District administration has given permission to desilt and sell silt after obtaining permission from Department of Mines and Minerals; officials yet to pass orders.

The representatives of various farmers' associations here have urged the district administration to give permission to water users' association to desilt the water bodies instead of giving the contract to a company.

Rs. 3.25 crores allotted for installing solar panels to ensure uninterrupted supply of power to inmates

The beneficiaries of ‘green house' scheme, who are supposed to occupy their houses at the earliest, need not worry about the prevailing load shedding in the district. The conventional energy has come as a boon to them following the district administration's decision to install solar panels on top of the green houses.

Subramaniam Paramarthalingam Udayakumar was 21 when he, along with a few friends, started the Group of Peaceful Indian Ocean to campaign against ships and submarines said to be ferrying nuclear weapons across the Indian Ocean. They believed these American, Soviet, British and French vessels could be catastrophic to countries that had nothing to do with the arms race between the world powers.

Udayakumar, now 52, says the period when he took his Masters education in Kerala in English literature helped mould his present streak of activism against nuclear weapons and plants.

The Government on Tuesday swung into action mode on the issue of foreign-funded NGOs protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. It registered cases against four NGOs allegedly found diverting funds to fuel the protests and deported a German national, who was on a tourist visa, for his “active involvement” in the anti-nuclear agitation.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested a 50-year-old German national who allegedly raised funds for protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Tamil Nadu 'Q' branch sleuths, who monitor the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the state, arrested Sonnteg Reiner Hermann in Nagercoil on Monday. They brought him to Chennai in the evening. Immigration officials said they have cancelled Hermann's visa and that he would be deported early on Tuesday.

The present yard poses a threat to residents of Nagercoil Municipality

It is high time the district administration explored ways to ensure safe and scientific disposal of garbage collected from the Nagercoil municipal limit and other extension areas either in the existing compost yard at Valampurai Vilai, situated in the heart of the town or in some other places.

The members of All India Farmers' Association staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate on Monday.

They urged the Government to construct houses under the Green House scheme to those who built dwellings in the Government poromboke areas. Before removing the encroachment by the officials of Public Works Department they should ensure alternative area and provide houses to them under Green House scheme.

The anti-nuclear protests at Kudankulam entered the tenth day on Thursday, with leaders of the rainbow organisations demanding scrapping of the nuclear plant in the village hopeful that the newly-elected local body representatives will support their cause.

Nearly 10,000 persons accompanied the 127 persons observing an indefinite fast at Idinthakarai against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday.
Bishop of Tuticorin RC Diocese Yvon Ambroise, who participated in the fast being held near St. Lourdes Church in the coastal hamlet along with 25 priests, said that though the Union Government had spent over Rs. 13,000 crore for constructing these two nuclear reactors, it should be closed down as the lives and livelihood of people living around the project site were more valuable than the money spent.

Forest Minister, K.T.Pachaimal released water from Poigai dam, situated near Aralvoimozhi on Friday for irrigation purpose.