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 …
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee Vs The District Collector, Vellore district & Others dated 30/01/2025. The matter related to pollution caused by untreated effluents discharged by tanneries and other industries in Tamil Nadu into the Palar river, posing a threat to …
Report of the CPCB in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) order, May 17, 2022 in OA No. 186/2020. The matter dealt with remediation of M/s Tamil Nadu Chromates and Chemicals Limited (TCCL) chromium contaminated area at Ranipet, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. TCCL situated at SIPCOT Industrial Estate, …
Joint Committee report in Original Application No 68 of 2016 in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order, February 23, 2021. The matter related to M/s Quality Glue factory located in Paloor village, Pernambut taluk, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu and manufacturing glue from unwashed/washed animal skin cuttings. The unit is …
Women power is on display in the coastal belt of southern Tamil Nadu. Doctor-turnedpolitician Tamilisai Soundararajan is pitted against DMK’s Kanimozhi in Tuticorin. Excerpts from her interview to Julie Mariappan Poll surveys are not in favour of the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu. The survey results are incorrect. We have …
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff part of the team Members of the Regional Monitoring Committee (South) of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and officials from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took stock of waste collection practices in Katpadi, Vellore district. A team of officials led by member of Regional Monitoring …
VELLORE: A total of 110 dengue cases have been reported in Vellore since January this year and there were no deaths due to the fever, said district collector S A Raman. "We have been taking all precaution measures. We have engaged a total of 1,350 domestic breeding checkers (DBC) in …
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal, in a case relating to sand mining in the Palar riverbed, has expressed satisfaction with steps taken by the State government, as well as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), in respect of granting Environmental Clearance (EC) for sand quarrying in …
In a bid to restore sandalwood tree cover on Jawadhu Hills, the Forest Department is planting 1.1 lakh saplings in Vellore district. Raising the saplings in its nurseries, the department has already planted 20,000 trees this year. Collector S.A. Raman, who inspected the Amirthi Forest along with District Forest Officer …
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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Rajendran Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 05/07/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into the Applicants (R. Rajendran) lands. Tribunal directs the Tannery to be immediately closed and electricity disconnected.
Residents of Kandaneri, a village in Vellore district, have been knocking the doors of the district administration to stop the unauthorised mining of sand from the Palar basin. With the district administration reportedly displaying a nonchalant attitude, a Public Interest Litigation plea with the help of Satta Panchayat was filed …
The protest against dumping of garbage at the 90-year-old yard at Sadupperi continued as villagers along with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) cadre staged a demonstration on Wednesday. As a threat, a few villagers doused themselves with kerosene. There are nearly 18 villages around Sadupperi where the Vellore Corporation has been …
Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. The researchers undertook a birth cohort study with not only intensive community surveillance for diarrhoea but …
Congress volunteers staged a demonstration opposite the Head Post Office on Anna Road here on Monday. They demanded withdrawal of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill brought by the National Democratic Alliance government in Parliament on the grounds that it did not contain any provision for obtaining prior consent of the …
Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vellore district; documents indicate that the Board was giving a long rope to the tanneries and …
Provided free to people below poverty line Using solar energy is the best option available to tackle power scarcity in the State. With sunlight available in plenty almost throughout the year, solar energy is an ideal proposition to power homes, schools and other commercial establishments. General public of Vellore have …
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum appeals to Centre, State The Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum (VCWF) has appealed to the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government to sincerely and expeditiously implement all the directions of the Supreme Court, issued on August 28, 1996, on a writ petition filed by VCWF in respect …
Thanneerpandhal residents’ earlier petitions remain unattended The public of Thanneerpandhal village in Gudiyatham taluk met the Vellore Collector R. Nanthagopal during the weekly public grievances redressal day camp at the Collectorate here on Monday and submitted to him a memorandum urging him to take immediate steps to close an aluminium …
The SOLAI (Social Life Animation India) Program, a non-governmental organization in Christianpet near Vellore has addressed a petition to the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) against the violation perpetrated by the Vandranthangal village panchayat in Katpadi panchayat union. It says that the panchayat has not taken any action …
A host of drinking water supply projects, totally costing over Rs.30 crore, were commissioned by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through video-conferencing here on Monday. Of the projects, a combined water supply project for the Melpuram union and an integrated water treatment plant in Kanyakumari district and the expansion of water supply …
