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 …
VILLUPURAM: Over 100 families in Ozhinthiapattu in Vanur taluk were displaced on Wednesday night owing to sudden floods caused by a breach in the lake bund. The walls of about a dozen huts collapsed soon after the inundation and a vast stretch of paddy fields got submerged. Hence, the people …
VILLUPURAM: The Department of Geology and Mining has come out with a new procedure to check the misuse of permits issued for prospecting for mineral resources. The department has now adopted the practice of affixing hologram to certify the authenticity of permits for tapping mineral resources, according to Collector R. …
VILLUPURAM: The State government has taken steps on a war-footing to solve problems relating to water supply in deficit areas in Villupuram district, according to K.Ponmudy, Higher Education Minister. Addressing an official meeting here recently, he said that these measures had been initiated to set right hiccups in water supply …
VILLUPURAM: Two sewage treatment plants will be set up at Ka. Kuppam and Erumanthal in Villupuram as part of an underground drainage project being executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, according to Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Managing Director, TWAD Board. He was speaking to officials after inspecting …
The Tamil Nadu Government will frame a policy for the sustainable exploitation of mineral resources, announced the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Stalin, in the Assembly today. This was part of a number of initiatives in his reply to the debate in the Assembly on the demand for grants to …
Virudhunagar worst hit; funds for other districts after getting report CHENNAI: The government on Thursday sanctioned Rs. 18 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund to overcome the drinking water shortage in 10 districts. Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Villupuram, Krishnagiri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Dindigul and Namakkal districts will be benefited. Making a …
TAMIL Nadu is planning to increase the forest area in the State to 33 per cent and the State forest department has launched a slew of measures to attain the target, according to forest officials.
P.Oppili Says a report released by the Forest Survey of India CHENNAI: There has been a marginal increase in the forest cover in the State, according to a report released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) recently. As per the data the increase has been recorded as 24 square …
VILLUPURAM: Cultivation of a medicinal plant termed gloriosa superba (kanvazhi kizhangu in Tamil) will be quite a rewarding proposition, according to P. David Raja Beula, Assistant Director of Horticulture Department, Thiruvennainallur. In a statement released here Mr. Beula stated that the horticulture department had demonstrated that through precision farming the …
CHENNAI: Three Sloth bears including a sub-adult cub were rescued by the Forest Department officials in Villupuram last week. Rehabilitation The bears have been rehabilitated at the Vandalur zoo, where they were brought on Saturday midnight, the zoo authorities said. While the adult male bear was said to be 12 …
Farmers evincing keen interest on the new method of paddy cultivation Collector propagating the new agriculture concept through all forums and public functions VILLUPURAM: Two water resource management experts from the World Bank visited Villupuram on Saturday to study the implementation of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). The experts …
VILLUPURAM: Residents of the coastal area of Chinnamudaliarkuppam in Kottakuppam town panchayat near here are threatened by sea erosion that has been occurring over a period. The sea here is extremely rough and high tides are making incursions into fishermen colonies at frequent intervals. Already, several trees on the coastline …
VILLUPURAM: A team of officials detected an illegal black granite quarry being operated at Semangalam in the Vanur block, during a surprise check on Wednesday. A release here stated that when the team, led by S. Krishnamurthy, Deputy Director (Geology and Mines), spotted the quarry operating on a piece of …
Two categories of planting are being promoted VILLUPURAM: With a view to extending green cover, the Forest Department has embarked upon planting saplings on private lands, according to P.Varadaraj, Conservator of Forests, Villupuram region. Speaking at a gathering of farmers here, Mr. Varadaraj said that under the scheme, farmers were …
VILLUPURAM: The State government has launched a scheme to recharge open farm wells by installing rainwater harvesting systems. To encourage farmers to do so the government is giving grants, according to R.Palanisamy, District Collector. Reviewing the implementation of the scheme, Mr. Palanisamy said there were 1,34,565 open farm-wells in the …
Emergency centre constructed at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh on Villupuram Collectorate complex 169 districts in 17 States identified as disaster-prone and 13 are in Tamil Nadu Administration has tied up with State Transport Corporation for transporting affected people VILLUPURAM: The district administration has put in place an action …
They were freed from bonded labour in 1989-90 Shyam Ranganathan CHENNAI: Nearly 650 families who were freed from bonded labour from Andhra Pradesh quarries in 1989-1990, are living in abject poverty in Villupuram district because of non-access to government schemes, according to officials in the Adi Dravidar Welfare Directorate. Though …
Kalliammal is busy gathering harvested gingerly seed crops and piling them up in a heap and does not notice us as we enter the village. A quick glance around, will tell you that many of her neighbours are in a hurry as well. It
