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Waste removal operation in Tirunelveli district

The removal of hazardous waste across Tirunelveli district, which entered the second day in places such as Pazhavoor and Kondanagaram on Monday, was completed. The dumping of medical waste from Kerala in Kondanagaram and its surrounding areas in the district sparked widespread outrage in both States. Officials from Kerala, including Thiruvananthapuram Assistant Collector Sakshi Mohan and officials from Health and …

Kerala Waste Kondanagaram

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Dindigul has most drowning deaths in south Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express

MADURAI: With nearly 315 of instances of drowning deaths reported between 2022 and 2024, Dindigul accounted for the highest number of such cases among the 10 districts in southern Tamil Nadu, according to data from the police department. Of the total 1,948 drowning deaths in the past three years, 280 deaths were reported in Thoothukudi, followed by 254 in Kanniyakumari, …

Madurai Thoothukudi Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari Dindigul Tenkasi Sivaganga

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Kerala begins clearing biomedical waste in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times

The clearing of hazardous waste, including biomedical and plastic garbage, which had been transported from Kerala and dumped in various parts of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, began on Sunday under supervision of officials of both states. Medical and other waste from Kerala that was illegally dumped in Tirunelveli is being removed by Kerala authorities, in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, on …

Tamil Nadu Kerala Tamil State Waste Thiruvananthapuram Nadu

2 weeks, 6 days ago

TNIE Impact: Kerala officials transport waste from Tamil Nadu villages back to their state

New Indian Express

TIRUNELVELI: In a first, the Kerala government on Sunday transported 18 trucks of its biomedical waste - mostly originating from the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cancer Centre and Credence Hospital - that was illegally dumped in Tirunelveli district back to the state. The action follows a direction from the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal, which took suo motu cognisance of …

Kerala State Tirunelveli

3 weeks, 2 days ago

NGT directs Kerala to take back its biomedical waste dumped in Tamil Nadu within 3 days

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The southern bench of National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Kerala state government and its pollution control board to remove the bio-medical waste and mixed solid waste illegally dumped at multiple points bordering Tirunelveli district within three days and file a compliance report on December 23. Dumping of hazardous biomedical waste by Kerala into Tamil Nadu area is …

Tamil Nadu Kerala Ngt Biomedical Waste

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Posters put up against Tenkasi MP over delay in resuming Nellai-Kollam direct trains

New Indian Express

TENKASI: Seeking the restoration of direct train services on the Tirunelveli-Pavoorchatram-Tenkasi-Kollam route, posters were put up across Pavoorchatram and neighbouring villages in protest against the Southern Railways and Tenkasi MP Rani Srikumar on Sunday. According to the protesters, the Tirunelveli-Kollam line, operational since 1904, had direct passenger trains through Pavoorchatram for over a century before they were suspended for gauge …

Trains Conversion Train Tirunelveli Kollam Tenkasi Passenger Trains

3 weeks, 6 days ago

CM Stalin holds review meeting on rains

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin presided over a meeting to review the rain situation in the southern districts on Saturday and discussed the possible ramifications for the State from the new depression that the Indian Meteorological Department had forecast for Sunday in the Bay of Bengal near the coast of the Andamans. After his visit to the State Emergency …

Districts State Stalin Review Meeting

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Schools closed in several Tamil Nadu districts as northeast monsoon intensifies

India Today

The ongoing Northeast Monsoon has intensified across Tamil Nadu, bringing heavy rainfall to various districts, particularly in southern and delta regions. In Tirunelveli, heavy rains over the past two days have prompted District Collector KP Karthikeyan to declare a holiday for all government and private schools on Wednesday. The rains, caused by an intensified Northeast Monsoon and an atmospheric upper …

Tamil Nadu Rain Districts District Heavy Thoothukudi Tirunelveli

3 months, 2 weeks ago

DGP reviews law and order situation, action taken against drug peddlers in southern districts

The Hindu

Director-General of Police Shankar Jiwal chaired a review meeting here with the top police officers to assess the law and order situation in the four southern districts and also on prevention of drug trafficking. Inspector General of Police Prem Anand Sinha, Tirunelveli Commissioner of Police Rupesh Kumar Meena, Deputy Inspector General of Police Pa. Moorthy, Tirunelveli Superintendent of Police N. …

Dgp Kanniyakumari Southern Districts Thoothukudi Tirunelveli

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rail users in Pattukottai welcome announcement of bi-weekly train

The Hindu

Rail users in the Pattukottai region welcomed the Southern Railway’s announcement of a bi-weekly train connecting Pattukottai and Chennai. Enquiries revealed that at present the Tambaram-Sengottah-Tambaram tri-weekly service, Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli-Chennai Egmore, and Secunderabad-Ramanathapuram-Secunderabad weekly trains were providing the much-needed rail link to Chennai for commuters hailing from Pattukottai and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the commuters and members of the local rail …

Chennai Service Rail Tirunelveli Chennai Egmore Egmore Pattukottai

7 months ago

Over 1.76 lakh candidates to appear for Group 4 exam in three southern districts on June 9

The Hindu

Over 1.76 lakh candidates are expected to write the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission’s Group 4 examination to be held on Sunday at 678 centres in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts. Since the examination centre in Child Jesus Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Unnamalaikkadai, had been wrongly mentioned as ‘Sunnamalaikkadai’, the candidates should come to the Child Jesus Matriculation Higher Secondary …

Exam Candidates Examination District Higher Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari

9 months, 1 week ago

All about Ramzan nonbu kanji

The Hindu

The delicious dishes prepared for evening iftar and pre-dawn suhour meals during the Islamic month of Ramzan have become a subject of food tourism, especially on social media, where kebabs, samosas, rolls and a myriad other fried snacks rule the roost, alongside sugary milkshakes and juices. Consumed only during iftar, when the day’s fast comes to an end, nonbu kanji …

Food Rice Tirunelveli Ramzan Mosques Kanji Hazena

9 months, 3 weeks ago

DMK gives away lion’s share of Lok Sabha seats in southern districts to alliance parties

The Hindu

With the INDIA bloc having finalised the seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha election, the major partner, the DMK, has given the lion’s share of seats in southern districts – seven out of 10 constituencies – to its coalition partners. The DMK comfortably won the Tirunelveli seat while the Congress lost the Theni seat in the 2019 election — the …

India Congress Lok Sabha Seats Alliance Seat Dmk

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Stalin-led government’s silence on Nanguneri SEZ revival continues; no allocation of funds for Tharuvaikulam Fishing Harbour

The Hindu

As usual, the Budget presented by Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu in the Assembly on Monday has gone silent for the third time in the last three years about the revival of the Nanguneri Special Economic Zone even though this project was launched in 2001 by the late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, father of Chief Minister M.K. Unfortunately, the DMK government, …

Budget Nanguneri Tharuvaikulam Fishing

11 months ago

NE monsoon deficit in Tamil Nadu: Groundwater levels in north districts drop

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Following the North-East monsoon, significant changes in groundwater levels have been observed across the state. The groundwater levels in southern districts that received heavy rainfall recently - Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari, and Virudhunagar - have improved compared to the previous year. However, the situation is starkly different in Dharmapuri, with groundwater levels plummeting to 7.29 m compared to 3.6 …

Water Districts Levels Groundwater Groundwater Level Groundwater Levels

1 year ago

Intense relief and rescue operations underway in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi districts - The Hindu

The Hindu

After heavy rains lashed the southern districts of Tamil Nadu leading to floods, 10 people have died in the battered Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts, even as the focus of the administration remains on relief and rescue operations. Over 3,500 people from the worst-hit 36 villages and two town panchayats in Tirunelveli district were relocated to 75 relief camps from their …

Rescue Water Relief Thoothukudi Tirunelveli Operations Underway Tirunelveli District

1 year ago

Tamil Nadu Rains | Flooding in southern districts leads to cancellation of trains for second consecutive day

The Hindu

Railway tracks by the unprecedented rainfall reported in Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts on Sunday and Monday has led to the cancellations of several trains for the second consecutive day, on Tuesday. Cancellation of trains commencing journey on December 19 T.NO 06685 Tirunelveli -Sengottai unreserved special; T.NO 06642 Tirunelveli -Nagercoil unreserved special; T.NO 066736 Tirunelveli -Tiruchendur unreserved special; T.NO 06668 Tirunelveli …

Tamil Nadu Express Thoothukudi Cancelled Dindigul Partially Unreserved Special

1 year ago

T.N. Rains | Upper air circulation dumping unprecedented amounts of rain is rare, say Met experts

The Hindu

Freak weather dumped widespread, unprecedented extremely heavy rain in 39 places in southern districts, the highest being 95 cm in Kayalpattinam in Thoothukudi district. An upper air circulation dumping such a mind-boggling amount of rain in 24 hours was rare in the region, meteorology experts said. During the past 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Monday, 39 places recorded extremely …

Weather Rain Rainfall Heavy Thoothukudi 24 Hours Tirunelveli

1 year ago

Heavy rains claim three lives in southern Tamil Nadu; IMD issues yellow alert

India TV News

Continued heavy rainfall in southern Tamil Nadu has resulted in three confirmed deaths and three more feared dead. Defence personnel initiate helicopter rescue for stranded train passengers In a swift response to the flood crisis in southern Tamil Nadu, defence personnel have commenced helicopter rescue operations to aid stranded train passengers, as reported by the Southern Railway. Southern Tamil Nadu …

Tamil Nadu Heavy Rainfall Rainfall Tamil Imd Southern District

1 year ago

Four dead, nearly 1k stranded in train as Tamil Nadu rain fury rages on

Hindustan Times

Extremely heavy rains lashed several parts of Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours, inundating vast swathes in at least four southern districts, including Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi, where villages and towns resembled rivers, prompting authorities to shift at least 7,500 people marooned in residential colonies to relief camps, officials said. Intense rainfall and heavy inundation have wreaked havoc in Kanyakumari, …

Tamil Nadu Rain Districts Rainfall Tamil Imd Officials

1 year ago

Floods paralyse life; massive rescue, relief operations on in four districts in south Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Overnight historic rains and flooding paralysed life in the southern districts of Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari on December 18. A massive rescue and relief operation is on with the help of defence forces to evacuate people from marooned homes in the districts, which have been cut off from the rest of Tamil Nadu. In response to the floods in …

Tamil Nadu Chennai Water Districts Tamil State District

1 year ago

Tamil Nadu Rains: House Collapses In Tirunelveli Amid Rain Fury - WATCH

ABP News

A day after severe rain drenched Southern Tamil Nadu, towns transformed into islands, and hundreds were stranded across multiple districts, including Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, and Kanyakumari. A video shows the moment a home fell into a flooded road in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, amid heavy rains. As a result of the situation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin instructed authorities …

Tamil Nadu Water Thoothukudi Tirunelveli Rain Fury

1 year ago

T.N. Rains | Senior IAS officers to monitor flood, relief measures in southern districts

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday, December 17, 2023, deputed State Ministers and senior IAS officers to monitor the flood situation and relief to Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts, which are witnessing heavy rains. An official release said Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena held a meeting with the Collectors of these districts through video conferencing, and urged …

District Ias Officers

1 year ago

T.N. Rains | Extremely heavy rains ravage southern districts triggered by a cyclonic circulation over Comorin area

The Hindu

Torrential rains pummelled the southern districts of Tamil Nadu with an unprecedented amount of rainfall on Sunday, December 17, 2023, as the Northeast monsoon is in its vigorous phase. In the past 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Monday, Kayalpattinam in Thoothukudi district received a whopping 95 cm of rainfall. Extremely heavy rains had pounded several southern districts, triggered by …

Tamil Nadu District Tirunelveli Southern Districts Rains Tirunelveli District Thoothukudi District

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Waste removal operation in Tirunelveli district

Dindigul has most drowning deaths in south Tamil Nadu

Kerala begins clearing biomedical waste in Tamil Nadu

TNIE Impact: Kerala officials transport waste from Tamil Nadu villages back to their state

NGT directs Kerala to take back its biomedical waste dumped in Tamil Nadu within 3 days

Posters put up against Tenkasi MP over delay in resuming Nellai-Kollam direct trains

CM Stalin holds review meeting on rains

Schools closed in several Tamil Nadu districts as northeast monsoon intensifies

DGP reviews law and order situation, action taken against drug peddlers in southern districts

Rail users in Pattukottai welcome announcement of bi-weekly train

Over 1.76 lakh candidates to appear for Group 4 exam in three southern districts on June 9

All about Ramzan nonbu kanji

DMK gives away lion’s share of Lok Sabha seats in southern districts to alliance parties

Stalin-led government’s silence on Nanguneri SEZ revival continues; no allocation of funds for Tharuvaikulam Fishing Harbour

NE monsoon deficit in Tamil Nadu: Groundwater levels in north districts drop

Intense relief and rescue operations underway in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi districts - The Hindu

Tamil Nadu Rains | Flooding in southern districts leads to cancellation of trains for second consecutive day

T.N. Rains | Upper air circulation dumping unprecedented amounts of rain is rare, say Met experts

Heavy rains claim three lives in southern Tamil Nadu; IMD issues yellow alert

Four dead, nearly 1k stranded in train as Tamil Nadu rain fury rages on

Floods paralyse life; massive rescue, relief operations on in four districts in south Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Rains: House Collapses In Tirunelveli Amid Rain Fury - WATCH

T.N. Rains | Senior IAS officers to monitor flood, relief measures in southern districts

T.N. Rains | Extremely heavy rains ravage southern districts triggered by a cyclonic circulation over Comorin area