Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s green power generation has increased with a high contribution of hydro power in the last two days. Heavy rain in the Nilgiris district helped contribute to the high hydro power generation. Along with wind and solar, the total green power generation crossed 38%. Tamil Nadu’s hydro power …
Udhagamandalam: A leopard and two elephants were found dead in different parts of the Nilgiris on Tuesday. According to forest officials the carcass of a male leopard aged 4 to 5 years in a decomposed state was found inside a private tea estate at Ganganagar near Kodhumudi. Nails from three …
On february 8, shops in Masinagudi town of Tamil Nadu were closed. People in the town were expressing their solidarity with farmers in the area who are protesting their exclusion from public consultations held by the forest department on that day for demarcating elephant corridors in the Nilgiris that pass …
This publication includes the proceedings of the 3 day meet on Save Western Ghats at the Keystone Campus, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri from 18-20 February 2010. The purpose being to highlight the issues and challenges being faced by Western Ghats over decades in the light of its importance as an ecologically …
Udhagamandalam: Forest officials should take more care in protecting forests, said the CPI(M), the Nilgiris chapter. In a statement issued here the district secretary of the party R. Badri alleged that illegal activities were taking place in forest areas with the connivance of forest officials. Nothing tangible had been done …
V Gangadharan | ENS Expect a 15 per cent jump in tiger populationFOREST officials hope for a substantial increase in the tiger population in Tamil Nadu during the synchronised wildlife census exercise that is scheduled to begin towards the end of this month. The population of big cats saw an …
Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris Collector, Anandrao V. Patil, has in a press note issued here on Thursday stated that in compliance with Madras High Court order a public hearing with regard to the recent publication of a map of the Elephant Corridor in the Sigur Plateau by the District Forest Officer, …
Udhagamandalam: Under the aegis of the Public Awareness Association of Udhagamandalam, World Wetlands Day was observed here on Tuesday. At a brief function organised inside the verdant arboretum (tree garden) near the Ooty Lake, a number of tiny-tots studying in the CSI Matriculation School took a pledge to protect the …
Coimbatore: Development at the cost of nature will lead to the destruction of Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve leaving a lasting impact on the future of Coimbatore, said C.R. Jayaprakash of Nilgiris Wildlife Environment Association on Tuesday. He was making a presentation on
The authors studied the activity patterns and feeding ecology of Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in deciduous and dry thorn forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, southern India. Over 20,000 instantaneous scan samplings on elephants revealed that 60% of the daylight hours were devoted to feeding.
Whereas, in compliance of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court, Madras dated 03.12.09 in W.P. Nos. 10098/08 and 2762 & 2839/2009, the Government decided that the Elephant Corridor identified by the Expert Committee, constituted in the said Writ Petitions, is the Elephant Corridor in Segur Plateau of Nilgiris District; …
On November 6, 2009 the Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu forest department to submit a detailed map demarcating elephant corridors in the Niligiri mountains for conservation. The directions were given while ordering a ban on new constructions in the forest corridors used by about 1,000 elephants. Tribal communities …
Udhagamandalam: The possibility of forming a separate authority for the development of the Nilgiris will be explored, said Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin here on Tuesday. He was reacting to a suggestion made at a press conference that a separate body should be constituted to take care of the development …
Thirty champions from 14 countries will attend the camp Five students from the Nilgiris have been included in the camp Udhagamandalam: An International Climate Champions Meet will be organised jointly by the British Council and the Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) in the Nilgiris between January 24 and 30. Stating this …
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: A scheme meant to benefit farmers in setting up groundwater recharge structures has hit a roadblock. The State government has decided not to grant fresh approvals till 50 per cent of the beneficiaries establish the structures. Reason: only about 15,000 artificial recharge structures have come up whereas …
V.S. Palaniappan SHARING A POINT: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh having a word with the principal Jose T.Mathew (left), during his visit to the Central Academy for State Forest Service in Coimbatore on Sunday. Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The government has decided against locating a Neutrino Observatory (INO), an underground experimental physics project, at Singara in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. Instead, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has suggested that the project, proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy, be moved to …
The district collector should take departmental action against violators and send a report to the govt, the GO added THERE should not be any deforestation or sand quarrying or mining in and around the Nilgiris district, the Madras High Court ruled on Thursday. A division bench comprising justices S J …
