VIRUDHUNAGAR: A total of 39.217 lakh man days of work has been generated under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme and Rs. 26.49 crore of wages disbursed in the district during 2008-09.
Caused by a chilly oil extract unit
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Residents of ward 6 of Virudhunagar municipality have complained of air and water pollution allegedly caused by a chilly oil extract unit in their locality.
In places adjoining Western Ghats
VIRUDHUNAGAR: An estimate to take up several works at a cost of Rs. 3.75 crore under the Western Ghats Development Programme in Virudhunagar district has been sent for government approval.
The present investigation was carried out to find the ground water quality at 20 different localities in and around Sivakasi town, Viudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. Various physico-chemical parameters, such as temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total hardness, temporary hardness, permanent hardness, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, chloride, sulphate through the water analysis.
Indigenous practices play a vital role in sustainable agriculture development and are unique to a given culture of society. An exhaustive survey was conducted in dry tracts of Tamil Nadu to document the indigenous storage structures used by farmers. Information was documented by using participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques.
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has released Rs.1.25 crore to farmers for artificial recharging of ground water in 3,271 irrigation wells in the district till December 2008.
Collector K. Raghupathi said that while small and marginal farmers were given Rs.4,000 as subsidy for constructing recharge filters, other farmers were being given Rs.2,000 as subsidy.
MADURAI: A bio-diesel plant, with a capacity to produce 1,000 litres a day, has been sanctioned for the State by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Southern Railway is likely to buy the product from the plant.
The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology took the initiative and got clearance for the Rs.75-lakh plant at a meeting held in New Delhi last week, said S. Vincent, Member Secretary of the council. Steps are being taken to educate farmers on the benefits of
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday demanded that the sand quarry across Gundaru river in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district should be closed down immediately as all norms for quarrying had been violated there affecting the ground water table in the area, besides causing serious and horrible drinking water scarcity. AIADMK cadre will stage a demonstration in front of Tiruchuzhi taluk office on May 29 protesting the mindless sand quarrying which had been going on across Gundaru, Jayalalithaa said in a statement here.
Tank irrigation accounts for more than one-third of total irrigated area in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states in India. Tank water supplies fluctuate randomly from year to year and within a year.
The surface water quality monitoring in a catchment is one of the most important tools for water management. The western zone of Virudhunagar district in south Tamil Nadu depends upon the surface water from Pillavakkal irrigation system, comprising a number of interconnected surface tanks. The increase in agricultural products and industrial zones in this terrain results in an essential investigation of the surface water quality and soil parameter.
