Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee Vs The District Collector, Vellore district & Others dated 30/01/2025. The matter related to pollution caused by untreated effluents discharged by tanneries and other industries in Tamil Nadu into the Palar river, posing a threat to …
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee Vs The District Collector, Vellore district & Others dated 30/01/2025. The matter related to pollution caused by untreated effluents discharged by tanneries and other industries in Tamil Nadu into the Palar river, posing a threat to …
Vellore: Sand mafia are freely plundering the resources of the Palar river. With apparent overt or covert support from corrupt officials and political backing, illegal mining of sand worth several crores is thriving, causing irreversible damage to the riverbed. Sources in the public works department (PWD) say Palar is the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Rajendran Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 05/07/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into the Applicants (R. Rajendran) lands. Tribunal directs the Tannery to be immediately closed and electricity disconnected.
Chennai: The Madras high court has given the Vellore district administration one month to verify whether sand quarrying on Palar river bed was being carried on as per rules, and whether the operators confined their mining activities only to the area and depth specified in rules. A direction to this …
Had it been implemented the upper Palar would have received good water flow in the recent floods The rains might have been bountiful for farmers this year, but many, especially those in the western part of the district, are not happy. They say delay in implementing the Thenpennai (Ponnaiyar) - …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P.K. Ellappan Vs. The Government of Tamil Nadu dated 07/05/2015 regarding illicit sand quarrying being carried on in Palar river bed at Pinayur Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, 07/05/2015.
The Madras High Court has given two weeks to the Central and State governments to file a detailed statistical report on river sand mining in the State and the transactions of sand miners. A Division Bench comprising Justices M.M.Sundresh and R.Mahadevan ordered the notice. In a PIL, K.Kumar of Walajahpet …
VELLORE: After sand-mafia allegedly assaulted and injured a college student on Saturday for protesting the mining of sand in the Palar riverbed, villagers gathered in front of the Vellore Collectorate on Saturday night and staged a protest which went on till the wee hours of Sunday. “The Revenue and PWD …
“No action taken despite repeated representations” Volunteers of Palar Padhugappu Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam (Palar Protection Awareness Movement), Vellore district, residents of Kangeyanallur, members of women self-help groups, male youths and students staged a demonstration in front of the Vellore district office of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) at Gandhinagar here …
PUCL team presents video and photographic evidence; mining operation could extend up to 200 hectares Illegal sand mining is happening in broad daylight in the river basins of Palar and Cheyyar, according to a fact-finding team of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The team presented to media on …
Palaru Pathukappu Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam (Palar Protection Awareness Movement-PPAM) has taken out a rally and conducted a public meeting demanding measures to prevent sewage, effluents of leather industry from entering Palar River in order to protect water sources, here on Sunday. Kanchi Amuthan of Palar Protection Joint Movement flagged off the …
Prevent Jolarpet Municipality officials from going ahead with the work Ambalur villagers expressed their opposition to the move of the Jolarpet Municipality to dig five additional borewells in the Palar River in Ambalur panchayat near Vaniyambadi to tide over the drinking water scarcity of Jolarpet residents. On account of the …
Vellore MP Abdul Rahman has urged the Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan to devise a plan to reverse the damage to the ecology of the Palar river basin using the proven bio-metallurgy technology used across the world. The technique can be used to remove heavy metals in …
Industrialists planning to start polluting units in four districts of the State are unable to get the Consent to Establish (CTE) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) as the government is not willing to relax norms. According to TNPCB sources, the board has not taken any decision on …
VELLORE: The district administration has taken a major initiative to rejuvenate the traditional water bodies and their inlet channels from the catchment areas at a cost of Rs 1.82 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme. Besides this, the authorities also proposed to remove the …
People of Kavasambattu facing acute water scarcity for drinking and irrigation The indiscriminate and continuous quarrying of sand from the Palar river bed in Kavasambattu village in Katpadi taluk for the last seven years has resulted in the drying up of agricultural wells and domestic wells and the consequent decline …
Farmers optimism on the state government giving a new lease to the Palar river has come a cropper with media reports suggesting that the Karnataka Government plans to block the flow of water to the Pennaiyar River altogether. Farmers here were optimistic that the state government would take up with …
Collector orders official to take action Farmers participating in the monthly agriculturists' grievances redressal day meeting here on Friday complained of indiscriminate mining of sand in the Palar and Ponnai rivers, which resulted in the depletion of the ground water resources in the rivers. D. Gopalakrishnan, a farmer of Sathambakkam …
In full flow:Following heavy rain, Palar river witnessed water flow from Thimmampet. AMBUR: The dry riverbed of Palar river witnessed water after nearly five years over a distance of 50 km from Thimmampet following heavy rain caused by cyclone Jal. The sight of water drew several excited onlookers on Monday. …
The lorries were seized by the Revenue Department officials KANCHEEPURAM: Show cause notices have been issued to the owners of 20 sand lorries seized by the District Revenue Department officials at Sathanancheri in Uthiramerur taluk. According to official sources, the Uthiramerur tasildar, Kasthuri received a tip off that sand was …
