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 …
CHENNAI: With a view to checking rain water from flowing into the sea and storing water received from Krishna River for the residents of Chennai and its surrounding areas, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday ordered the creation of a new reservoir in Tiruvallur district by merging Kannankottai and Thervoykandigai …
Kancheepuram Municipality Chairman Mythili Thirunavukkarasu has announced that a new drinking water source will be set up in Thenambakkam area to augment supply. She was addressing the first meeting of the recently elected Council, on the Municipality premises on Tuesday. Drinking water supply needs of the Municipality were being met …
Collector orders official to take action Farmers participating in the monthly agriculturists' grievances redressal day meeting here on Friday complained of indiscriminate mining of sand in the Palar and Ponnai rivers, which resulted in the depletion of the ground water resources in the rivers. D. Gopalakrishnan, a farmer of Sathambakkam …
Major restoration project drawn up for waterbodies in Tiruvallur district Nearly 200 lakes falling under Kosasthalaiyar river sub-basin in Tiruvallur district near Chennai will soon be rejuvenated. The Water Resources Department has initiated the tendering process under the Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Waterbodies Restoration and Management (IAMWARM) project. Officials of …
Residents pin hopes on to-be-elected civic body Drinking water scarcity and mosquito menace are the biggest problems requiring urgent attention by the Corporation Council to be formed after the October 17 local body elections in most of the nine village panchayats annexed to the Vellore Corporation. Besides the two municipalities …
To prevent accidents and ensure free flow of traffic Underscoring that the growth of a State would be judged best by the quality of well-connected roads, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced various projects, including the development of three Chennai roads to international standards and extension of East Coast Road …
Absence of budget announcement regretted Councillors participating in the ordinary monthly meeting of the Vellore Corporation Council here on Wednesday urged the State government to implement the Integrated Drinking Water Scheme for Vellore district, for which the foundation was laid by former Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin early this year. …
To be launched on birth anniversary of Annadurai The State government has sanctioned a total of Rs. 1,157 crore for free distribution of milch cows, goats and sheep to the rural poor. Of the total amount, the scheme for free distribution of milch cows accounts for Rs. 232 crore and …
About 4,500 guppy fishes to be introduced into wells, sumps in houses at Poondhottam It is a method of biological control of mosquitoes It neither affects environment nor harms non-target organisms VELLORE: About 4,500 guppy fishes were distributed in sachets free of cost to 321 residents of Poondhottam area here …
The destruction of forests leads to the destruction of valuable medicinal herbs, and therefore it is necessary to protect the forests and preserve the herbal species, said T.V. Manjunatha, District Forest Officer (DFO), Vellore, here on Tuesday. Inaugurating an exhibition on medicinal herbs and a seminar on Indian Alternative Systems …
TIRUPATTUR: The Forest Department has formed teams in various ranges of the Tirupattur forest division to keep an eye on man-made forest fires. Forest areas, which have been identified as vulnerable to fire, will be given additional attention. Conservator of Forests, Vellore circle, A.V. Venkatachalam, said fire protection squads had …
Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will lay the foundation for the Rs.1,295-crore integrated drinking water supply scheme for Vellore district, envisaging the conveyance of water from the Cauvery near Mettur, at a function to be held in Katpadi on January 25, according to Durai Murugan, Law Minister. He was speaking …
About 250 students of Government Boys Higher Secondary School (GBHSS), Katpadi, including members of the National Service Scheme, National Cadet Corps , Scouts and Junior Red Cross (JRC), participated in a procession at Katpadi on behalf of the School Education Department on Thursday to create awareness of a smoke-less
Several percolation ponds have filled up; rise in water table of irrigation wells VELLORE: The efforts of the Forest Department to create water-holding structures in six hill ranges around Vellore to facilitate regeneration of forests in association with the Indian Green Service (IGS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has started paying …
Tamil Nadu: The north-east monsoon, 50 per cent in excess in the State, claims over 200 lives and destroys crops and infrastructure. A SERIES of weather systems, including a cyclone that missed Chennai narrowly, saw the skies open up over Tamil Nadu between November 4 and December 5, the period …
Serena Josephine. M TNAU experts visit parts of Tirupattur, Kandhili and Madhanur Red gram cultivated at Kallukuttai in Tirupattur under the Accelerated Pulses Production Programme. TIRUPATTUR: With red gram
CENTRAL DISTRICTS OF TAMIL NADU UNDER WATER Crops in 1,000 acres submerged, 15 villages cut off; `1,000 cr worth damage estimated in Thanjavur FLOODS in the Vellar and wild stream caused by heavy rains for the past three days, have cut off transport to nearly 15 villages. Paddy, sugarcane and …
CHENNAI, 25 OCT: In line with the concept of green buildings (in photo) here is a novel attempt to declare a temple situated in North Tamil Nadu as a standing example of a green architecture. The Sri Narayani Peedam, also known as the Golden Temple, situated at Sripuram near Vellore, …
TIRUPATTUR: Member of Legislative Assembly of Tirupattur T.K. Raja has requested Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to extend the Hogenakkal drinking water scheme to various parts of Vellore district . In a letter addressed to Mr. Stalin, he said that groundwater in areas such as Kandhili, Natrampalli, Alangayam, Pernambut and …
VELLORE: The Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, Durai Murugan, said at Gudiyatham on Tuesday that he had apprised Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi of the acute water problem faced by the people of Vellore district, and that the latter had asked the Public Works Department to take necessary steps to …
