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 …
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday sought immediate operationalisation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). In his speech at the fourth annual meeting of the governing council of Niti Aayog in New Delhi, Palaniswami said immediate operationalisation of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R.Kanagaraj Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding pollution caused by Supreme Coated Board Mills Private Ltd., Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu. NGT directs the Chairman of the State Pollution Control Board to monitor …
Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society has recorded 271 species in State The Nilgiri tit butterfly is rarely spotted and even less photographed. But members of the Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society (TNBS) have done both. They have photographed it at Kallar in The Nilgiris. “This is the second time in the last …
A 40 MW solar plant was commissioned on Wednesday near Sengottai in Virudhunagar district, making it the largest solar plant in Tamil Nadu to go on stream so far. The plant, which has come up at an investment of about Rs. 250 crore, was installed by Sterling and Wilson Pvt. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Muthukumaran Vs The State of Tamil Nadu dated 03/08/2015 regarding felling of trees in Survey No. 628/2, S. Kodikulam village, Koomapatti, Tamil Nadu and also to direct the respondents to find an alternative suitable site which does …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s Varuna Bio Products Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 15/04/2015 regarding carrying on industrial activities by M/s Gomathi Ram Chemicals without obtaining consent to operate at least from the year 2008 to till date.
The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday took serious note of recent dengue deaths in Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district and told top officials of health department that it expects much better action towards prevention of such deadly diseases. When a petition filed by social activist K.K. Ramesh came up …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Work is on full swing in Rajapalayam municipality of Virudhunagar district for the fabrication of digester to convert biodegradable waste into electricity. The project, which is believed to be the first in the southern districts, is expected to produce 40 kW of power from next month. The Tamil Nadu …
After educational institutions and resorts, it is the turn of firecracker manufacturers to set up units in the foothills of forests, posing a threat to locals and wildlife. The establishment of firecracker manufacturing units closer to the Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sanctuary, Srivilliputhur, has shocked naturalists and environmentalists. Members of the …
Over two lakh saplings being raised for distribution The Forest Department will distribute over two lakh saplings, free of cost, to residents of Virudhunagar district for improving the green cover. The spadework has begun and the distribution exercise will begin in October, according to a top official. Being a dry …
Space constraints and the absence of modern infrastructure have prompted 35 textile manufacturing and processing units in Madurai to shift base to Kariapatti in neighbouring Virudhunagar district. The units manufacture yarn and process them into fabrics before exporting them to various places. The units in Madurai generate an annual revenue …
Villagers of Gopalapuram registered their protest against sand quarrying in their vicinity on Wednesday. They stopped two earth-movers from carrying out work to lay temporary road for lorries to reach the new sand quarry to be opened on Friday near Sankaranatham near Sattur. The villagers expressed fear that sand quarrying …
Members say it will help ganja cultivators, encourage poaching The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court on August 7 rejected a proposal cleared by the Tamil Nadu Government for laying a road connecting Karumbarai in Theni Forest Division with the grizzled giant squirrel sanctuary near Watrap in Virudhunagar …
Wildlife officials have submitted a proposal to the State Government to create a new tiger reserve in the existing Grizzled Giant Squirrel sanctuary in Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar district. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, Conservator of Forests, Virudhunagar Circle, says that in the recent population monitoring exercises, tigers were sighted frequently in the …
It will be taken under rural employment guarantee scheme The State Rural Development Department has planned to remove encroachment on scores of water bodies, falling under its jurisdiction, and restore the storage of the water bodies to their original capacity. This work will be taken up under the Mahatma Gandhi …
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has asked all the local bodies of Madurai district to establish plastic waste collection centres and dispose them of at cement kiln of Madras Cements in Virudhunagar district. The District Environmental Engineer, A.R. Krishnaram, said that the cement factory had signed a memorandum of understanding …
In this present work various physico-chemical parameters and diversity of plankton were analysed for a period of 7 month from August 2009 to February 2010. The pond was highly polluted with discharge of many pollutants from domestic sewage, industrial waste and thus the chemical parameters of the pond were noticed …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Distribution and retail sale of Endosulfan pesticide have been banned, Virudhunagar Collector, V.K. Shanmugam has said. In a statement, the Collector said that the Supreme Court had given interim injunction on sale of the pesticide on May 13. All the pesticide retail outlets have been warned against the sale …
To be implemented at a cost of Rs.597 crore BENEFICIAL:Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laying foundation stone for the water schemes near Rajapalayam on Monday. RAJAPALAYAM: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday laid the foundation stone for three Tamiraparani combined drinking water schemes for Virudhunagar district to be implemented …
