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 …
Over 2,000 eco-friendly bags distributed For a cause: Executive Director, IOB, G.Narayanan, distributing eco-friendly bags at the flower show in Udhagamadala on Sunday. Udhagamandalam:
R Haldorai Green activists have opposed political support for encroachers as they have reduced green cover in the Nilgiris CANDIDATES from all political parties have promised to resolve the section 17 (janmam) forest lands problem and issue pattas to convince the electorate of Gudalur and Pandulur taluks of the Nilgiris …
Udhagamandalam: A change in the weather pattern has become a major source of concern to the farming community in many parts of the Nilgiris. Pointing out that extremely chill conditions with severe frost followed by prolonged dry weather had put farmers in a spot, planter and Chairman of the Ministry …
The Nilgiris have wealth of diversity, which includes the varied floral and faunal diversity. Besides, tribal diversity is also high in this region. The Nilgiris are of the major hill stations that are home to around ten different primitive tribal communities with distinctive cultures. Based on their geographical isolation, the …
Udhagamandalam: An alleged wildlife offender who was wanted by the police and forest officials for the last eight years surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday made it clear that if during investigation of cases relating to illegal mining in the Nilgiris district the complicity of any public or government official transpires, the investigating agency should not spare those officials and should proceed against them. Passing further orders on …
Udhagamandalam, A high level committee comprising Ambuj Sharma, principal secretary , Revenue Department, M S Farooqi, principal secretary, Industries Department, Mani Shankar, High Court lawyer, and Sridhar Ramamoorthy , an expert from the Geological Institute in New Delhi, inspected quarries in the Nilgiris district and received petitions from the public …
Landslides in Nilgiris are mainly due to rainfall, but human intervention in the form of deforestation and plantation has turned this into a calamity. This study in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu with the help of Global Land Cover Facility data reveals that there is a drastic reduction in …
The present investigation deals with the chemical characteristics/composition of the natural waters of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), located within Kerala and Karnataka states respectively. Waters of both localities differ significantly in their chemical characteristics and composition. The waters of NBR - Kerala are bereft of dissolved minerals in their …
A proposed observatory in Nilgiri forests threatens to disturb wildlife movement In early 2000, a team of scientists gathered at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata and decided to revive research on neutrinos, tiny elemental particles that can pass through almost all matter unhindered. A flurry of meetings …
Neutrinos are neutral elementary particles produced by the sun and stars through nuclear fusion and decay in their core. These particles travel nearly at the speed of light and interact with matter via a weak force. This allows them to pass through almost all matter unhindered. Sources of neutrinos can …
D. Radhakrishnan UNAWARE OF DANGER: A deer darting across the road at Mavanhallah near the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. UDHAGAMANDALAM: The pressure stemming from development should not allow the man-wildlife conflict to get out of hand. Adopting this approach, the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near here has drawn up a plan to …
Masinagudi residents are apprehensive of what Mudumalai tiger reserve holds for them On July 15, inside the core of Mudumalai tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu, a group of workers waited for a jeep to take them to Masinagudi
Though there have been very many reports on illegal trade, this is the probably the first on Trade in Nilgiri Bio Reserve Area. This report is the result of an extensive study conducted at odd hours for six months. No word of this report can be challenged as Vatavaran has …
A field experiment under runoff plots was conducted at Devala, Gudallur taluk of the Nilgiris from 2001 to 2003 to evaluate the impact of vegetative barriers and mechanical measures on erosion losses on 25 per cent sloping land under cultivation of cassava.
