Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Kodaikanal Lake which forms the heart of the resort is a star shaped lake, covering an area of about 24 hectares. Kodaikanal Lake was created in 1863 by Sir Hendry Levinge. The objectives of this study is to assess the physico-chemical and biological quality of the Kodaikanal lake and to …
AFTER Dindigul and Theni, now several cases of diarrhoea have been reported for a second time within two weeks near Attur in Salem district. Nearly 100 people, including children, have been suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting since Tuesday at Sadhasivapuram near Attur. According to Health Department officials, many have been …
DINDIGUL: A special watershed development project will be implemented by the Gandhigram Trust at Thottanuthu village an estimated cost of Rs.62.56 lakh with community participation. The trust will act as facilitator and only villagers will implement the entire project, in three years. Under the project, the trust will take up …
DINDIGUL: Lakshmi Seva Sangam, an ayurveda medicine manufacturing unit of Gandhigram Trust, has plans to buy forest produce directly from tribal people living on Sirumalai hills with an aim of enhancing their economic activities and ensuring sustainable development at tribal villages. Middlemen Such measures will eliminate middlemen and the real …
Connecting Kaicharakan tank and Periakulam tank near Gujiliamparai Union SOCIAL CONCERN:College and school students renovating a channel in Palayam town panchayat in Dindigul district. DINDIGUL: For the first time, NSS volunteers, members of rural youth groups and Nehru Yuva Kendra join hands to retrieve seven-km-long channel connecting Kaicharakan tank and …
DINDIGUL: Kudaganar and Sandhanavarthini rivers would be linked under the river-linking project to benefit drought-affected areas such as Vedasandur and improve agriculture activities in such areas, said I. Periasamy, Revenue Minister. After distributing free colour television sets and gas stoves at Padiyur near Vadamadurai near here on Saturday, he said …
THREE persons from Athupatti village in Vedasandur block of Dindigul died of diarrhoea on Wednesday. Irked by this villagers resorted to a picketing agitation, charging the authorities that the deceased could have been saved if there was proper road facilities to the village. Rajaperumal (25) a farm labourer of the …
With a petition:Residents of Kottaipatti village thronging the Collectorate in Dindigul on Monday DINDIGUL: People residing at Kottaipatti village at Kalikkampatti panchayat in Athoor taluk have been struggling with urology disorders including kidney stones, one of the most painful of the disorders owing to supply of poor quality of drinking …
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 …
Prince Jebakumar | ENS After completion, the project will be extended to all 14 blocks of the district} DINDIGUL has become the first district in the State to interlink 25 rural tanks, ponds and other waterbodies through a 17.5 km supply channel at Methapatti in R Kombai village panchayat of …
Entry level activities have commenced at an estimated cost of Rs.3.9 lakh THENI: Five micro watershed programmes covering nine villages have been taken in three blocks at an estimated cost of Rs.96.11 lakh. Entry level activities have commenced in these water sheds at an estimated cost of Rs.3.9 lakh. The …
NEED OF THE HOUR: A.K. Rajan, chairman, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, right, releasing a handbook and a CD on climate change at a conference in Dindigul on Tuesday. Nature scientist Nammalvar receives it. DINDIGUL: Creation of more green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming …
Exnora comes out with a new concept DINDIGUL: Five lakh tree saplings would be planted in the district next year to regenerate endangered tree species such as Portia tree (poovarasu) which was vanishing from these parts rapidly, said Collector M. Vallalar. Inaugurating a district-level conference on
DINDIGUL: The idea of interlinking all tanks has been gaining momentum as the district administration has identified four villages, Ulliakottai, R. Kombai, Vadugambadi and Mallapuram, in Gujiliamparai union, one of the grey areas in the district, to implement it as a pilot project. The district administration had already identified all …
DINDIGUL: For the first time, 2.5 lakh saplings were planted in different parts of the district in a single day, thanks to participation of community and voluntary organisations. Over 350 tree saplings were planted on the collectorate campus alone. Other saplings were planted on the campus of all government and …
Stern action will be initiated against erring officials DISCUSSION: Farmers at the grievance day meeting in Dindigul on Friday. DINDIGUL: Stern action will be initiated against officials who failed to display a list of hybrid plant saplings at the agriculture extension centres. All agriculture extension centres should have a list …
They stage a novel protest wearing leaves SALEM: Thamizhaga Adivasi Amaippugalin Kootamaippu (TAAK) has demanded the immediate implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Tamil Nadu. To highlight this issue, they also staged a novel protest here on Tuesday wearing leaves. The members, mainly women, said that Tamil Nadu …
DEMAND: Tribal people staging a demonstration in Dindigul on Monday. DINDIGUL: Tribals from different villages on the Kodaikanal hill on Monday organised a demonstration here on Monday to flay a move to displace them from their land by Forest Department officials. They appealed to the government to implement the Forest …
District Human Development Reports also shows slight improvement in life expectancy THE State Planning Commission on Wednesday released the District Human Development Reports (DHDRs), which show a marginal improvement in life expectancy and infant mortality rates. The study was conducted in five districts: Thiruvannamalai, Sivaganga, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Dindigul. Prof …
Equal importance given to improve road connectivity: Collector Efforts on for filling up teacher posts in schools particularly in hilly regions Basic amenities to be improved at government schools especially in villages DINDIGUL: District administration will implement development works at an estimated cost of Rs.82.43 crore in rural areas under …
