Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the low-pressure area over South East Bay of Bengal is likely to gradually intensify into a cyclonic storm by March 21. The storm is then likely to move north- northeastwards and reach the Bangladesh Myanmar coast around March 22. The rare cyclonic storm may […]

Chennai, March 9 (BPNS) Environmentalists and activists are up in arms against the proposed new road in Kodaikanal, the tourist spot of the state, charging that it would threaten the Indian Gaur and Deer corridor that is close to the Kodaikanal wildlife sanctuary. The road is being laid at Dolphin’s Nose, a tourist spot six […]

Chennai, March 7 (BPNS) Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has come up with a novel idea to dispose of plastic wastes by the method of depositing plastic waste and pocket money. The corporation in association with NGOs like Resident Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC)  and Rotary Club of Coimbatore Texcity has launched the ‘Green Brick […]

Jakarta, Mar 3 (AP)  The walls of Saifullah’s home in northern Jakarta are lined like tree rings, marking how high the floodwaters have reached each year some more than 4 feet from the damp dirt floor. When the water gets too high, Saifullah, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, sends his family to […]

Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state forest department has raised objections against dilution of powers to State Wild Life board.  The forest department has in a communique to the Union environment ministry said that certain new rules inserted in the Wild Life Protection Act amendment Bill 2021 are against the spirit of the […]

Chennai, Feb 19 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO)  is to float a tender soon to develop the Chandrabila coal block in Odisha. The tender, according to sources in TANGEDCO will be floated by the end of February. TANGEDCO will be using the coal mined from this block for its power projects […]

Chennai, Feb 11 (BPNS) The anti- Kudankulam activists have come out strongly against the proposed tender to be floated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to build an Away From Reactor (AFR) facility nuclear spent fuel storage facility at Kudankulam. The AFR’s are proposed to be coming up at the Kudankulam Nuclear […]

Chennai, Feb 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government will notify 17 water bodies across the state as wetlands under the Wetlands( Conservation and Management Rules) 2017. The draft notification seeking comments from the public will be issued in February 2022 itself, according to information from the state government sources. According to information available, the 17 water […]

Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) As part of its ambitious Meendum Manjapai (return of cloth bag) campaign, the Tamil Nadu government is to develop alternatives for single-use plastics. The state is also planning an extensive campaign among youth and children against the bad effects of plastic and how to get rid of it and instead use […]

Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) Marine Conservetionists and nature lovers of Tamil Nadu are worried over the large number of deaths of endangered Olive Ridley turtles across the shores of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. Sunil Chandrashekaran, marine biologist and Director, Centre for Environmental Studies research group based out of Thoothukudi while speaking to BPNS said, “ […]