It will be taken under rural employment guarantee scheme

The State Rural Development Department has planned to remove encroachment on scores of water bodies, falling under its jurisdiction, and restore the storage of the water bodies to their original capacity.

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has asked all the local bodies of Madurai district to establish plastic waste collection centres and dispose them of at cement kiln of Madras Cements in Virudhunagar district.

The District Environmental Engineer, A.R. Krishnaram, said that the cement factory had signed a memorandum of understanding with the local bodies to make use of its kiln to dispose the non-recyclable waste which on being strewn on the streets prevents infiltration of rainwater into the ground.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Distribution and retail sale of Endosulfan pesticide have been banned, Virudhunagar Collector, V.K.

To be implemented at a cost of Rs.597 crore

BENEFICIAL:Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laying foundation stone for the water schemes near Rajapalayam on Monday.

RAJAPALAYAM: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday laid the foundation stone for three Tamiraparani combined drinking water schemes for Virudhunagar district to be implemented at a cost of Rs.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Residents of ward 21 of Virudhunagar town have complained of sewage mixing with drinking water supplied through pipeline.

The residents fumed that drinking water was being supplied only two times a month in the town.

And even that little water was not usable for any purpose, a resident said.

To mark World Environment Day; 11.87 lakh saplings given

GREEN:Children planting a sapling.

SIVAKASI: The stage is set for a mass sapling planting in Virudhunagar district on Saturday planned on the occasion of World Environment Day. The district administration has distributed 11.87 lakh saplings to individual houses and private lands.

J Arockiaraj | ENS

VIRUDHUNAGAR district is all set for a massive tree planting drive to celebrate World Environment on June 5.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has formed one distribution centre for every 25 houses to enable smooth mass planting of saplings planned on June 5.

In a statement, the Collector, Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan, said that all the saplings would be moved to the distribution centres by June 2. People have been asked to dig up the pits by May 30 to plant saplings.