Chennai, Mar 16 (BPNS) The Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) will remove all the underwater pipelines which have been laid in Pattinamcherry of the Nagapattinam coast before May 31. The decision has come after a peace meet held by the Nagapattinam district administration on Thursday. The peace meeting was held at the office of the […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 12 (BPNS) George Healy, Deputy Chief of the New York City’s Fire department who was consulted by the Ernakulam district collector said that the measures taken by the Kochi administration to douse the fire at the Brahmapuram waste plant is on the right track. Interacting with the Ernakulam district collector, NSK Umesh, Kerala […]
Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) The activists of Tamil Nadu have come up strongly against the preventive custody of three environmental activists ahead of the visit of Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to Erode. The environmental activists led by R.S. Mugilan had sought a permission from the Erode district police for conducting a democratic black flag protest […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) Environmentalists and social activists are protesting after the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) destroyed a portion of a Miyawaki forest set up in Perungudi zone in a corporation school. Activists said that a portion of the Miyawaki forest was destroyed to construct a new building. Sudip Rajan, an environmental activist in Perandur […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will be taking stringent action against those hospitals and clinics that dump their biomedical waste in public places. There have been several instances of biomedical waste being strewn in public places including national highways where there is less movement of people and traffic at […]
Chennai, Dec 28 (BPNS) The Thanjavur district administration of Tamil Nadu in a bid to protect the shorelines and to increase the presence of crabs and prawns and other marine wealth ,is to plant 13000 mangroves in a period of one week. The project will be executed with the support of the District Forest department […]
Sreevidhya Rajeev/ Chennai ,Dec 22( BPNS) The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is regarded as internationally important in the conservation of wetlands. It is otherwise termed an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites or wetland sites. Established in 1971, this is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran and became valid in 1975. India signed the treaty […]
Chennai, Oct 8 (BPNS) Even after repeated reminders from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Thamirabarani river in Tamil Nadu continues to be polluted. Untreated sewage and organic waste from the villages on its banks and industries are leading to unabated pollution in the state. The river, according […]
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, […]
