Water Pollution

HC stays NGT penalty on TN govt over polluting water bodies

The Madras High Court Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Rs 100-crore penalty imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), south zone, on the Tamil Nadu government for its failure to restore A

Publication Date: 
10/04/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Adyar, Cooum, River Pollution, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution
Environment

‘Won’t support anything polluting environment’

Women power is on display in the coastal belt of southern Tamil Nadu. Doctor-turnedpolitician Tamilisai Soundararajan is pitted against DMK’s Kanimozhi in Tuticorin.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2019
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Political Parties, Environmental Security, Vellore (D), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction affecting free flow of water from Narayanapuram lake to Pallikaranai marshland, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 02/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of A. Swaminathan, President Narayanapuram Residents Association Vs State of Tamil Nadu dated 02/04/2019 regarding illegal construction in the course of the project called ‘Ramaniyam Ocean Dew Apartment’, affecting free flow of water from Narayanapuram lake to Pallikaranai marshland, by blocking the water ways.

Judgement Date: 
02/04/2019
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Urban Encroachments, Chennai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Housing Construction, Court, Tamil Nadu
Energy

CAG to help install solar panels

With the renewed solar policy for 2019 released recently, residents and commercial establishments are seeking professional assistance in setting up solar rooftop in their homes.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2019
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Solar Energy, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Renewable Energy, Energy
Environment

Madras High Court posts Vedanta plea for reopening TN smelter on April 23

CHENNAI: The Madras high Court has posted for April 23 the plea filed by Vedanta Ltd challenging the Tamil Nadu Government's closure order of its four-lakh-tonne-a-year copper smelter in Thoothukud

Publication Date: 
28/03/2019
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Environmental Security, Copper Industry, Vedanta Aluminium, Industrial Pollution, Environment
Air Pollution

Stubble burning menace emerges in Kuttanad

The practice, common in Punjab and Haryana, is a major threat to environment

Publication Date: 
27/03/2019
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Air Pollution, Agriculture, Alappuzha (D), Farmers
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding defacement/disfigurement on rocks, hills, hillocks, Tamil Nadu, 25/03/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Defence of Environment and Animals (IDEA) Vs The State of Tamil Nadu dated 25/03/2019 regarding defacement/disfigurement on rocks, hills, hillocks and also on public constructions. The SC directs Tamil Nadu to take all necessary steps to ensure that there is no defacement/disfigurement of any public places including rocks, hills, hillocks, public constructions by writing slogans, messages of political parties including depiction of photographs of public figures/ politicians until further orders.

Judgement Date: 
27/03/2019
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court, Urban Beautification, Political Parties
Environment

SC reiterates its order to stop defacement of natural environment

Says Tamil Nadu government failed to imbibe the spirit of its directive, did not give meaningful response

Publication Date: 
26/03/2019
Krishnadas Rajagopal
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Environmental Security, Political Parties, High Court, Environment
Health

State has a long road ahead in fight against tuberculosis

Efforts are on to maximise notification of private cases, say officials

Publication Date: 
25/03/2019
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Tuberculosis (TB), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health
Health

In Tamil Nadu, swine flu killed two this year, 285 cases reported

Two people died and 285 were infected with swine flu (H1N1) in Tamil Nadu from January to March 10 this year, data of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Union Health Ministry, show.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Swine Flu, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Health Effects, Health

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