Providing impetus:Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin giving away grant to CETPs in Tirupur on Sunday.

COIMBATORE: The State Government had made a series of efforts to find a permanent solution to the effluent problem in Tirupur, Deputy Chief Minister M.K.

COIMBATORE: Vegetable cultivation in India is hampered by pests and diseases which cause a total loss of Rs.1,40,000 crore worth of food crops.

With a targeted production level of 170 million tonnes of vegetables by 2025, the present productivity has to be stepped up substantially, P.

A DROP in demand for organic cotton in the West amidst an increase in output has forced large retailers to cut consumption.

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IF New Delhi Metallo-betalactamase (NDM-1)is the latest superbug that is threatening humans, crops too have their share of superbugs.

One of them is Papaya Millibug, a pest which has reportedly destroyed most of the crops in Puducherry and southern Tamil NaduCoimbatore, Erode and Tirupattur.

N Ganesh of CEAD, an NGO that works with the farmers of the Thavaluppam are

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YOGANATHAN, a TNSTC conductor and an eco-activist, is all set to launch a programme nonpareil to see his city grow greener all through the year.

Christening his pet project as 'Uyir Vazha Oru Maram', Yoganathan told Express that his sole intention was to create awareness among the school students on the importance of making the city green.

Elaborating on the green proje

To avert disasters like the Bhopal gas leak, the environment ministry is preparing off-site emergency plans for hazardous units in 41 selected industrial pockets such as Gurgaon, Coimbatore, Bharatpur and Panipat.

COIMBATORE: Field staff of the Department of Agriculture and scientists of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have been asked to be vigilant on the possible invasion by coconut leaf beetle pest.

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Kurichi industrial cluster is located at a distance of 7 km from Coimbatore city. This cluster has two industrial estate developed by SIDCOI and private to an extent of 180 acres. This is the action plan for critically polluted area Kurichi industrial cluster, Coimbatore published by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

V.S. Palaniappan

Plan to move court to obtain stay on cutting trees

Loss of green cover:Trees along Mettupalayam Road in Coimbatore being cut as part of the ongoing works to widen the stretch.

Coimbatore: The felling of trees on Mettupalayam Road from Sukrawarpet to Narashimanaickenpalayam to widen the road has been opposed by Matram Charitable Trust.

K.V. Prasad

Finding a Solution:Project Co-ordinator of Siruthuli K. Mylswami explains how the rain water harvesting structure put up at the Coimbatore District Collectorate functions.

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