Environment

Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has decided to approach the state Industries department and a private company to hand over part of their unsurveyed salt pans and swamp areas measuring about 28000 hectares to develop the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary into one of the world’s best flamingoes and waders […]

Thiruvannathapuram, Nov 19 (BPNS) The ace Malayalam director, Lijo Jose Pellisery who has brought resounding box office success and has narrated the village stories of Kerala’s high ranges in his earlier movies like ‘Angamaly Diaries’, ‘EeMaYu’ and ‘Jallikettu’  has again come out with a movie set in the high ranges. ‘ Churuli’ the latest movie […]

Chennai, Nov 16 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) employees will not use personal vehicles on Wednesday’s starting this week to promote pollution-free commutation. The TNPCB chairman R. Udhayan in a statement said that the board will be promoting ECOmmute in a big way and that the step taken to avoid personal vehicles […]

Chennai, Nov 14 ( BPNS) Heavy rains have lashed the Kanniyakumari district with the district being inundated. Tirunelveli district also is having heavy rains after heavy downpours on Saturday and Sunday. Residential areas and roads are inundated with heavy rains and many dams and reservoirs have discharged surplus water. Radhapuram in Tirunelveli experienced maximum rains and […]

Chennai, Nov 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu revenue minister, KKSSR Ramachandran has said that encroachment on water bodies and construction of houses on paddy fields are the reasons for heavy flooding in Kanniyakumari district. He was speaking to reporters at Kanniyakumari on Sunday after inspecting the waterlogged areas and the destruction caused by the rains. Minister […]

Chennai, Nov 6 (BPNS) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned the globe of an imminent catastrophe if nature is not properly conserved and that heatwaves, excessive rains, floods, landslips, and landslides cause havoc to the lives of people. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland is […]

Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) The Greater Chennai Corporation is expecting fireworks waste of around 22 tonnes to be disposed of after the Deepavali festival. The corporation has arranged 9 lorries and 10 battery-operated vehicles(BOV) to dispose of the waste generated during the festivities of Deepavali. Chennai Corporation officials told IANS that the corporation has been […]

Chennai, Nov 2( BPNS) Two villages in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, Kollukudpatti and Vettangudipatti will not be bursting firecrackers during the Deepavali season. The villages have been shying away from bursting crackers for Deepavali for the past few decades. The reason, not to disturb the migratory birds that reach the Vettangudi bird sanctuary in […]

Chennai, Sept (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will get funds for increasing the forest cover in the state. Sources in the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests, told BPNS that the state government had submitted a representation to the central government regarding support for increasing the state’s forest cover. Sources said that the Union minister […]