Water bodies to be restored to their original capacity
It will be taken under rural employment guarantee scheme The State Rural Development Department has planned to remove encroachment on scores of water bodies, falling under its jurisdiction, and restore...
View ArticleA new tiger reserve proposed in Srivilliputhur
Wildlife officials have submitted a proposal to the State Government to create a new tiger reserve in the existing Grizzled Giant Squirrel sanctuary in Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar district. Shekhar...
View ArticleSupreme Court panel rejects State proposal for road to sanctuary
Members say it will help ganja cultivators, encourage poaching The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court on August 7 rejected a proposal cleared by the Tamil Nadu Government for laying...
View ArticleSand mining affects drinking water sources
Villagers of Gopalapuram registered their protest against sand quarrying in their vicinity on Wednesday. They stopped two earth-movers from carrying out work to lay temporary road for lorries to reach
View ArticleTextile units shifting base to Kariapatti
Space constraints and the absence of modern infrastructure have prompted 35 textile manufacturing and processing units in Madurai to shift base to Kariapatti in neighbouring Virudhunagar district. The...
View ArticlePlan to improve green cover in Virudhunagar
Over two lakh saplings being raised for distribution The Forest Department will distribute over two lakh saplings, free of cost, to residents of Virudhunagar district for improving the green cover. The...
View ArticleCracker units near sanctuary shock naturalists
After educational institutions and resorts, it is the turn of firecracker manufacturers to set up units in the foothills of forests, posing a threat to locals and wildlife. The establishment of...
View ArticleRajapalayam all set to produce green power
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Work is on full swing in Rajapalayam municipality of Virudhunagar district for the fabrication of digester to convert biodegradable waste into electricity. The project, which is believed
View ArticleHigh Court takes serious note of dengue deaths
The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday took serious note of recent dengue deaths in Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district and told top officials of health department that it expects much better action
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding carrying on industrial...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s Varuna Bio Products Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 15/04/2015 regarding carrying on industrial...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees,...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Muthukumaran Vs The State of Tamil Nadu dated 03/08/2015 regarding felling of trees in Survey No. 628/2, S. Kodikulam
View ArticleTN’s largest solar plant goes on stream
A 40 MW solar plant was commissioned on Wednesday near Sengottai in Virudhunagar district, making it the largest solar plant in Tamil Nadu to go on stream so far. The plant, which has come up at an
View ArticleRare butterflies sighted, snapped in Nilgiris
Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society has recorded 271 species in State The Nilgiri tit butterfly is rarely spotted and even less photographed. But members of the Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society (TNBS) have done
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R.Kanagaraj Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding pollution caused by Supreme
View ArticleTN wants Centre to operationalise Cauvery Water Management Authority immediately
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday sought immediate operationalisation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee...
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