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 …
TIRUNELVELI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) conducted an awareness programme on environment for bankers, NGOs and farmers recently at Tenkasi to sensitise the stakeholders on environmental degradation and the strategies to mitigate the danger. In his inaugural address, Revenue Divisional Officer of Tenkasi, N. Shanmuganathan, stressed …
TIRUNELVELI: Scientists should work in unison towards inventing technology for the best possible energy efficiency and discover more zero carbon energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emission into atmospheric air, A. Ramachandran, Director, Centre for Climatic Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University, Chennai, has said. Inaugurating the two-day national conference …
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 …
Staff Reporter TIRUNELVELI: An anti-plastic campaign was carried out at the Manimuthar dam check-post when hundreds of revellers were allowed entry to bathe at the Manimuthar waterfalls on Thursday last in view of
P. Sudhakar TIRUNELVELI: Researchers from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, involved in an International Union for Conservation of Nature study of wetlands around the Kalakkad- Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the district have discovered a lake that is used by thousands of birds for nesting and roosting. …
T.S. Subramanian It will cater for both the nuclear plant and NPCIL township All set for pure supply: The desalination plant at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site. In the background is the huge reactor building of the first unit (1000 MWe) which will be commissioned this year. CHENNAI: A …
Work is yet to begin, even though government has given nod Though the State Government has reportedly agreed in principle to allocate adequate funds to desilt and concretise the Tirunelveli, Kodagan, Arugankulam and Palayam irrigation channels, all passing through the corporation limits to provide succour to thousands of people, the …
V Krithiga |Tirunelveli, It has 50 varieties of herbs that can cure headache, asthma, jaundice and even chickenpox AN herbal garden in a village in Tirunelveli provides herbs free of cost to villagers to cure a wide range of diseases including headache and jaundice. M Ramathal, president of Keela Vellakkal …
TIRUNELVELI: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission has appealed to farmers to set up gobar gas units in their houses to ensure an annual savings of Rs. 4,000 in cooking gas expenditure. An official statement said the KVIC was giving a subsidy of Rs. 3,500 for Dalits, Tribes, small and …
Tirunelveli, RESIDENTS of Seliyanallur panchayat under Manoor Panchayat Union are living in a state of fear as the shock waves triggered by the explosives, being used in a private stone quarry functioning in the panchayat area, have been giving them sleepless nights for the past several months. The problem surfaced …
TIRUNELVELI: The Corporation, which has established the modern slaughterhouse at Melapalayam on an outlay of Rs. 50 lakh, has decided to administer the butchery through a qualified non-governmental organisation and hence, the local body has formulated stringent stipulations for managing it. As butchering of goats is going on wherever the …
Upset: Residents of Ramaiyanpattai who submitted a petition to the Collector G. Prakash on Monday against release of sewage into Chathram Puthukkulam TIRUNELVELI: As no step has been taken by the officials to check the flow of underground drainage water released from the last pond of the effluent treatment yard …
Tirunelveli, VILLAGERS of Aalavandhankulam under Manoor Panchayat Union in Tirunelveli district complained to the District Collector that they have been receiving less money as payment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP). In a petition submitted to the District Collector G Prakash during the grievance day meeting held here …
Tirunelveli, A HALF-HEARTED plan to enhance the green cover within the Tirunelveli Corporation limits is on the verge of withering away, thanks to government apathy . The plan was unveiled by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi this year in the State Assembly . Saplings too were planted. But little has been …
The present study deals with statistical analysis of physico-chemical parameters of ground water quality in Nambiyar river basin. The quality of ground water has been assessed by using correlation coefficient (r) between all parameters. A systematic correlation and regression study showed linear relationship among different water quality parameters.
Test: Soil samples being collected from a farm at Krishnapuram near Palayamkottai. TIRUNELVELI: Farmers, who have cultivated horticultural crops, especially perennial crops under drip irrigation, should test the soil and water, which are mandatory not only to claim subsidy under micro irrigation system but also to know their health condition …
It is not fit for consumption. When the rice is boiled, a foul smell emanates, which makes one nauseous, says farmer Tirunelveli A GROUP of farmers from Ooththumalai in Tirunelveli district came to the Collectorate here on Friday to return the rice purchased from ration shops under the 1 kg …
