Tamil Nadu reels under a third successive year of drought, and the rural economy is fast drying up as a sixth straight crop failure stares farmers in the face.

SIRKAZHI: A demonstration to protest against the proposed 1000 MW thermal power project by P.E.L. Power Limited at Vanagiri was held here in front of the Tahsildar

Aug 31: Trident Port and Power Company will set up an integrated port and 2,000 MW thermal power plant at Kilapidagai and Karapidagal of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu with a total investment of Rs 10,000 crore. The project will come up in 3,000 acres of wasteland and will be implemented in three phases.

FIRST OF ITS KIND: A.K.Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC (second from left),taking a look at the VAP project at the Kuthalam plant of ONGC in Nagapattinam on Wednesday.