A meeting on banning the use of non-recyclable plastic products was held at the Collectorate on Thursday.

Chairing the meeting, Collector Ashish Kumar said use of non-recyclable plastic had been stopped completely in Kanyakumari district as awareness through a range of measures was created among the public, particularly among the producers, traders, consumers and the government officials, who were entrusted with the work of enforcing the ban.

While permitting Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin to continue operations of its copper plant, the Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to issue notice to the in

Sterlite Industries expressed confidence that it will overcome the deficiencies listed out in the Supreme Court judgment.

Project to lay second water pipeline yet to be implemented

Inaccessibility to drinking water is a cause for serious concern among people of Kayalpatnam, a Second Grade Municipality, which houses an eighty percent of Muslim populace. People are getting drinking water only once in five days or seven days.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its stay on the Madras High Court judgment ordering closure of the copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

New Delhi In a major relief to Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier stay order against the immediate closure of the company’s copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in

Mangrove habitats along the coastal line of Tuticorin will be regenerated. More attention will be on conservation of mangroves, according to Shekar Kumar Niraj, Conservator of Forests, Virudhunagar circle.

Around 60 to 70 hectares of mangrove habitats would be restored in Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts. The forest officials would execute the exercise under mangrove regeneration scheme with Central Government's financial support.

The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) has termed the Tamil Nadu government's ‘support' for the Kudankulam nuclear project as anti-democratic and a violation of people's rights.

The natural resources of water had to be conserved for the public for drinking and secondly, supply of water from perennial water bodies should be made to farm lands for agriculture, according to R. Nallakannu, leader of the Communist Party of India.