Stop work on Kudankulam units: NGO
Says the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has violated its own norms on ‘plant siting’ Poovulagin Nanbargal, a non-governmental organisation, has written to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB),
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for construction activities in Tamil Nadu, 19/12/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Appaswamy Real Estates Ltd. Vs. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority & Others dated 19/12/2016 regarding environmental clearance
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Kudankulam’s first reactor has posted Rs. 1,000-crore profit’
The first 1,000-MWe reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project that commenced commercial power generation on October 22, 2013 has earned a profit of Rs. 1,000 crore (prior to tax) for the Nuclear Power
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Analysis of heavy metals accumulation in mangroves and associated mangroves species of Ennore mangrove ecosystem, East Coast India
<p>This study is to collect the samples of true mangrove plant, associated mangrove plants, water and sediments from Ennore Mangrove Ecosystem and the samples are analyzed for heavy metals accumulation.</p>
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NGT declines to halt Kudankulam N-plant's expansion
The controversy regarding the operation of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant units 3 to 6 appears to have come to an end with the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissing a petition
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Water managers cheer as Krishna trickles into Poondi reservoir
CHENNAI: Krishna water reached Poondi reservoir on Saturday night giving some hope to water managers with water levels dropping to less than one tmcft. “Poondi reservoir is now getting 300 cusecs of water
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Despite monsoon scare, groundwater level holds steady
With only a month to go for the year to end, the rainfall that Chennai received remains grossly inadequate. However, the city’s water table has not witnessed much of a decline, so far, this year, according
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Stress on making Madurai clean and green
The need for all citizens to get involved in the movement to make Madurai clean and green was highlighted by several speakers at a rally organised by the Madurai chapter of Confederation of Indian Industry,
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Cash crunch hits solar power bids
CHENNAI: Demonetisation has hit solar power tenders in Tamil Nadu with many developers unable to put down large volumes of cash needed to purchase the land required. Out of 500MW for which Tamil Nadu Generation
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High court bans plastic bags, oil bathing in Courtallam Falls
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday passed an order imposing a ban on use of plastic bags below 40 microns in Courtallam falls situated in the Courtallam town panchayat and
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Air quality monitoring stations in 20 districts
Chennai: The TN State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will set up continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations in 20 districts across the state. TNPCB sources told TOI that chief minister J Jayalalithaa
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Depleting water table holds hope
Groundwater in most southern and central parts of the city have gone down by nearly 10 feet since last November but this depleting resource could still bail out Chennai residents in case of a failed monsoon.
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Green panel gives go-ahead to ECRplan, with riders
Chennai: People who commute between Chennai and Puducherry — as daily commuters or to party in the former French territory — have reason to raise a toast. The Tamil Nadu Road Development Corporation
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Kudankulam Unit II to go critical on Monday
Unit II of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was scheduled to criticality by Monday night and reconnected to the southern grid by Tuesday evening. Unit II which attained criticality on July 12 was connected
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'Urban adolescent girls hooked to junk food'
TRICHY: Adolescent girls in urban areas of Trichy continue to shun the supplementary nutrition provided by the state government while rural adolescent girls lap it up and stay healthy. This is the finding
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Madurai HC stops cola giants from using Thamirabarani water
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in its interim order has banned two soft drinks majors, Pepsi and Coca Cola, from drawing water from the Thamirabarani River for the purpose of producing
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Court asks mining company to give details of rare minerals
A court-appointed amicus curiae in the suo motu PIL proceedings examining the fairness of procedure in allotting 77 beach sand-mining licences involving extraction of rare atomic minerals worth thousands
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NCTPS expansion threatens to degrade Ennore green belt
The under-construction North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS) 1x800 mega-watt super-critical plant is threatening to degrade the ‘last surviving’ 76.9 hectares (190 acres) of green belt in Ennore,
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Order of the Madras High Court regarding soft drink companies using Tamirabarani River water, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, 21/11/2016
<p>Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Dr. D. A. Prabakar Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 21/11/2016 regarding Pepsi Cola and Coca Cola in the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, Gangaikondan
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TN granite mining loss calculation unscientific, federation says
CHENNAI: When the total value of India's granite exports over a period of 17 years worked out to a mere Rs 52,000 crore, how can the notional loss suffered by illegal granite mining in Madurai district