Pondicherry

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

Source: Times of India (Puducherry)

Tags:

Pondicherry, Water Resources, Forests, Tribes, Housing Construction, Right To Information (RTI), Coastal Regulations, Land Encroachments, Environment

Environment

Environmentalist bags Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

Environment engineer of the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee N.

Publication Date:

26/03/2014

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Pondicherry, Environment, Awards, Environment Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Lake Pollution

Energy

Petition for seeking approval for implementation of DSM based Efficient Lightning Program (DELP) in UT of Puducherry under Demand Side Management programme

Puducherry has filed the present petition under Demand Side Management Programme for seeking approval of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and Union Territories for implementation of Demand Side Management (DSM) based Efficient Lighting Program (DELP) in UT of Puducherry.

Publication Date:

05/02/2014

Source: Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and Union Territories

Tags:

Electricity, Power Transmission, Pondicherry, LEDs, Energy Policy, India

Coastal Development

South Asia convention on Coastal Management

The South Asia convention on Coastal Management convention jointly organised by Centre for Science and Environment and Pondicherry-based PondyCAN identified the need for the South Asian countries to share experiences and approaches and the need to learn from each other.

Publication Date:

21/01/2014

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Coastal Development, South Asia, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Pondicherry, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), SAARC, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Environment

Coastal management should enhance livelihood options: experts

Puducherry citizens inspired to reclaim its beaches: Chief Secretary.

Publication Date:

21/01/2014

Author(s): Kavita Kishore

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Pondicherry, CSE, Sunita Narain, Coastal Development, Coastal Regulations, South Asia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ecosystems

Environment

Submit plans to end coast erosion: NGT

In an attempt to put an end to rapid human-induced sea erosion that is plaguing a number of areas on the eastern coastline, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has directed the Ministry of Envir

Publication Date:

20/11/2013

Source: New Indian Express (Chennai)

Tags:

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Coastal Development, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Pondicherry, Coastal Regulations

Health

Karnataka govt tops midday meal rankings

New Delhi : Karnataka has topped the first ever ranking of state governments on the basis of their performance and implementation of the midday meal scheme with a total score of 77.79 per cent, fol

Publication Date:

19/11/2013

Author(s): Anubhuti Vishnoi

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Karnataka, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Children, Delhi, Goa, Orissa (Odisha), Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Pondicherry, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Environment

Green Tribunal clamps down on Chemfab’s expansion

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday restrained Chemfab Alkalis Ltd., Kalapet, Puducherry, from carrying on any construction activity for expanding its production capacity and

Publication Date:

31/10/2013

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Pondicherry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chemfab Alkalis, Gas Leakages