ECR 2.0: How new rules can bring a sea change
While driving down East Coast Road towards Puducherry, have you ever noticed the highrises to your right? Those buildings, towering over OMR at a distance, could well be a reality on the scenic ECR with
Times of India (Puducherry)
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Medical schools dump biomedical waste into water bodies'
Two private medical colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry have been dumping biomedical waste into water bodies, polluting the environment and exposing residents to health hazards, an environmental
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Rs 18 crore drinking water project launched in Pondicherry village
Puducherry lt governor Lt General A K Singh on Monday commissioned a drinking water supply project at Manavely village near here. This will ensure drinking water supply for more than 15,000 families
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Sand mafia threatens environmental activist in Puducherry
More than 100 people engaged in illegal mining of sand from a riverbed on the outskirts of Puducherry town threatened an environmental activist to withdraw a case filed by him with the National Green Tribunal
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Illegal mining spells doom for Villupuram
VILLUPURAM: Indiscriminate and illegal mining of sand along the Then Pennaiyar banks in the district has exposed several villages to severe ecological disaster, including depletion of ground water and
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Forum opposes Puducherry govt's move to convert water bodies, community forest areas into house sites
PUDUCHERRY: A water users' forum has taken a strong exception to the Puducherry government's decision to provide house sites to the Scheduled Tribe people by converting lands classified as ponds, irrigation
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National Green Tribunal asks Puducherry to set up check posts to prevent sand mining on riverbed
PUDUCHERRY: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Puducherry government to set up two check posts near a riverbed within 30 days to prevent illegal mining of sand. Tribunal's judicial member Justice
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Madras high court directs Centre to constitute appellate authority in Puducherry under air, water Acts
The Madras high court has issued an order to the Union environment and forest ministry to constitute an appellate authority in the Union territory of Puducherry under the Air (prevention and control of
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Ensure factory doesn't operate illegally: Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal has restrained a company here which manufactures caustic soda from carrying out construction activities and expansion of production capacity and directed the Puducherry Pollution