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 …
K. Raju As man encroaches forest land, elephants and Indian gaurs left with no choice AT LOGGERHEADS: Two from a herd of Indian Gaurs grazing off the road at the foothills of Sirumalai in Dindigul district. DINDIGUL: The conflict between man and animals has been escalating owing to rampant destruction …
Will help in reviewing the scheme more effectively Positive step: Collector P. Amutha inaugurates a training programme on SMS system of registering attendance in Dharmapuri on Sunday. N. Saminathan (left), Project Officer, DRDA, is in picture. DHARMAPURI: Attendance report of NREGS workers in all the 251 village panchayats in the …
K. Raju Swajaldhara project a big success in Kovilur Panchayat DINDIGUL: Despite implementation of three drinking water projects, including the Rs.100-crore combined Cauvery drinking water scheme, the Dindigul municipality is not able to supply water to all its residents even once in six days. In some areas, residents get water …
K. Raju All the 2,150 residents of K. Ramanathapuram village in Dindigul district are now getting good quality drinking water, thanks to effective community participation and the implementation of the Central government
43,000 pits dug in rural areas: Dindigul Collector DINDIGUL: Two lakh saplings will be planted in various places in the district shortly. Preliminary work had begun in urban and rural areas, said Collector, M Vallalar. He was presiding over a meeting on planting of trees at villages and in towns …
District Collector M. Vallalar inspecting NREGS work-site at N. Panchampatti Panchayat of Athoor Block for improving Pallakulam East path. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme - (NREGS - TN): NREGA was launched on second February 2006 by Hon
DINDIGUL: A total of 450 projects, including 128 supply channels, 192 tanks, one small irrigation works, three ooranis and 126 road works, were carried out under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 2008-09, according to Collector M Vallalar. He was inspecting desilting of Kongan tank under NREGS at G. …
Causes damage to fauna in Kannivadi range RAGING: Forest fire on the Kanniwadi hills near Dindigul on Tuesday night. DINDIGUL: Fresh forest fire has engulfed several stretches in the Kannivadi forest range, causing much damage in the forests in the last 24 hours and posing a grave threat to fauna. …
Farmers demand release of water for irrigation THENI: Storage level in the Periyar dam crossed the minimum required level 112 feet to enable public works engineers to release water for irrigation here on Tuesday evening. Water level stood at 112.5 feet on Tuesday, thanks to a massive increase in inflow …
From Vaigai dam to supply protected water to drought-hit areas HELPFUL: Revenue Minister I. Periyasamy giving away school books to students at R. Kombaipatti near Batlagundu in Dindigul on Saturday. DINDIGUL: A separate drinking water pipeline would be laid from the Vaigai dam to draw water from it and to …
K. Raju Villagers contribute funds and participate in every activity; landless families engage in construction of farm bunds Farmers in 14 villages of Oddanchatram and Vedasandur blocks augment groundwater table Dry lands are turned into cultivable lands and soil fertility is improved, says a farmer
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS Safai Karamchari Aandolan study in 8 districts shows practice continues; to knock court doors on Tuesday DESPITE the Madras High Court order on November 20, 2008 which called for the prohibition of entry of sanitary workers into the sewerage system, manual cleaners are being made to …
New Delhi: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, working with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), on Sunday seized skins of a tiger and a leopard in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. While one tiger was found dead in Pilibhit and another in Ranthambhore on April 4, a …
DINDIGUL: Concrete plans are essential to protect agriculture and prevent migration of farmers to neighbouring towns and cities of survival. Ensuring better price for agriculture produces, bridging gap between lab and land and protecting existing cultivable lands alone will save agriculture and agriculturists in future, said Dindigul MLA K. Balabarathi. …
DINDIGUL: Organic farming with biodiversity must be promoted and should be provided with easy access to credit and marketing. The Seed Act 2005 and Special Economic Zone Act 2005 must be repealed with immediate effect and research of all genetically modified crops must be banned. The community control over water, …
Staff Reporter DINDIGUL: Stern action will be initiated against persons who engage in burning of tyres, plastic and rubber items during Bogi festival, the penultimate day of Pongal festival. Unrestrained burning of tyres and plastic items would produce dense smoke and toxic fumes polluting air, water and soil, Collector R. …
Staff Reporter DINDIGUL: Action had been initiated against lorries used for smuggling rice meant for public distribution system, said Collector R. Vasuki here on Tuesday. Permits of two heavy vehicles were cancelled as per from the Regional Transport Office. RTO authorities have also directed their counterparts in other districts for …
DINDIGUL: A total of 2.30 lakh children in the age group of 0-5 years will be immunised during the pulse polio programme to be held on December 21 and February 1. Twenty-five mobile medical centres will be set up to cover the children residing in remote and inaccessible areas, according …
Disposal of untreated wastes into land and water bodies from tanneries results in air and water pollution as well as emission of greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide. The atmospheric concentration of methane is increasing at the rate of 1% per year and has more than doubled over the …
