Mushrooming of dyeing units contributes to the high level of pollution

Legal cell demands setting up of an SC Bench in Chennai

No effluent let out, says TNPL MD Mohammed Nasimuddin

Effluents released into the channel on September 14: Associations

Plan to gherao TNPL paper mill at Kagithapuram

L. Renganathan

Being implemented in 12 wards of Kulithalai Municipality

GOOD EFFORT: Students on an exposure visit to the compost yard of Kulithalai Municipality that is implementing the solid waste management programme.

L. Renganathan

In many panchayats only 15 per cent members joined actively

Another problem is the age of the workforce

L. Renganathan

Finding proof: Members of the International Geological Expedition conducting a study in Kadavur area of Karur district.

KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, agriculture and environment.

A tree-planting programme to popularise afforestation efforts organised

Early beginning: Students planting a sapling at the BLESS Nursery and Primary School, Inungur.

Call to plant more saplings and raise trees

KARUR: A sapling planting programme, to popularise afforestation efforts among students and their parents and to highlight the need for preserving the environment, was organised by the BLESS Nursery and Primary School, Inungur, Karur district, recently.

Along the dry Amaravathy riverbed

These wells were sunk for drawing and selling water for drinking purposes and industrial use

Illegal wells numbering over fifty are found in Andankoil East and West, Pallapalayam

PWD Minister Durai Murugan inspects the progress of works

GOOD PROGRESS: PWD Minister Durai Murugan, second from right, inspecting the progress of the flood control project works near Musiri on Wednesday.