Heavy but unusual summer rain in catchments of the Stanley reservoir at Mettur has brought copious inflows since Sunday morning, brightening the chances of opening it on the scheduled date of June 12 for the upcoming irrigation season for delta districts. PWD sources said that the catchments falling under Krishnagiri district have been receiving moderate [...]
Adapting to times:Braving hostile environment that threatens their very existence, sparrows are returning to city limits. A scene from Peramanur in Salem. – Bird watchers in Salem city were delighted to see a bunch of house sparrows of the family of Passeridae, chirping and playing in Peramanur locality here, after their mysterious disappearance from the [...]
Environmental and social activists along with public forums such as Salem Citizens’ Forum, Y Collective and Speak Out Salem have jointly decided to launch a people’s campaign to oppose the transfer of the Salem Corporation Commissioner S. Prabhakaran who assumed charge here a week ago. The Commissioner, according to the forums members, took committed steps [...]
Three fully-grown trees near a private temple on Brindavan Road in Fairlands were felled on Friday. According to residents, some people brought electric cutters, felled these trees and removed them in a mini lorry. Residents alleged that the trees had obstructed the view of recently-renovated private temple on the road. Nature lovers, while expressing shock [...]
A minor landslip occurred near Kottachedu village on the Kuppanur – Yercaud ghat road near here on Wednesday. Incessant rains during the past few days, according to officials, had triggered the slide. The road was covered with debris, including small boulders and slush, for nearly 600 metres. When officials from the State Highways rushed to [...]
Planting of saplings and talks on sustainable environment marked the ‘Salem Day’ celebrations here on Monday. With Mokkeneri Lake as the backdrop, volunteers of various fora, environmentalists, students and activists gathered and observed the ‘Spirit of Salem,’ under which they planted saplings. Bird sanctuary Salem Periyar University Vice-Chancellor Dr. K. Muthuchelian, himself an environmental scientist, [...]
Meena Sethu, an avid city-based nature lover and Correspondent of Golden Gates Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Salem, writes in response to the photo with caption ‘Danger lurks’, which appeared in the columns of Salem Page-3 (Region) of ‘The Hindu’, edition dated September 27. “Many trees have been planted under high tension wires and standing for [...]
In full swing:Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund Managing Director A high level team from Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund (TNUDF) on Thursday inspected the on-going works under Tirumanimutharu River and Vellakuttai Channel Improvement Scheme, which is being carried out in six packages with the aid from TNUDF III in the city. Led by its Managing [...]
The dyers in Salem met Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam on Tuesday and sought his co-operation in getting the clearance from concerned departments to supply raw water to the proposed Rs. 300-crore Salem Dyeing Park, coming up near Mecheri near here. The representatives of the industry told him about the problems in the wake of [...]
Salem is becoming the investors’ choice, writes R. Ilangovan In full swing: An apartment coming up in Salem. — Photo: P. Goutham High rise buildings have started dotting the skyline of Salem majestically with realtors of repute and sundry catering lavishly to the increasing demand for apartments and independent villas in this Tier-II city. Activities [...]