Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s green power generation has increased with a high contribution of hydro power in the last two days. Heavy rain in the Nilgiris district helped contribute to the high hydro power generation. Along with wind and solar, the total green power generation crossed 38%. Tamil Nadu’s hydro power …
Thirty champions from 14 countries will attend the camp Five students from the Nilgiris have been included in the camp Udhagamandalam: An International Climate Champions Meet will be organised jointly by the British Council and the Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) in the Nilgiris between January 24 and 30. Stating this …
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: A scheme meant to benefit farmers in setting up groundwater recharge structures has hit a roadblock. The State government has decided not to grant fresh approvals till 50 per cent of the beneficiaries establish the structures. Reason: only about 15,000 artificial recharge structures have come up whereas …
V.S. Palaniappan SHARING A POINT: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh having a word with the principal Jose T.Mathew (left), during his visit to the Central Academy for State Forest Service in Coimbatore on Sunday. Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The government has decided against locating a Neutrino Observatory (INO), an underground experimental physics project, at Singara in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. Instead, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has suggested that the project, proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy, be moved to …
The district collector should take departmental action against violators and send a report to the govt, the GO added THERE should not be any deforestation or sand quarrying or mining in and around the Nilgiris district, the Madras High Court ruled on Thursday. A division bench comprising justices S J …
D. Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: Many parts of the Nilgiris continued to remain cut off on Wednesday due to landslips, although the rain has subsided and people have begun venturing out for essential items and supplies. Southern Railway has suspended train services on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Road, railway and communication infrastructure …
Hill region reels under impact of north-east monsoon; 44 dead in two days; toll across Tamil Nadu reaches 75 7 OF FAMILY DIE Landslide kills a TNSTC driver and six members of his family. The roof of their house is found hundreds of feet away, buried PICKING UP THE PIECES …
They will be held responsible if action is not taken CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has granted time to the State government to identify officials who may be held responsible if they do not take action against illegal miners in the Nilgiris district. When a petition by In Defence of …
Landslides caused by heavy rainfall over the past few days in the Ooty mountain ranges have flattened several hamlets near Coonoor, said officials on Tuesday. They added that 28 deaths were reported on Tuesday, including seven of a family, taking the death toll due to monsoon-related incidents in the Nilgiris …
THE Madras High Court has directed the State government to ensure that no illegal construction was made in the area shown as elephant corridor in Mudhumalai area in Nilgiris district. A division bench comprising justices S J Mukhopadhaya and M Duraiswamy gave the direction on November 4 while passing further …
Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has registered an improvement in fuel efficiency and brought down the breakdown rate of its buses attached to Coimbatore region this year vis-a-vis last year, according to TNSTC General Manager (Coimbatore region) K. Chandramouli. He told The Hindu here that average fuel …
R Haldorai TRADERS downed shutters in support of the bandh called by Opposition parties and private organisations condemning the Nilgiris district administration's ban on sale of private forestlands, at Gudalur on Tuesday. A protest rally led by former tourism minister A Miller (AIADMK) and Gudalur town secretary Raja Thangavelu was …
KALPETTA: With the season of butterfly migration nearing, nature lovers and experts are a worried lot. Mindless use of pesticides and chemicals for farming in the district causes widespread destruction of the butterfly population, according to environmentalists.
Kerala: Windmills threaten environment in Nilgiri biosphere reserve The windmills of Attapadi in Palakkad district are producing power and generating controversy. With more set to come up in the tribal-dominated area close to the Silent Valley National Park, questions about the eco-friendliness of the project are doing the rounds. Is …
Genetic diversity was studied among 20 common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces collected from different traditional farming villages of Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India, with Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Evaluation of genetic diversity is essential for conservation, management and to trace the hybrids.
Udhagamandalam: Arrangements are apace for implementing a Tree Cultivation on Private Lands programme, according to the District Forest Officer (in-charge), the Nilgiris South, N.Satheesh. Good response In a press note issued here on Tuesday, he said that the scheme introduced during 2007-08 had evoked good response. Tamil Nadu was the …
BANDIPUR: A sub-committee comprising senior officials of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and other stakeholders will be constituted to study the effect of vehicle movement in the national parks in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) and to suggest steps to mitigate its impact. The authorities will conceive and adopt a
From his lookout atop an 80- foot-tall tree, Gopal could see the forests in three states burning simultaneously last fortnight. Even though fires are not unusual at this time of year in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR)
