Court should decide on Cauvery issue, they say

With the Cauvery dispute once again starting to generate heat in Karnataka, which is preparing for using the river's water for summer irrigation, a measure opposed by Tamil Nadu, farmers in Tamil Nadu are a worried lot.

Besides protecting water sources, people should also make judicious use of water as it is increasingly going scarce, said V. Sampath, District Collector.

He was speaking at a function held at Konthamur near here to mark the World Water Day celebrations on Tuesday. The Collector said that without water, no living being could survive. While earth consists of two-thirds of seawater and one-third of land, a lot of pressure was being put on resources found on the land owing to population explosion. It has gad an impact on water availability too.

Fifteen textile processing units that were closed for violation of rules, were found being operated once again and dumping huge amount of untreated effluents in water sources near Bhavani. The units were sealed again on Wednesday.

Following widespread complaints from the public, a team of officials from revenue department and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) conducted surprise checks in Bhavani, Servarayanpalayam and Kalingarayanpalayam areas. The officials found 15 units, which were sealed by them a year ago, functioning once again. Of them, four units in Servarayanpalayam were found using generators.

Eight days after they began an indefinite fast against the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam, the protesting leaders called it off after talks with district authorities this morning.

The condition of five persons, including Mr S. P.

Residents welcome plan to set-up power generation unit

The State Government's plan to set-up a power generation unit using the waste generated in the corporation has brought jubilation among the residents of Ramaiyanpatti, who have staged several rounds of protests against the dumping of garbage in the vast yard close to this hamlet.

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) to be provided free to 14.62 lakh huts

A proposal aimed at strengthening the power transmission network at a cost of about Rs.3,573 crore has been sent by the State government to the Union Ministry of Economic Affairs for seeking financial assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

New Delhi: The prolonged protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant added $180 million (around Rs 900 crore) to the cost of the power project, with India losing around $1 million a day, Russian

Continuing his fast against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) S P Udayakumar today said the protesters were "ready" for talks.

"We are ready for talks. If we are considered people of this country and if our ahimsa protest is respected, government should talk to us. They should treat us like Indian people," Udayakumar,

CHENNAI: Stressing the importance of biodiversity preservation, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) member S Subramaniyan has said that environment protection and water conservation efforts must go hand-in-hand.

Speaking at the World Forest and Water Day celebrations at the Little Holy Angels Matriculation School in Korattur, Subramaniyan said water played an important part in biodiversity conservation.