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3 weeks ago

CWRC directs TN to remain watchful of its water usage from Mettur reservoirs

The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has advised the Tamil Nadu government to be cautious about water use from its Mettur reservoirs as the northeast monsoon is about to end and the reservoir level is almost five per cent lesser than normal. However, Karnataka has so far released 279.8 thousand million cubic feet of Cauvery water as against the required 161.41 …

Karnataka Tamil Nadu Water Tmc Mettur Frl Cwrc

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mettur dam nears full capacity

New Indian Express

MAYILADUTHURAI: With the Mettur dam nearing maximum capacity following the heavy rains last week and the surplus water being released into the Kollidam, the district administration in Mayiladuthurai has advised residents in vulnerable areas along the river to shift to safety. According to the water resources department, the storage level of the Mettur dam on Saturday stood at 117 feet …

Cauvery Cusecs Mettur Dam Dam Nears

1 month ago

MDMK leader writes to railways, seeks additional stoppages at Mettur station, new train to Chennai

New Indian Express

TENKASI: Keezhapavoor union councillor and MDMK’s Tenkasi district secretary Rama Udayasuriyan sought additional train stoppages and platforms at Mettur railway station, on the Tirunelveli-Kollam, in a petition to the Madurai divisional railway manager on Thursday. Udayasuriyan said the Mettur station, a key railway hub since the inception of the Kerala-Tamil Nadu railway link, catered efficiently to around 50 villages in …

Kerala Chennai Station Mettur Tenkasi Express Train

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rain alert: Nagapattinam farmers rush ‘late kuruvai’ harvest

New Indian Express

NAGAPATTINAM: Farmers are speeding up the harvest of late ‘kuruvai’ paddy crops in view of the heavy rain alert for November 25 and 26. Also the district administration and the agriculture department had warned that if farmers started cultivating kuruvai with medium duration variety in August, it might sustain damage in monsoon rains in November. Despite the warnings, weather risks …

Harvest Farmers Kuruvai

2 months ago

SRLDC flags issue of partial outages of State-owned thermal units

The Hindu

The Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre has flagged the issue of partial outages of state owned thermal generators including North Chennai Thermal Power Station units, due to technical issues. In March this year, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated the 800 MW North Chennai Thermal Power Project Stage III. SRLDC in its letter to Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation …

Power State Units Issue Station Capacity Thermal

2 months ago

Govt. urged to extend last date to pay crop insurance premium by farmers

The Hindu

Delta farmers have urged the government to extend the deadline for insuring the rabi paddy crop by a fortnight. In a memorandum submitted to the State government, G. Srinivasan of Ganapathi Agraharam, a progressive farmer, pointed out that several farmers in Delta districts were unable to complete samba nursery transplantation as planned. Claiming that meeting the deadline of November 15 …

Crop Insurance Farmer Pointed Delta Farmer

2 months, 1 week ago

TN Women Voters Outnumber Men in 207 Assembly Seats

New Indian Express

Women voters in Tamil Nadu are steadily outnumbering men in all Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies, with women having a significant lead in many areas. According to the draft electoral rolls, women have outnumbered men in 207 Assembly constituencies and in the rest, they will be on the top in a few years.

Chennai

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Quack Accused of Providing Unlicensed Medical Treatment in Tirupattur

The Hindu

A 55-year-old quack was arrested near Tirupattur town for prescribing medicines and treating patients at her clinic-cum-pharmacy. Health officials said the quack had been offering medical treatment without professional qualification for over a decade and had converted her house into the clinic. A special medical team conducted a surprise inspection and found several medical equipment, prescriptions and letterheads on the …

Law Crime Healthcare Police

3 months ago

Suspended constable in bribery case dies by suicide, family protests in Erode

New Indian Express

ERODE: A police constable attached to Ammapet police station, recently suspended for allegedly taking bribe, died by suicide at his house on Monday. Police said, “As Selvakumar was on duty near the Chinnapallam check post on October 2, it is alleged that he had tried taking a bribe from a truck driver carrying a load of banana. Based on this, …

Selvakumar

3 months ago

A Journey into the World of Imagination: Kamala Kannan's 'Kurangu Pedal' Takes a Child's Odyssey

The Hindu

Kamala Kannan's film 'Kurangu Pedal' explores the world of children through a unique perspective, capturing the essence of childhood in the 1980s. The film features a lowered camera angle to match the line of vision of a child, resulting in a visually engaging experience. It also reflects on the importance of environmental consciousness, with the film's production process being sensitive …

Entertainment Science Law Children's Film

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Water level in Mettur dam stood at 107.55 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Thursday. Power shutdown September 20 Hasthampatti and Omapur sub stations : Hasthampatti, Gandhi Road, Kumarasamipatti, Maravaneri, Manakadu, Chinna Tirupathi, Ramanathapuram, Kannankurichi, Pudhu Yeri, Housing Board, Kollapatti, Gorimedu, Kondappanaickenpatti, Ramakrishna Road, Alagapuram, Rajaram Nagar, Sankar Nagar, Kambar Street, Bharathi Nagar, Four Roads, Mitta Pudur, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Water level in Mettur Dam increases to 111.75 feet

The Hindu

Water level at Mettur Dam stood at 111.75 feet on Saturday against its full capacity of 120 feet. Six arrested for ration rice smuggling in Salem A special team of the Civil Supplies CID arrested six people for smuggling PDS rice in Salem on Friday. The police arrested six suspects, identified as D. Chinna Raja of Neermulli Kuttai; C. Rama …

Ration Rice

4 months ago

Ministers inaugurate palm seed planting drive in Salem

The Hindu

Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru and Minister of Environment Siva V. Meyyanathan inaugurated a palm seed planting drive at Koppam Lake, Veerapandi, in Salem on Monday. The movement aims to plant one crore palm seeds across 416 km from Hogenakkal in Dharmapuri to Poompuhar in Mayiladuthurai and covering eight districts including Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Karur, Tiruchi and Thanjavur. Salem District …

Salem Seed Planting Crore Palm Nadu Volunteers

4 months ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Mettur dam’s water level stood at 115.93 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Sunday. Vinayaka idols immersed in water bodies in Salem In Salem district, 1,970 Vinayaka idols were installed with police permission on Saturday. On Sunday, various outfits immersed Vinayaka idols in the water bodies at Mettur, Edappadi, Kalvadangam, Vazhapadi, Sankagiri, Attur, and Thalaivasal. In Salem …

Salem Vinayaka Idols Idols Immersed Mettur

4 months, 1 week ago

Inflow into Mettur dam increases

The Hindu

Water level in Mettur dam stood at 115.82 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Sunday. Officials attached to the Water Resources Department said that following rain in catchment areas and water discharged from Karnataka dams, over 25,000 cusecs of water reached Biligundlu on Sunday and that water will reach Mettur dam by night and inflow will further …

Water Salem Mettur Dam Mettur

4 months, 1 week ago

Volunteers asked to register to participate in one crore palm seed planting drive across Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Salem District Collector R. Brindha Devi, on Sunday, asked students, environmentalists, non-government organisations, and other volunteers to register their names to participate in a drive to plant one crore palm seedlings. The drive, to be launched on September 8 at Mettur in Salem district, will be jointly organised by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, the Green Needa Environment …

Tamil Nadu Tamil District Drive Collector Crore Palm Palm Tree

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur

The Hindu

The water level in the Stanley Reservoir continues to be maintained at its full reservoir level of 120 feet as the entire inflow of 12,500 cusecs continued to be discharged for irrigation here on Wednesday. At 8 a.m., the water and storage levels were at full capacity, measuring 120 feet and 93.47 tmc ft respectively. Meanwhile in Erode, water level …

Water Level Cusecs Water Level Tmc Ft 120 Feet

4 months, 3 weeks ago

When two Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu took to the beach in protest

The Hindu

Chennai’s contemporary political history has seen many protests, fasts, and demonstrations. Some of them, such as the anti-Hindi agitation, have either changed the political course of the State permanently or left such an impact on people that the events — Jayalalithaa’s fast on the Cauvery in July 1993 and M. Karunanidhi’s fast on the Sri Lankan issue during the last …

Karnataka Tamil Nadu Sri Lanka Chennai Water Tamil State

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

The Hindu

Mettur dam’s water and storage levels stood at their full capacities of 120 feet and 93.47 tmc ft respectively on Sunday. Elderly man murdered in Rehabilitation centre in Namakkal Thangaraj of Kodumudi in Erode district, who was at a private rehabilitation centre at Rasipuram in Namakkal district for mentally disturbed people, sustained grievous injuries in a clash between two persons …

Erode Nigerian Water Tank Erode District Rasipuram

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Mettur Dam in Salem reaches full capacity of 120 feet for second time this year

The Hindu

The Stanley Reservoir in Mettur in Salem, Tamil Nadu, attained its capacity of 120 feet for the second time this year on Monday. The Mettur dam previously attained its capacity on July 30 as heavy rains lashed its catchment areas. The water level was maintained for the next 10 days, during which the inflow into the dam was discharged into …

Dam Mettur 120 Feet Water Discharged

5 months ago

Mayiladuthurai welcomes River Cauvery, water to be distributed for irrigation needs this week

New Indian Express

MAYILADUTHURAI: Nearly a week after the Mettur dam was opened for irrigation, the released River Cauvery water entered Mayiladuthurai district on Saturday night. The river water will be distributed for the district’s irrigation needs this week, said sources. Water Resources Department officials released the river water, which entered Thiruvalankadu in Kuthalam block as distributary 'Vikraman Aaru', from the Thiruvalankadu head …

Water Cauvery Wrd Vennar

5 months ago

Biryani to the rescue: Drone feeds stranded dogs in Tamil Nadu's flooded Cauvery river

Hindustan Times

Fire and rescue services personnel fed biryani to a pack of seven dogs who were left stranded on a stretch of land in the midst of a flooded Cauvery River near the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu using a drone. The predicament of the stranded canines was brought to light on Thursday after drone footage showing water rushing out of …

Drone River Cauvery Mettur Stranded Dog

5 months, 1 week ago

50 Medical Camps Set Up for Those Displaced by Flooding of River Cauvery

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: The State Health department has opened about 50 medical camps for treating people evacuated from the banks of River Cauvery that was in spate following heavy discharge of water from the Mettur reservoir and was closely monitoring the situation. After Chief Minister M K Stalin, who visited the State Emergency Operations Centre on Friday, gave instruction to the officials …

Camps Cauvery Namakkal District

5 months, 1 week ago

Kollidam block villages at risk of flooding again, evacuation of residents commences

New Indian Express

MAYILADUTHURAI: With a surge in flow in River Kollidam, villages near the river’s mouth in the district are once again facing the risk of flooding. Two years ago, Alakkudi, Nathalpadugai, Muthalaimedu and Vellamanal villages in Kollidam block witnessed flooding due to a surge in the Cauvery water released from Mettur dam and the subsequent release of surplus water into the …

Water Cauvery Cusecs Kollidam Muthalaimedu Vellamanal Kallanai

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CWRC directs TN to remain watchful of its water usage from Mettur reservoirs

Mettur dam nears full capacity

MDMK leader writes to railways, seeks additional stoppages at Mettur station, new train to Chennai

Rain alert: Nagapattinam farmers rush ‘late kuruvai’ harvest

SRLDC flags issue of partial outages of State-owned thermal units

Govt. urged to extend last date to pay crop insurance premium by farmers

TN Women Voters Outnumber Men in 207 Assembly Seats

Quack Accused of Providing Unlicensed Medical Treatment in Tirupattur

Suspended constable in bribery case dies by suicide, family protests in Erode

A Journey into the World of Imagination: Kamala Kannan's 'Kurangu Pedal' Takes a Child's Odyssey

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Water level in Mettur Dam increases to 111.75 feet

Ministers inaugurate palm seed planting drive in Salem

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Inflow into Mettur dam increases

Volunteers asked to register to participate in one crore palm seed planting drive across Tamil Nadu

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur

When two Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu took to the beach in protest

Inflow into Mettur dam reduces

Mettur Dam in Salem reaches full capacity of 120 feet for second time this year

Mayiladuthurai welcomes River Cauvery, water to be distributed for irrigation needs this week

Biryani to the rescue: Drone feeds stranded dogs in Tamil Nadu's flooded Cauvery river

50 Medical Camps Set Up for Those Displaced by Flooding of River Cauvery

Kollidam block villages at risk of flooding again, evacuation of residents commences