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 …
MLA placed the foundation stone for the ground-level reservoirs TIRUNELVELI: Work on the construction of ground-level reservoirs under the Rs.30.70 crore Nanguneri-Thisaiyanvilai Tamirabharani Combined Drinking Water Scheme commenced. Radhapuram MLA M. Appavu, who laid the foundation stone for the ground-level reservoirs, meant for Radhapuram, Thisaiyanvilai, Samooharengapuram and Urumankulam on Monday, …
Streetlights are out of service and drainage channels are overflowing, they say THIRSTY: Residents of Munanjipatti with empty pots staging a protest at Tirunelveli Collectorate on Monday.
Collector examines ongoing drinking water projects TIRUNELVELI: District Collector M. Jayaraman has ordered the TWAD Board officials to ensure adequate supply of protected drinking water to some of the villages under Valliyoor panchayat union within a week. The Collector, who assumed office in the morning, left for the district
TIRUNELVELI: While stern action would be taken against illegal sand miners, the district administration would ensure that the public were getting the sand for construction at the price fixed by the government, Collector M. Jayaraman has said. Speaking to reporters after assuming office here on Wednesday, Mr. Jayaraman said that …
Sangeetha Neeraja AN UNOFFICIAL BAN ON EXPLOSIVES DURING POLLS HAS SEVERELY AFFECTED THEIR LIVELIHOOD THE life of a quarry worker is hardly an enviable one, consisting, as it does, of hours of hard grinding labour under the scorching sun. And the election season has only made things worse for them. …
The wind power plant is expected to generate 25.9 million units annually, which will offset the total annual energy requirement of 25 million units of ICF INTEGRAL Coach factory (ICF), under the Ministry of Railways, has launched the first green energy project of the Indian Railways by installing a 10.5 …
TIRUNELVELI: The Indian Railways, which is actively exploring the possibilities of tapping non-conventional energy sources across the country to meet a portion of its ever-growing energy needs and executing a couple of projects in this direction at vantage points, will generate 50 MW electricity from solar energy by installing the …
DINDIGUL: Forest officials seized tiger and leopard skin, valued at Rs.8 lakh, during a raid in the Kannivadi forest range near here on Monday. Three persons have been arrested and cases filed under Section 49 (A) of the Wildlife Preservation Act 1972. Preliminary enquiry revealed that they smuggled the skin …
P. Sudhakar TIRUNELVELI: Residents living under Melapalayam and Tirunelveli zones of the Corporation may face acute drinking water crisis in the next few days as a portion of the sandbags that diverted water from the Tamirabharani towards the infiltration wells sunk in the perennial river has been removed by the …
Tirunelveli, Violating the mining norms, they detonate explosives triggering artificial tremors RESIDENTS of Seliyanallur panchayat under Manoor panchayat union are living in a state of constant fear. The use of explosives in a private limestone quarry in the area has been giving them sleepless nights for the past several months. …
Kalliammal is busy gathering harvested gingerly seed crops and piling them up in a heap and does not notice us as we enter the village. A quick glance around, will tell you that many of her neighbours are in a hurry as well. It
TIRUNELVELI: Hinting that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) might house eight 1,000 MW reactors instead of the originally planned six units, S.K. Jain, Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited (NPCIL) Chairman and Managing Director, has said that Jaitapur in Maharashtra would have six French nuclear reactors each with the capacity …
TIRUNELVELI: The recent campaign conducted in 19 blocks of the district through mobile cultural troupes to create awareness among the rural masses about HIV/AIDS has created significant impact over the villagers. In an effort to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission and create awareness of the prevention services available in the districts for …
P. Sudhakar TIRUNELVELI: The Corporation has proposed to appeal to the District Collector not to carry out sand mining activities in the Tamirabharani within 10 km radius from the periphery of the city as sand quarrying being carried out near the water sources of the local body has badly hit …
