Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
They have decided not to give plastic bags for free to customers and instead encourage them to use cloth bags Traders in Vellore are doing their bit for conserving environment. They have decided not to give plastic bags free to customers, and have started to encourage them to bring cloth …
Move, a prelude to ban plastics in 16 town panchayats from August 15 Vellore Collector R. Nanthagopal has asked the government departments to avoid use of plastics for supply of food items in their offices and in the venues of review meetings in order to create awareness among the public …
DMK members oppose the move citing earlier ‘bitter’ experience The Vellore Corporation is to privatise solid waste management- right from garbage clearance and up to segregation and generation of compost- in all its four zones. A resolution has been passed to this effect at the council meet held here on …
Only 18 buildings in Corporation area have installed solar panels While the crippling power cut till about a fortnight ago has made people talk about tapping solar energy, Vellore residents are yet to even think about it due to lack of awareness on the availability and cost of solar energy …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will install solar panels in its buildings across the State at a cost of Rs 3 crore during the current financial year, said M.C. Sampath, Environment Minister here on Wednesday. Replying to the debate on the demands for grants for his department, Mr …
Even as waste collection has been intensified in Vellore city, Corporation officials are clueless about how to dispose piles of garbage generated every day. Faced with a lack of space at existing dump yards, they are now identifying new spots where garbage can be dumped. Recently, councillors and residents protested …
Town Panchayats in Vellore have stepped up measures to ensure the proper implementation of the ban on plastic bags less than 40 microns thick. Teams comprising the executive officers of various town panchayats have been formed to monitor the use of plastic bags after the ban came into effect from …
Vellore Collector Ajay Yadav on Wednesday laid the foundation for the Rs.45-lakh `Electricity Generation from Bio-Wastes’ project in Arcot Municipality, which he said was a pilot project for municipalities throughout Tamil Nadu, aimed at keeping the towns totally garbage-free. Mr. Yadav sought the cooperation of the public in the successful …
The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) would be undertaking a survey of the slums in Vellore Corporation with a view to replacing them with pucca individual houses or apartments under the Rajiv Awas Yojana, a housing scheme to be funded jointly by the Central and State governments, according to …
VELLORE: In an effort to provide better visibility to motorists and road users at night, the Vellore Police Department has installed barricades fitted with solar-powered lights and blinkers at major junctions in the Fort City. The new barricades have been installed at three major junctions - Makkan, Ariyabhavan and Mummy …
CHENNAI: In a bid to make the state slum-free, the Tamil Nadu government has selected nine urban agglomerations under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) for preparing proper rehabilitation plans. Official sources told Express that the likely nine cities are Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Tiruchy, Tirunelveli, Salem and Vellore. Sources …
200 tonnes more of waste will be generated in future If all goes well, Coimbatore Corporation will go in for two more transit stations to manage the waste generated in the 11 local bodies that will soon be a part of the city. The Corporation has at present four transit …
VIDS suggests formation of consortium of social entrepreneurs Call for launching District Greening Movement with support of environmentalists Mobile traffic patrol system suggested to regulate the traffic flow on roads VELLORE: The Vellore Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) has urged the Collector of Vellore district S. Nagarajan to draw up …
VELLORE: The Organic Farming Organisation, Vellore, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to ban the use of endosulfan, a harmful pesticide, in Tamil Nadu. In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, president of the organisation G.S. Purushothaman said the pesticide had been banned in more than 80 countries …
Serena Josephine. M Municipality conducts surprise checks on three stockists Some manufacturers selling water packets with ISI seal on them, says official Checks also being conducted at hotels to ensure hygiene and quality of food AMBUR: The Ambur Municipality is taking steps to effectively enforce the ban on sale of …
A door-to-door survey of 130 households in an urban area in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu was done and information on food security status was collected using the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Scale, on socioeconomic status using the modified Kuppuswamy scale and demographic details.
Project-related activities on schedule, says Stalin CHENNAI: Work on the Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project will begin in three to four months after awarding of contracts, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin told the Assembly on Monday. Concluding a debate on the demands for grants to Municipal Administration, Water …
