRIs ( Panchayat Raj Institution)Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zilla Panchayat), individuals and institutions for their sustained efforts towards achieving …
A small village called Thangammalpuram, in Vilathikulam Block, Tutucorin District received a national award recently from the President of India, Pratibha Patil, for attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools, Angawadis, etc., and for outstanding contribution in the promotion of rural sanitation for the year 2008. The award was received …
Nagercoil: A group of persons belonging to a non-governmental organization based at Nagercoil have designed a technology for the setting up of desalination plants in the coastal areas of the State particularly in Tuticorin, Ramanathapuram and Kanyakumari districts. According to Felix A. Rayan, a former United Nations Advisor on Development …
Special Correspondent CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone on February 9 for the Rs.369-crore project to interlink the Tamirabarani river with the Karumeniyar and Nambiar, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala told the Assembly on Wednesday. The project envisaged diversion of surplus water of the Tamirabarani to dry …
Tuticorin: A project on export-oriented marine value chain for farmed seafood production using Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) through rural entrepreneurship was sanctioned by National Agricultural Innovation Project. It would be done at a cost of Rs.264.89 lakh. Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) would be the Consortium Leader, Central …
Importance of maize as a food as well as fuel crop stressed Tuticorin: Training camps were conducted recently to inculcate the techniques of maize hybrid seed production among farm women in the villages Kalkumi, A.Kumarapuram of Vilathikulam block and Sankaralingapuram, Vembur of Pudhur block in Tuticorin district by the Agricultural …
The State will get 122 MW of power from a mega power project at Tuticorin at Rs.2.92 a unit, Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has said. The project, with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW, is being set up by Neyveli Lignite Corporation-Tamilnadu Power Limited, a joint venture of the Tamil …
Industries without a concern for the environment deteriorate the land, water and air in an area. When the industrial activity is located in the coastal zone the harm it causes to the varied components of the environment becomes irreparable. Unless the nature and consequences of pollution are understood properly and …
The Madras High Court has closed the writ petition filed by Sterlite Industries, following the permission granted by the Chief inspector of factories, Chennai, and the deputy inspector, Tirunelveli, to restart the factory's operations at Tuticorin. The committee which was appointed to investigate the causes for the explosion of the …
Tuticorin, a coastal district in southern Tamil Nadu, is a large hub for coal-based thermal energy generation with many more such projects in the pipeline. Currently there are 2 power stations commissioned so far. The Tuticorin Thermal Power Station being the largest of them all, as of now, produces power …
