The Corporation has enlisted the services of a Madurai-based firm to generate electricity from recycled waste collected from the Ramaiyanpatti garbage dump.
Officials from the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) and the Department of Geology and Mining have completed the physical survey of 17 major mineral quarries and five granite quarries,
The Madras High Court bench here on Wednesday ordered notice to the Public Works Department (PWD), the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Madurai District Collector on a public inte
State forest minister, M S M Anandan who held a review meeting with the forest officials of Madurai and Theni districts on Tuesday urged the forest department to gear up for the massive tree planti
MADURAI: In what may come as a surprise package to the farming community, the number of farmers in Madurai district has increased marginally, even as there is a decline at the national level.
Like the granite quarry probe, the district administration would carry out investigation into irregularities reported in sand and stone quarrying.
Announcing this at a monthly farmers’ grievance meeting here on Friday, Collector Anshul Mishra said that farmers and others, who had specific knowledge of the malpractices, can submit petitions.
The units have sunk open wells on the Amaravathy riverbed; the activity has been going on unchecked
Many dyeing units in Karur have been illegally siphoning off groundwater from the parched Amaravathy riverbed. The unlawful activity has been going on unchecked under the very nose of the officials. Scores of dyeing units are situated at Sellandipalayam, Sukkaliyur and Rayanur on the southern banks of the river in Karur. Though a ban is in place on operating dyeing units without zero liquid discharge systems, many units are operating on the sly. The officials have taken token action against some units but many continue to operate unimpeded in the region.
