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Order of the Supreme Court regarding 3009.84 acres of land situated at Vadipatti village and a part of the Sirumalai hills, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 18/03/2024
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/03/2024.
The matter related to 3009.84 acres of land situated at Vadipatti village and a part of the Sirumalai hills. Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam, a religious institution filed …
Engendering finger millet-based value chains for livelihood and nutritional security of women in agriculture
Gender analysis along the agricultural value chain enhances our understanding about the roles performed by men and women in the value chain and in forward and backward linkages, their access to productive resources, opportunities available for valueaddition and benefit sharing, both as individuals and group enterprises.
The gender roles in …
Grama sabhas stress on plastic eradication
Madurai: Residents were urged to make environmental friendly products and adopt traditional practices to eradicate plastic during the special gram sabha meetings held in villages in the district. Special gram sabhas are organized in all local bodies compulsorily on the four public holidays, Republic Day, May 1, Independence Day and …
Dengue prevention drive carried out in Ponnagaram
Madurai: Dengue prevention activities were carried out in Ponnagaram and Andalpuram in Madurai on Sunday, vessels in which water was not stored properly were emptied and fines were also imposed on some residents. Water was found stagnated in a syntax tank on the terrace of an office building in Ward …
Dengue prevention activities at Anupanadi
Madurai city corporation on Thursday carried out dengue prevention measures in the Anupanadi Housing Board area. Corporation commissioner Aneesh Sekhar inspected the area and checked if mosquito breeding is present in any containers at households. Finding a larval growth in three newly constructed houses in the area, he slapped the …
Tirunelveli collector launches dengue awareness campaign
Madurai: Tirunelveli district collector Sandeep Nanduri has said that college and school administrations should create awareness on dengue to prevent the spread of the disease. He was speaking at a dengue awareness campaign organised for schools and colleges, here on Wednesday. The collector said that though awareness sessions on this …
Illegal granite mining: HC likely to wind up Sagayam commission
CHENNAI: Almost three years after picking IAS officer U Sagayam to head the one-man commission to investigate the alleged illegal granite mining scam in Madurai district, the Madras high court is set to wind up the commission proceedings by July 31. On Wednesday, the first bench of Chief Justice Indira …
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 commercial products like soft drinks or packaged drinking water. In his public interest litigation (PIL), …
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 alone would work out to Rs 1 lakh crore, an association of granite mining …
Villagers against sand quarrying in ‘kanmoi’
Say mining permission was given to an individual despite their opposition About 100 villagers from Chinnareddipatti near Peraiyur thronged the Collectorate here on Monday demanding immediate cancellation of licence granted for quarrying sand from Periya Kanmoi (Muthu Ayyanar kanmoi), a tank in their village. The villagers, who brought bottles of …