200 tonnes more of waste will be generated in future

If all goes well, Coimbatore Corporation will go in for two more transit stations to manage the waste generated in the 11 local bodies that will soon be a part of the city.

The Corporation has at present four transit stations to manage the 650 tonnes waste generated in the city. Two of the four – Peelamedu and Sathyamangalam Road – are functional and the rest – Ukkadam and Ondipudur – are in the process of being completed.

VIDS suggests formation of consortium of social entrepreneurs
Call for launching District Greening Movement with support of environmentalists
Mobile traffic patrol system suggested to regulate the traffic flow on roads
VELLORE: The Vellore Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) has urged the Collector of Vellore district S.

VELLORE: The Organic Farming Organisation, Vellore, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to ban the use of endosulfan, a harmful pesticide, in Tamil Nadu.

In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, president of the organisation G.S. Purushothaman said the pesticide had been banned in more than 80 countries and in India by Karnataka and Kerala.

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Municipality conducts surprise checks on three stockists

Some manufacturers selling water packets with ISI seal on them, says official

Checks also being conducted at hotels to ensure hygiene and quality of food

AMBUR: The Ambur Municipality is taking steps to effectively enforce the ban on sale of drinking water packets in its limits.

Project-related activities on schedule, says Stalin

CHENNAI: Work on the Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project will begin in three to four months after awarding of contracts, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin told the Assembly on Monday.