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 …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Residents of ward 21 of Virudhunagar town have complained of sewage mixing with drinking water supplied through pipeline. The residents fumed that drinking water was being supplied only two times a month in the town. And even that little water was not usable for any purpose, a resident said. …
To mark World Environment Day; 11.87 lakh saplings given GREEN:Children planting a sapling. SIVAKASI: The stage is set for a mass sapling planting in Virudhunagar district on Saturday planned on the occasion of World Environment Day. The district administration has distributed 11.87 lakh saplings to individual houses and private lands.
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has formed one distribution centre for every 25 houses to enable smooth mass planting of saplings planned on June 5. In a statement, the Collector, Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan, said that all the saplings would be moved to the distribution centres by June 2. People have been …
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.
S. Sundar Installs a 10 kw solar power plant to mitigate power shortage Alternative: Solar power plant at Balaganapathy Mills, Malli village, in Srivilliputtur. SRIVILLIPUTTUR: Peak hour restriction on usage of power for industrial units and two-hour load shedding has made a private spinning unit near here to experiment with …
Virudhunagar district gets it from drought relief fund BENEFICIAL MOVE: Minister for Backward Classes Welfare K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran distributing administrative sanction orders to one of the officials for carrying out works to augment drinking water supply in Virudhunagar on Friday. The Collector Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan is seen. VIRUDHUNAGAR: The State Government …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: A section of owners of farm lands have opposed to a move to acquire their land to set up a SIPCOT complex near here. In a memorandum given to the Deputy Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, one of the farmers, K. Gopalsamy of Erichanatham said that his family has held …
It has issued show cause notice to the plant VIRUDHUNAGAR: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has found the chilly oil extract plant here guilty of polluting the environment. It has issued show cause notice to the plant seeking explanation as to why criminal action should not be initiated against …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Efforts would be made to ensure that the planned quantum of water under the Tamiraparani combined drinking water scheme was realised for Virudhunagar town, Collector Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan has said. Reviewing the drinking water supply here on Tuesday, she said that the town faced 25 lakh litres of water …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: A total of 39.217 lakh man days of work has been generated under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme and Rs. 26.49 crore of wages disbursed in the district during 2008-09. Reviewing the works under the scheme here on Tuesday, the Collector, Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan, said that 3,88,633 families …
Caused by a chilly oil extract unit VIRUDHUNAGAR: Residents of ward 6 of Virudhunagar municipality have complained of air and water pollution allegedly caused by a chilly oil extract unit in their locality. In a petition addressed to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, signed by 67 residents, they have …
In places adjoining Western Ghats VIRUDHUNAGAR: An estimate to take up several works at a cost of Rs. 3.75 crore under the Western Ghats Development Programme in Virudhunagar district has been sent for government approval. Addressing a meeting to review the progress of the programme here on Wednesday, Collector K. …
The present investigation was carried out to find the ground water quality at 20 different localities in and around Sivakasi town, Viudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. Various physico-chemical parameters, such as temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total hardness, temporary hardness, permanent hardness, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, chloride, sulphate through the water …
Indigenous practices play a vital role in sustainable agriculture development and are unique to a given culture of society. An exhaustive survey was conducted in dry tracts of Tamil Nadu to document the indigenous storage structures used by farmers. Information was documented by using participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. During …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has released Rs.1.25 crore to farmers for artificial recharging of ground water in 3,271 irrigation wells in the district till December 2008. Collector K. Raghupathi said that while small and marginal farmers were given Rs.4,000 as subsidy for constructing recharge filters, other farmers were being given …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: A bio-diesel plant, with a capacity to produce 1,000 litres a day, has been sanctioned for the State by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Southern Railway is likely to buy the product from the plant. The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and …
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday demanded that the sand quarry across Gundaru river in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district should be closed down immediately as all norms for quarrying had been violated there affecting the ground water table in the area, besides causing serious and horrible drinking water …
Tank irrigation accounts for more than one-third of total irrigated area in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states in India. Tank water supplies fluctuate randomly from year to year and within a year. Using 40 years of rainfall data, it was estimated that in five out of 10 years, …
