“Heavy pollutants” emptied into canal had residents gasping

Early Sunday morning residents of Kamarajar Nagar near Ginger Hotel woke up to the acrid smell of chemicals that had spread across area through a drainage canal.
According to a pollution control board official, “heavy pollutants” were emptied into the canal in Kamarajar Nagar.

It will be implemented by Sulabh International in 150 houses
A total sanitation project is to be implemented at a cost of Rs. 75 lakh at Milavittan in the district through the initiatives of Sterlite Copper here.
According to a press release, bhoomi puja was performed to this effect on Sunday. Under the project, individual household toilets would be constructed in the village. Each toilet would cost Rs. 35,000 and the company had earmarked a total outlay of Rs. 75 lakh for this project.

A scientific study of soil and water samples taken from the region surrounding the controversial Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi has revealed a startling picture of environmental poisoning.

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Thoothukudi

BAN ON MINING IN TAMIRABARANI The Vaippar river will be erased from the map if sand mining continues.

Farmers and CPI members file writ petitions pointing out that the quarries had affected drinking water resources, farm lands were becoming arid
QUARRYING of sand from the bed of river Tamirabarani should be banned for five years, the Madurai Bench of the High Court ordered on Thursday.

The Bench also ordered that a monitoring committee be constituted for all rivers in the State under the chair

WITH capacity expansion of thermal plants in the State nearing completion, power cuts will be minimised by March next year, Minister for Electricity Arcot Veerasamy said.

After reviewing the progress of works on the Mettur Thermal Plant's 600 MW expansion at an outlay of `3,500 crore, the minister told reporters that the three-stage work would be completed by March although the deadline was Jun

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Air and water there are so polluted that you could consider yourself lucky if you escape with minor ailments, say residents RURAL areas are always less polluted than their urban cousins, isn

FARMERS in Thoothukudi are a worried lot as the government has denied water supply for 24,211 acres in the district, affecting crops in many areas which were raised in anticipation of the water supply.

REPRESENTATIVES of eight villages from Thoothukudi district on Tuesday threatened to go on mass agitation if the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) goes ahead with its plan to acquire about 1,700 acres of cultivable land from their locality.