Transport

New drive by police against haphazard parking

Stickers will be pasted on vehicles in no-parking zone.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2015
R. Sivaraman
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Pondicherry, parking, Road, Congestion
Agriculture

PPCC slams ruling party for failing to get water from Cauvery

Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has strongly condemned the ruling All India NR Congress for failing to get water from Cauvery River for the farmers of Karaikal which is considered as t

Publication Date: 
24/08/2015
R.Sivaraman
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Pondicherry, Farmers, Cauvery, Karaikal, Political Parties, Sugarcane
Transport

Draft Road Safety Policy and Action Plans for the UT of Puducherry

In order to give importance to Road Safety and to reduce the incidence of Road Accidents in the UT of the Puducherry, the Transport Department, Puducherry based on the guidelines of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi has prepared, "The Draft Road Safety Policy and Action Plan for the UT of Puducherry".

Publication Date: 
05/08/2015
Government of Puducherry
Tags:
Roads, Road Transport, Traffic Accidents, Pondicherry
Water Supply

CM lays foundation fordrinking water supply scheme

Chief Minister N Rangasamy today laid foundation of Rs 2.55 crore drinking water supply scheme in Thondamanatham village in Oussudu reserved constituency marking the initiatives of the government t

Publication Date: 
23/06/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pondicherry, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Rural Water Supply
Environment

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on rapid coastal erosion in Visakhapatnam, 30/04/2015

Minister of State for Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences Shri Y. S. Chowdary informed Rajya Sabha that towards possible development of long-term solution solution, data collection and documentation of shore erosion has been carried out at different stretches in the states of Tamil Nadu

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Coastal Erosion, Vishakhapatnam (D), Andhra Pradesh, Parliament, India, Cyclones, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha), Beaches, Sand, Pondicherry
Health

Development and implementation of healthy workplace model in a selected industry of Puducherry, South India

The workplace is increasingly being used as a setting for health promotion and preventive health activities; not only to prevent occupational injury, but to assess and improve people's overall health. This study aims at developing and implementing a healthy workplace model in a software industry of Puducherry.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2015
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, L. Subitha, S. Kalaiselvi
Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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25-29
Tags:
Occupational Health, Pondicherry, Non Communicable Diseases, Obesity, India, Lifestyles, Private Sector
Water Pollution

Medical schools dump biomedical waste into water bodies'

Two private medical colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry have been dumping biomedical waste into water bodies, polluting the environment and exposing residents to health hazards, an enviro

Publication Date: 
24/12/2014
Times of India (Puducherry)
Tags:
Pondicherry, Hospital Waste, Water Pollution, Water Resources
Mining

CBI enquiry sought into illegal sand mining

“Revenue officials hand-in-glove with sand mafia in Villianur”.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2014
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Energy

Master plan soon to make Puducherry a ‘solar city’

Three high-level committees, private consultancy giving shape to it

Publication Date: 
13/06/2014
M. Dinesh Varma
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pondicherry, Solar Energy, Solar City, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, UNDP, Energy
Environment

Forum opposes Puducherry govt's move to convert water bodies, community forest areas into house sites

PUDUCHERRY: A water users' forum has taken a strong exception to the Puducherry government's decision to provide house sites to the Scheduled Tribe people by converting lands classified as ponds, i

Publication Date: 
02/06/2014
Times of India (Puducherry)
Tags:
Pondicherry, Water Resources, Forests, Tribes, Housing Construction, Right To Information (RTI), Coastal Regulations, Land Encroachments, Environment

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