A field study was conducted at the Alanthurai watershed in order to estimate the soil erosion status using GIS and USLE. The annual soil loss values estimated from the USLE is represented pictorially using Arc view 3.2a version of GIS software.
All the dead sheep would be buried at a common place in the village after conducting autopsy }
A HERD of over 170 sheep died after allegedly drinking polluted water stagnated on the roadside near a company at Ganesapuram here on Monday.
WITH A MESSAGE: Members of an environment protection group taking out a march from Coimbatore on Monday to Poompuhar in Nagapattinam District as part of a campaign against pollution of water resources.
TO enhance Coimbatore's green cover, a government bus conductor is developing a nursery of one lakh saplings at the Coimbatore Central Prison premises and plans to plant them across the city's educational institutions.
INSPIRED by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a group of college students here has formed an association to uplift villages in the district. Around 1,000 students from 50 colleges across the city are members of Kalam Students Foundation, which will focus on improving the infrastructure facilities at villages.
HEALTH HAZARD: Discarded footwear and garbage smouldering at a vacant site off Pollachi Main Road on Tuesday. People complained that smoke from the dump affected visibility on the road.
COIMBATORE: The Rs.96-crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Scheme of the Coimbatore Corporation is well on course, according to Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra.
