An amount of Rs. 50 crore has been earmarked towards the implementation of a marine discharge project for treated effluents from dyeing and bleaching units, situated mostly in the western belt of the State.
Digging trenches, improving solar fences get priority
The Forest Department is embarking on a Rs. 3-crore project to prevent man-elephant conflict. The project included measures to augment availability of fodder and water. The State Government recently sanctioned Rs. 4.5 crore to the Coimbatore Forest Division. Of which Rs. 1.5 crore was for setting up a regional kumki camp at Chadivayal.Coimbatore Forest Division is spread over 690 sq km in six ranges, of which 400 sq km is conflict-prone. The division has 58 villages and 315 route km of forest boundary.
The camp will ensure quick reaction in man-animal conflict
Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned Rs. 1.5 crore to set up a kumki elephant (tamed/trained) camp at Chadivayal at the foothills of Siruvani.
The Forest Department has nearly 60 kumki elephants at its elephant camps in Mudumalai and at Anamalai Tiger Reserve. The Coimbatore camp will be the third kumki camp in the State and the first kumki camp outside a sanctuary area. TheDepartment has identified a few male elephants and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Gautam Dey will inspect the site and the elephants and pass final orders allotting two elephants to the camp.
Experts in SWM call for measures to promote segregation of waste at source and efficient disposal system
In the past few weeks, conservancy workers have been working overtime to clear garbage that has piled up across the city. Apart from being an eyesore, the overflowing waste bins pose health hazards. Garbage is clogging canals and choking stormwater drains in parts of Pulianthope, Adyar, Kodambakkam and Triplicane zones.
Dyeing hub faces reversal of fortunes, pollutes area
Dressed in a loincloth, a frail-looking 84-year-old AP Kandaswamy, who is a farmer and also the president of the Noyyal River Ayacutdars Protection Association, greets us with a glass of water from his well.
KOCHI: Good tidings await farmers and their livestock. The dairy development department has introduced its first ever highest yielding fodder variety CG-3 in Ernakulam that is garnering interest in the agricultural industry.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a single judge's order setting aside land acquisition orders covering 35.48 acres at Kalappatty in Coimbatore (North) taluk on the national highway to Avinasi.
NHAI is using the fabric in several projects for the last seven years
Dark-coloured, netted fabrics draped on concrete panels are all over the vertical structures coming up on the 42.6 km stretch from Chengapalli to Neelambur. Coimbatore is not only seeing the much-needed widening (six-lane) of NH 47 from Chengapalli to Neelambur but also modern materials used in the construction. “Geo synthetic reinforcement fabrics” are used to reinforce the earth walls in this project.
The State government has sanctioned a total of Rs. 1,157 crore for free distribution of milch cows, goats and sheep to the rural poor.
Of the total amount, the scheme for free distribution of milch cows accounts for Rs. 232 crore and for goats and sheep Rs. 925 crore. All these amounts are to be spent over the next five years.
