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 …
A status report in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, Southern Zone, Chennai, December 09, 2021 in original application 167 of 2021 by Water Resources Department, Ground Water Circle, Tharamani, Chennai. The matter related to the operation of rice mills in Arani taluk and surrounding areas of Thiruvannamalai district …
Status report by the Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Department, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu in the matter of rice mills functioning in over exploited, critical and semi critical categories. Out of 137 rice mills, none of them have obtained NOC from the Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, SG&SWRDC, Tharamani, Chennai for …
Tiruvannamalai: Hundreds of newly constructed individual household latrines (IHHLs) in several remote villages at Jawadhu Hills in Tiruvannamalai district - under the central government's flagship programme of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin) - leave a lot to be desired as they are becoming defunct after a day or two and …
Tiruvannamalai: Going beyond the academics and curriculum, the education department in Tiruvannamalai district have forced the private and nursery schools to fall in line for not taking up the anti-dengue awareness programme seriously to tackle the deadly disease. The managements of the nursery and primary schools in the district have …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Sumathi Saet Vs Commissioner of Municipality Tiruvathipuram (Cheyyar) Municipality & Others dated 11/05/2017 regarding illegal dumping of municipal solid waste including hazardous waste in Survey No.1 of Murukathampoondi Village to an extent of 55 acres, Cheyyar Taluk, …
Drones would be deployed over forest areas to monitor the movement of wildlife and attempts of poaching, Forests Minister Dindigul C. Sreenivasan announced in the State Assembly on Tuesday. The Forest department would acquire five drones at a cost of Rs. 20 lakh after obtaining permission from the Ministry of …
Vellore: Sand mafia are freely plundering the resources of the Palar river. With apparent overt or covert support from corrupt officials and political backing, illegal mining of sand worth several crores is thriving, causing irreversible damage to the riverbed. Sources in the public works department (PWD) say Palar is the …
A Solid Waste Management programme is being implemented in 532 panchayats in Tiruvannamalai district, District Collector A. Gnanasekaran said. Speaking at a Mass Contact Programme (MCP) held at Chunnambumedu village in Vandvasi taluk on Wednesday, District Collector A. Gnanasekaran said that panchayat level Solid Waste Management (SWM) facilities were created …
Villagers in and around Tamaraipakkam have been waging a battle against sand mining in the Kosathalaiyar River bed with a series of protests for the last one week. The villagers said the indiscriminate mining of sand over the years from the river bed had led to depletion of ground water …
Members of the Palar Protection Coordination Committee, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts took out a rally from Murugan Temple in Kagitha Pattarai to the Collectorate here and staged a demonstration demanding among things serious steps to protect the river from pollution and indiscriminate sand mining. The demonstrators raised slogans demanding the …
District Collector A. Gnanasekaran has asked people of Nallavanpalayam village to keep their surroundings clean and tidy in order to prevent outbreak of communicable diseases. Addressing at their Gram Sabha meet organised in view of Republic Day Mr. Gnanasekaran asked people to avoid open area defecation and insisted that every …
Kavuthi-Vediyappan Protection Federation has launched signature campaign against the Iron ore mining project in Kavuthi-Vediyappan hills near here. The campaign was formally launched in Inam Kariyandal, Kilippattu, Paliyapattu, Punalkadu and Vadamathur villages. It is expected to last for 10 days in all the 51 villages situated around the hill and …
Residents of villages in and around the Kavuthi-Vediyappan Hills hoisted black flags atop their houses on Wednesday as part of their phased agitation to oppose the move to grant licence to interested parties for mining iron ore in the hills. Kumar Ambayiram, writer and one of the activists involved in …
Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association (TNPWAA) passed a resolution opposing the Kavuthimalai Iron Ore Mining Project, at the Tiruvannamalai branch-level general body meeting, held here on Sunday. The resolution states that Tamil Nadu Iron Mining Corporation (TIMCO), an entity led by Jindal Group, has applied for a licence …
As the forest personnel could not successfully persuade the herd of six wild elephants towards Mel Chengam farm area on Sunday night, the tranquilisation operation could not be taken up on Monday. When the forest personnel started driving the elephants from the forest area at Ravanthavadi near Thandarampattu, the herd …
The Madras High Court has directed the Secretary, State Industries Department, to take stringent measures to arrest illicit quarrying and transportation of minerals. In his guidelines, the official may direct the authorities to lodge private complaints, if a vehicle was involved in the illegal act repeatedly. Justice D. Hariparanthaman passed …
Motivated by Krishi Karman award conferred on State government Enthused by the Krishi Karman award conferred on the State government for achieving milestones in food production, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced Rs. 99 crore for the command area development and water management (CADWM) programme in Villupuram, Cuddalore and Tiruvannamalai …
If the plans of District Collector Vijay Pingale went as stipulated vis-à-vis implementing the ban on plastic disposables of less than 40 micron, October 2, birth day of Mahatma Gandhi would be remembered in Tiruvannamalai for one more reason in the years to come. Since plastic disposables are banned in …
District Administration has decided to implement mandatory restrictions on production, sales and usage of plastic containers strictly from August 15. According to a release District Collector Vijay Pingale has revealed the plan at a meeting of officials convened to discuss the issue here recently. Dr. Pingale said that carry bags …
The pollution control committee lays down 23 conditions to be followed The Puducherry Pollution Control Committee has given green signal for the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed near Kanaganeri at Kadirgamam. After studying the Rapid Environment Impact Assessment report prepared by two private firms appointed by Public Health …
