Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding setting up a super critical coal based thermal power plant at village …

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 …

Fertile farmlands in Cauvery delta: evolution through LGM

The Cauvery delta encompasses legendary farmlands for at least over the last 2300 years BP that had supported the growth of the famous Chola and Pandya kingdoms. The chrono-stratigraphic study from six sediment cores taken from the Cauvery basin indicates Holocene evolution of the present delta in response to past …

Tamil Nadu's Neduvasal. site of protests against proposed hydrocarbon project, calls off stir

PUDUKKOTTAI : Residents of Neduvasal have called off their 22-day protest against the proposed hydrocarbon extraction project in the village. The protesters announced their decision, following an assurance given by Minister of Public Health Dr C Vijaya Baskar during a meeting with the villagers on Thursday evening. The villagers submitted …

Pudukai villagers stage protest opposing Hydrocarbon project

PUDUKKOTTAI: Tension prevailed at Neduvasal near Alangudi on Thursday when residents staged a protest following information that the Union government had allegedly given the green light for a hydrocarbon exploration and extraction project in the village. In order to show their opposition to unconfirmed reports about the approval by the …

15 MW solar farm for Pudukottai

Gamesa, a leading player in the renewable energy space, has secured a contract for setting up a 15 MW solar farm in Pudukottai district. A company press release said that Gamesa will be responsible for engineering and design, supply of inverters, erection and commissioning of the 15MW solar farm. The …

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding regarding Coastal Zone Management Plans for the districts of Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Pudukottai and Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 29/09/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Ossie Fernandes Vs.The Union of India dated 29/09/2015 regarding Coastal Zone Management Plans with reference to the CRZ Notification, 2011 for the districts of Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Pudukottai and Thirunelveli.

Crop insurance to cover monsoon failure

Modified scheme benefits tenants and covers all food grain Crop insurance scheme is being implemented as modified national agricultural insurance scheme in all the 13 blocks in Pudukottai district during 2013-14 based on the administrative sanction accorded by the Centre and approval by the State government. Under the scheme, weather-based …

HC orders notice on land acquisition

The Madras High Court bench here ordered notice to the special district revenue officer (DRO) for land acquisition, Pudukottai, on a batch of four writ petitions filed by farmers from Kumaramangalam village, opposing the DRO’s proceedings to acquire their lands for laying a national highway. In their writ petitions, the …

BHEL initiates CSR activities in Pudukottai

BHEL’s Power Plant Piping Unit (PPPU) at Thirumayam in Pudukkottai district, which began trial production a year ago, has begun reaching out to the beneficiaries as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Last week, the Executive Director of BHEL Piping Centre, Chennai, and PPPU, Thirumayam, S. Gopinath, handed …

Farmers protest non-inclusion of district in the recent survey

Expressing protest against non-inclusion of Pudukottai district during the recent survey by a team of ministers in samba crop-affected districts, farmers staged a walk-out from farmers’ grievances day meeting here on Thursday. As soon as C. Manoharan, Collector, came to the meeting hall and started explaining the recommendation by the …

National Mission on Food Processing established in Pudukottai

The Centrally-sponsored ‘National Mission on Food Processing’ (NMFP) has been established jointly by the State government and Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The objective of the programme is decentralisation of implementation of schemes through participation by State governments. In a press release issued here on Wednesday, C.Manoharan, Collector, said …

llegal sand quarrying hits ecology of villages

Villagers of Kudumiyanmalai have urged the district administration to take strict action against illicit quarrying of sand in the Vellar. In a memorandum submitted to V.Kalaiarasi, Collector, villagers alleged that illegal quarrying of sand has been brisk in villages in and around Seranur and Parambur village panchayats both near Kudumiyanmalai. …

Rs.26.96 crore for improving power transmission and distribution

TANGEDCO to implement scheme in Aranthangi, Pudukottai Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has got a sanction of Rs.26.96 crore for implementing various measures to improve transmission and distribution of power in the municipal towns of Aranthangi and Pudukottai in the district. Sanctioned under the Centrally-sponsored ‘Restructured accelerated power …

Ban on deep-sea fishing takes relish out of Karur residents

Demand for freshwater fish caught at Mayanur increases The blanket ban on deep sea fishing along in the State, to facilitate breeding, has jacked up inland and sea-fish prices in the district where people relish sea food delicacies. Karur being an industrial town has people from regions including the northern …

Plan to take menstrual hygiene awareness beyond classrooms

Disposal of napkins raised as a concern at consultative meet TIRUCHI: Aiming to maximise sensitisation on menstrual hygiene management and integrate it with total sanitation, the Menstrual Hygiene Management Corporation (MHMC) decentralised its operations following the UNICEF-sponsored state-level annual consultative meeting at the Kalaiarangam Hall here on Sunday. Ten regional …

790 villages in the State want to hold jallikattu

THE Tamil Nadu government was requested on Monday to issue a GO to conduct

21,000 hectares of paddy damaged in Pudukottai

PUDUKOTTAI: Paddy raised on an area of 21,000 hectares in the district has been damaged extensively following sharp showers in the district during November. The damage was caused due to inundation of paddy fields for several days and also due to the incidence of blast disease in the fields, said …

Sea level rise will hit land, ecosystems along the coast of Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: A sea level rise by even one metre in 2050 will have a serious impact on infrastructure, wetlands and lands along the Tamil Nadu coast line, says a study by the Centre for Development Finance. The report concentrated on the impact of sea level rise as a result of …

Fishermen sensitised to hygienic handling of fish

PUDUKOTTAI: Unhygienic handling of fishes not only decays the catch but also causes a setback in the income of the fishermen. For customers, the spoilt fish is bound to cause health hazard. To tide over these problems, a day-long training on

Effects of sea level rise on Tamil Nadu coast

Tamil Nadu has a coastline that is 1,076 km long, and most of the vital installations and infrastructure, are located along the coast, not to mention the mangroves. While the quantum of sea level rise is being debated, the fact that sea level would rise due to global warming is …

Modernisation of panchayat tank ushers in benefits for villagers

Ensures irrigation, enhancement of rain water realisation PUDUKOTTAI: Work on modernisation of the panchayat tank taken up by the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) at Thalinji village near Iluppur has started paying dividends. The tank, spread over an area of 22 acres, is 300 metres in length and 25 metres in …

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