ERODE: Animal Husbandry Department, Erode, continues its check on birds for avian influenza.
According to sources in the Department, an officer in the rank of Assistant Director visits the Vellode Bird Sanctuary on Fridays to arrival of new birds, death of birds, unusual avian mortality, if any, etc.
ERODE: Residents of Ward 17 and 18 of Karumandichellipalayam Town Panchayat, near Perundurai, staged a protest here on Wednesday in front of the Office of the Executive Engineer, Urban Project Division of Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board.
ERODE: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan has urged self-help groups (SHGs) to take up environment conservation activities.
ERODE: Even as the Bhavani Municipality takes steps to implement the solid waste management system, the Consumer Protection Council has asked the civic body for safe disposal of garbage.
At present the civic body dumps garbage at a 6.5-acre site near the Bhavani New Bus Stand and the rear end of the graveyard, near vegetable market.
The textile industries in Tamil Nadu are in the process of providing zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system and they are in need of suitable technology for colour and organics removal so as to reduce the chemical consumption, energy consumption and sludge generation, which are problems in the conventional treatment methods.
MADURAI: T. Kallupatti, 50 km from here, may appear yet another sleepy small town in the State. But what is less known is that it is one of the four town panchayats identified for a pilot project for biomass power.
KARUR: Farmers in the pollution-hit Noyal river basin have urged the State Government to quickly disburse the compensation awarded to them by the Loss of Ecology Committee.
