Chennai, Sept 11 (BPNS) Music legend, Sir Paul McCartney, who was part of the global music band,  The Beatles has sent a letter to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav requesting him to take urgent action to send abused elephant, Jeymalyatha (also known as Joymala) to a suitable rescue centre. […]

Chennai, Sept 9 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has sent a letter to the Union minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal urging him to take measures to ban the import of single-use plastic cigarette lighters. He also called for stringent action against the illegal imports of plastic cigarette lighters. In the letter, […]

Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The Coimbatore municipal corporation sealed two micro-industrial units that were allegedly operating without a license. The units were functioning in TVS Nagar, Coimbatore. The units were shut down after complaints had come up that the units were creating environmental pollution. The owners however alleged that the civic officials did not conduct […]

Chennai, Sept 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will soon constitute a committee headed by the Additional chief secretary to take immediate action on the pollution hazards due to chromium waste in Ranipet area. The decision of the state government is following a directive of the Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal( NGT). A […]

Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to take strong action against the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for operating a unit without obtaining prior environmental clearance that was mandatory. The bench directed the Pollution control board to take necessary […]

Chennai, Aug 8 (BPNS) As part of a plastic-free Nilgiris district, the administration has commenced distributing free cloth bags to all the houses in the district. 99000 houses are included in the scheme and the district administration is distributing the free cloth bags under the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme of the state government.  The Tamil Nadu […]

Chennai, Aug 7 (BPNS) Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district are up in arms against the discharge of industrial effluents into water bodies. Farmers and activists have already raised complaints with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board against the discharge. According to the farmers of Perundurai taluk, , water bodies in Sullimedu, Odaikkatur, and Palatholuvu […]

Chennai, Aug 4 (BPNS) With Six Wetlands from Tamil Nadu getting international Ramsar recognition, the state has 10 Ramsar sites and is at the top of the country along with Uttar Pradesh. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin in a statement on Thursday said, “This international recognition is a matter of great pride and goes […]

Chennai, July 23 (BPNS) With the Union Ministry for Forest, Environment, and Climate Change planning to establish an eco-sensitive zone 1.5 km around the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), the villagers of 6 villages adjacent to it are called for a public hearing. The hearing scheduled for July 27 at Kovinthaparei village will be presided over […]

Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) While the Central government and the Government of Tamil Nadu have enforced ban on Single Use plastics, the lack of alternatives seems to have made it difficult to execute the ban in Tamil Nadu. The government of Tamil Nadu banned the use of 14 types of single-use plastics on January 1, […]