Tirunelveli (D)

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 …

Epidemiological and correlation studies of Keezhapavoor block of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

An epidemiological survey was conducted in 21 panchayats of Keezhapavoor block, Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The villagers and school children revealed the prevalence of dental and skeletol fluorosis. The samples were also chemically analyzed for their water quality parameters.

Rs. 1.90 crore sanctioned to conduct feasibility study on water project

TIRUNELVELI: The Corporation, which has started working on two major drinking water schemes, may be blessed with another mega project to bring drinking water directly from Papanasam dam to Tirunelveli in the near future. The State Government has sanctioned Rs. 1.90 crore to conduct a feasibility study on the Rs.100-crore …

Work on Rs.17.80-crore water project begins

It is expected to cater to the needs of wards 19, 26 and 27 Grand start: Mayor A.L. Subramanian, left, and Deputy Mayor K. Muthuramalingam attending the bhoomi puja for the construction of an overhead tank in Tirunelveli on Wednesday. TIRUNELVELI: The construction of overhead tanks for the new drinking …

Awareness campaign on plastic pollution launched in Tirunelveli

Rs.2 lakh each for Tirunelveli and Tuticorin Corporations allotted MESSAGE: An awareness programme on solid waste management in progress at Palayamkottai on Monday. TIRUNELVELI: An awareness campaign on solid waste management and segregation of plastic waste at source was inaugurated at Palayamkottai on Monday. As the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control …

Nanguneri SEZ to be functional soon: Stalin

THE Nanguneri special economic zone (SEZ) would become functional and industries would be opened immediately, assured Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Tuesday. He inaugurated new projects, laid foundation stone and also distributed welfare aids at an outlay of around Rs 85 crore. He said hurdles made by …

Want to go green? Try bullock caravans

Children going to school on bullock cart caravan in Palayamkottai J Jeyasingh Satyaraj First Published : 29 Sep 2009 07:57:15 AM IST Last Updated : TIRUNELVELI: In the age of modern transport, there are some who still use bullock carts to go to school. Children within a radius of 5 …

Organic farmers demand separate market

TIRUNELVELI: The organic farmers have appealed to the government to establish an

Mine Safety Week helps to inculcate safety culture among mine workers

TIRUCHI: The zonal and state level mine safety awards, for the best mines and best employees of mines in various trades, would be presented during the valediction of the Mine Safety Week here this weekend. Over 100 prizes are to be given away during the two-day event hosted by the …

No effort to check illegal sand mining in Tirunelveli

P. Sudhakar Mud road formed to enable lorries reach Tamirabharani Not a good sign: A mud road, formed by sand miners, branching off a Palayamkottai-Seevalaperi stretch near Kirubha Nagar. TIRUNELVELI: Even as illegal sand mining with bullock carts by a group of politically influential persons in Pettai near Tirunelveli Town …

Brisk illegal sand mining through bullock carts

P. Sudhakar GROUP ACTIVITY: Bullock carts, which were involved in illegal sand mining at Kondanagaram near Tirunelveli on Saturday. TIRUNELVELI: Even as the officials here have intensified their drive against lorries and the tractors involved in illegal sand mining through surprise checks during the wee hours and confiscating those vehicles, …

Work on drinking water project to begin shortly

To serve wards 19, 26 and 27 coming under Tirunelveli Corporation Easy collection: Mayor A.L. Subramanian (third from right) handing over the keys of the specially designed garbage collecting lorries at Tirunelveli Corporation on Thursday. TIRUNELVELI: With the council deciding in favour of the local body bearing the additional expense …

Working on a holiday for greener environment

P. Sudhakar They also dug two pits for vermicompost units RESPONSIBLE: Students of MDT Hindu College at Pettai near Tirunelveli cleaning their premises. TIRUNELVELI: Though it was a local holiday on Tuesday, a good number of students, both boys and girls and even teachers of MDT Hindu College at Pettai …

Drinking water project work to start soon

P. Sudhakar To be executed on an outlay of Rs. 18.69 crore TIRUNELVELI: Work on the drinking water project for wards 19, 26 and 27 to be executed on an outlay of Rs. 18.69 crore with the funding of Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Funds Service Limited, Chennai, may commence within …

Rs.1883-crore plan for Tirunelveli

TIRUNELVELI: The annual credit plan, released here on Thursday for the district for the financial year 2009-10, envisages a total credit outlay of Rs. 1,883.84 crore (last year allocation was Rs.1,490 crore and hence a hike of Rs. 393.84 crore this year) from the banking institutions, both nationalised and private, …

Install windmills to meet power needs

Each civic body to save several lakhs towards the electricity bill: District Planning Committee Chairman Power saver: Collector M. Jayaraman (second from right) addressing the planning committee meeting in Tirunelveli on Wednesday. TIRUNELVELI: If this suggestion given by chairman of district panchayat and district planning committee M. Graham Bell goes …

Nellaiites reel under acute water crisis

We are able to make a supply of only 40.32 million litres of water per day against a normal supply of 65 million litres per day } POTS lined up in front of water tanks, and political parties staging dharnas with empty water pots are a common sight in Tirunelveli, …

Solar thermal power plant may come up in Tirunelveli district

T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: Udangudi in Tuticorin district may be the site for a 100-megawatt solar thermal power plant. This was mooted during a meeting between Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami here on Saturday. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable …

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