Farmers demand adequate compensation for the affected at the grievances day meeting
Expressing deep disappointment over the inability of officials to stem the pollution rot plaguing rivers in the district, farmers demanded permanent steps to end pollution in water bodies and sought adequate compensation for affected farmers.
Action would be initiated against industries situated in and around Thorappalli if they did not adhere to norms laid down by the Pollution Control Board in letting out smoke, said C. Prakasam, District Revenue Officer, here on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to give details about the effluents from the Sterlite Industries’ 400,000-metric tonne copper smelter plant at Tuticorin.
The recovery system to extract hazardous metals from electronic wastes has to be improved in the State, according to R.Ramachandran, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
Two lakh sixty five thousand and ninety five persons in the district have been issued job cards for the centrally sponsored Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), for which 1,92,995 families have registered, District Collector C.N. Maheshwaran has said.
Councillors participating in the ordinary monthly meeting of the Vellore Corporation Council here on Wednesday urged the State government to implement the Integrated Drinking Water Scheme for Vellore district, for which the foundation was laid by former Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin early this year
Thermal Power Station II of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation has bagged the Chairman's rolling shield for having achieved “zero accident” by adopting safe operational practices for the year 2010.
Official sources say that as per the Government of India norms the Corporation has to supply 135 litres per capita per day (lpcd) to residents within the city limit. In keeping with the norms, it will have to supply the same quantity for residents of the three municipalities, seven town panchayats and a village panchayat as soon as they become a part of the Coimbatore Corporation.
Among the things that the AIADMK government headed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa can be proud of in the 100 days since it took power, are significant announcements in the health care sector: incre
Reforms in the energy sector, a long-term strategy for the planning and execution of power generation projects and separation of distribution feeders form part of the contours of the government's broad thinking. A pro-active approach to the promotion of renewable energy, especially solar energy, is another important element of the new administration's plans.
