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 …
Streets in Tamil Nadu are set to glow with LED luminaires as part of a sustainable development programme. Over 10 urban local bodies, including Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Coimbatore, Tuticorin, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, Vellore, Madurai and Tirunelveli, will replace around 2 lakh 40W fluorescent tube lights with LED luminaires. Through the initiative …
Perturbed by the environmental pollution being caused by a prawn farming company at Kalaignanapuram, villagers of Thulukanakulam and Kalaignanapuram under Vaipar panchayat limits, have sought the intervention of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials stationed in Tuticorin to initiate action against the company. The agitating villagers, who approached …
1,92,306 farmers have been identified for this programme With the launch of the Farm Crop Management System in Tuticorin, as many as 1, 92, 306 progressive farmers have been identified across the district to benefit from this new initiative, according to Joint Director of Agriculture, N.K. Dhakshinamoorthy. The programme was …
The report stated the allegation made by the complainant was filed with a wrong motive, envy and vindictive and far away from the truth The Indian Bureau of Mines, which works under the Ministry of Mines, said it had found no evidence in the alleged illegal mining of atomic minerals …
The Madras High Court bench here on Tuesday directed the Tuticorin police to file a counter-affidavit to a petition filed by the Human Rights Protection Centre (HRPC), Tuticorin district, seeking permission to organise a rally and a public meeting at Tuticorin on October 12 to highlight illegal garnet quarrying in …
In what could be seen as a stern warning against those indulging in illegal sand quarrying, the Tamil Nadu has government detained 18 people under the stringent Goondas Act in the last one year. A submission to this effect was made before the main bench of the National Green Tribunal …
Probe to look into alleged irregularities in 71 mineral quarries in the southern districts. Moments after receiving an enquiry report on alleged illicit mining of beach minerals in six lease areas of the Tuticorin district, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday ordered yet another probe into the functioning of garnet, ilmenite …
The Tamil Nadu government, which had suspended mining of rare earth minerals like garnet, ilmenite and rutile along the Tuticorin coast last month following complaints of large-scale illegal mining, on Tuesday extended the ban to Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Trichy and Madurai districts. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa, in a statement, said a …
The Human Rights Protection Centre (HRPC) here has alleged that illegal garnet quarrying is rampant in Tirunelveli district despite the order of the National Green Tribunal prohibiting quarrying. Advocate S. Vanchinathan, Deputy Secretary of the HRPC, told the media in a press meet on Thursday that a fact-finding team comprising …
Work on the construction of a canal linking three rivers to provide water to the parched regions of two districts has run aground for lack of funds. The third and the fourth phase of work on the 73-km-long flood and stormwater channel, being dug to connect Tamirabharani – Karumaeniyar and …
Alleged incidents of illegal sand mining have been reported in recent times The Centre has written to all state governments in the country to take steps to stop illegal sand mining activity in their respective states, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said today. "We have written to all state governments to …
The Meenavar Viduthalai Iyakkam and Tamizhar Kazahagam outfits, based in Tuticorin district, have submitted a petition to the Kanyakumari Collector seeking a ban on beach sand mining in the district. The two organisations, in their petition, said that due to continuous mining of sea sand, the livelihoods of the fishermen …
R. Nallakannu, Senior Leader of CPI, who presided over a demonstration staged at Sindhupoondurai here on Sunday against illegal beach sand mining, sought thorough inspection along the coastline in Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. He sought a ban of mineral sand export and appealed to the officials to inspect the …
Members of the Fishermen United Front, Tuticorin, have sought a CBI enquiry into the illegal beach sand mining and forwarded a memorandum to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and the CBI Zonal Director to curb the illegal activity. Addressing the media here on Saturday, A.Subash Fernando, district secretary of the …
‘NLC poised to substantially increase power generation capacity’ The first unit of the 1,000-MW Tuticorin thermal power project (2x500 MW), now under construction, is likely to be commissioned in December 2013 and the second unit by March 2014. The project is being implemented through a joint venture company, NTPL (NLC- …
Sterlite Industries (India) jumped 5.18% to Rs 80.25 at 12:14 IST on BSE after the company said that the National Green Tribunal upheld its interim order of 31 May 2013 and allowed the company's Tuticorin Copper Smelter to continue operations. The company made the announcement after market hours on Thursday, …
Special teams led by Revenue Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi on Monday began inspection of mining lease areas along the coastline. Speaking to mediapersons before the inspection, Mr. Bedi said six teams would be deployed at six different locations across the Tuticorin district. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had constituted special teams recently …
The factory was asked to close in end-March by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Sterlite’s copper smelter factory at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu is allowed to carry on production, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Thursday, in continuation of its interim order of last month, permitting resumption of …
Rejecting Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board's contention about gas emissions from Sterlite's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday allowed the company to continue operations. The board had on March 29 asked Sterlite, a subsidiary of Vedanta , to close the copper smelter unit after it …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday allowed Sterlite Industries to resume normal operations at its Tuticorin copper smelter, which has been shut since March after an order of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The clean chit was based on the report of an expert committee, set up by the green …
