Tamil Nadu Pollution Control & Eco Awareness

[krishnaswamy]

[Sampathkumar]

கேரள அரசை கண்டித்து தமிழக எல்லையில் மறியல் : 260 ம.தி.மு.க.,வினர் கைது
பொள்ளாச்சி : தமிழக - கேரள எல்லையில், மருத்துவக் கழிவு, இறைச்சிக் கழிவுகளை கொட்டும், கேரள அரசைக் கண்டித்து, பொள்ளாச்சியை அடுத்த கோபாலபுரத்தில் சாலை மறியலில் ஈடுபட்ட, ம.தி.மு.க.,வை சேர்ந்த, 260 பேர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர். கேரளாவில் மருத்துவக் கழிவுகள், இறைச்சிக் கழிவுகளை கொட்ட, அம்மாநில அரசு தடை விதித்துள்ளது. இதனால், இக்கழிவுகளை லாரி மூலம் கொண்டுவந்து, தமிழகப் பகுதிகளில் கொட்டப்படுகின்றன. இவ்வாறு கொட்டப்படும் கழிவால், சுகாதாரச் சீர்கேடு ஏற்படுகிறது; தொற்று நோயும் பரவும் அபாயமும் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. கேரளாவின் கழிவுகளை தமிழக எல்லைகளில் கொட்டுவதைக் கண்டித்து, ம.தி.மு.க.,வினர் தமிழக - கேரள எல்லையான கோபாலபுரத்தில், நேற்று சாலை மறியல் போராட்டம் நடத்தினர். ம.தி.மு.க., மாவட்ட செயலர் ஈஸ்வரன் தலைமை வகித்து பேசுகையில், ""கேரள கழிவுகளை தமிழகத்தில் கொட்டுவதை, கேரள அரசு நிறுத்த வேண்டும். சுகாதார பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும் இக்கழிவுகளை, தமிழகப் பகுதிகளில் கொட்டும் நபர்கள் மீது, தமிழக அரசு கடும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும். மேலும், கேரள மாநிலத்தில் அணைகள் கட்டுவதையும் அம்மாநில அரசு கைவிட வேண்டும். தமிழக மக்களுக்கு பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில், கேரள அரசு தொடர்ந்து ஈடுபட்டால், போராட்டம் தீவிரப்படுத்தப்படும்,'' என்றார்.

பொள்ளாச்சி டி.எஸ்.பி., பாலாஜி தலைமையில் போலீசார் பாதுகாப்புப் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டனர். சாலை மறியலில் பங்கேற்ற, 260 பேர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு, மண்ணூரில் உள்ள திருமண மண்டபத்தில் வைக்கப்பட்டனர்; மாலை விடுவிக்கப்பட்டனர். சாலை மறியலால், கேரள தமிழக எல்லைப் பகுதியில், ஒரு மணி நேரம் போக்குவரத்து பாதிக்கப்பட்டது. போராட்டத்தில், ம.தி.மு.க., மாநில விவசாய அணி செயலர் பொன்னுசாமி, மாநில செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர் நாச்சிமுத்து, ம.தி.மு.க., நகர செயலர் செந்தில் உள்ளிட்ட பலர் பங்கேற்றனர்.

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=490006

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Originally Posted by krishnaswamy

This is very cancerous to the environment..I see how the Rivery cauvery in pallipalayam near erode getting polluted.Literally I can see the colour of water as Black.may be the industries cherish but not at the cost of exploiting the lifeline rivers.Thank god we are not polluting the rivers in delta else the food producing section faces a big threat of many centuries..A lessons learnt and observation is needed to save the environment , i guess...

[krishnaswamy]

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/c...icle546214.ece
t to create awareness on an array of subjects affecting the environment and society, Youth ExNoRa International, along with students of Anna University, has embarked on a mission to create about 300 web pages that would provide data on such issues at a single click.
Titled ‘Web Seva’, the project was inaugurated at the university on Tuesday with students from the Computer Science Department creating about 80 such web pages on the first day.
e scheme to plant 64 lakh saplings to mark the birthday of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was moving at a considerable pace and showcased the efforts of the government in preserving the environment.

[Thangaselvan]

The bus was travelling from Trichy to Tirunelveli.Stopped at a motel for fifteen minutes.
People who got down from the bus spat, urinated, drank tea and threw plastic tumblers.
Biscuit wrappers, empty chips packets and Food packets after eating were thrown from the bus.Some washed their hands from the windows.
The place looked like a war ground when the bus left. I think change should start from simple places like this. Best wishes

[thillai_selvan]

Atrocity of Chettans.....

[madurakarenda]

Originally Posted by Thangaselvan

The bus was travelling from Trichy to Tirunelveli.Stopped at a motel for fifteen minutes.
People who got down from the bus spat, urinated, drank tea and threw plastic tumblers.
Biscuit wrappers, empty chips packets and Food packets after eating were thrown from the bus.Some washed their hands from the windows.
The place looked like a war ground when the bus left. I think change should start from simple places like this. Best wishes

Sir, the motel itself is a polluter of human internal environment only Better ban these motels and float tenders with private hotels and let TNSTC buses stop at those motels to give the customers a good food.

[Sampathkumar]

திறந்த வெளியில் கழிவுகளை வீசினால் ரூ.10 ஆயிரம் அபராதம்: கேரள அரசு முடிவு
மூணாறு: திறந்த வெளியில் கழிவுகளை வீசினால், 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் விதிக்கும் புதிய சட்ட திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர, கேரள அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.

ஆறுகள் மற்றும் பொது இடங்கள் உட்பட சுற்றுப்புறங்கள் மாசுபடுவதை தடுப்பதற்கு, கேரள அரசு பதிய சட்ட திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர உள்ளது.அதன்படி பொது இடங்களில் சிறு நீர் கழித்தால், 100 ரூபாய் அபராதமும், இந்த தவறு தொடர்ந்தால், தண்டனை வழங்கவும் முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. கழிவு நீரை பொது இடங்களில் திறந்து விட்டாலோ, திறந்த வெளியில் கழிவுகளை வீசினாலோ, குறைந்த பட்சம், 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும்.

கழிப்பறை மற்றும் சிறுநீர் கழிக்க வசதி செய்து கொடுக்காத பள்ளிகளுக்கும் அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும். வீடுகளில் உள்ள கழிப்பறை கழிவுகளை ஓடைகளில் திறந்து விட்டால், 500 ரூபாயும், குடி நீர் மற்றும் துணி துவைக்கும் கழிவு நீர் போன்றவற்றை பொது இடங்களில் திறந்து விட்டால், 2,500 ரூபாயும், அபராதமாக வசூலிக்கப்படும். ஓட்டல்களில் இருந்து கழிவு நீரை நேரடியாக ஆறுகளில் திறந்து விட்டால், 5,000 ரூபாய் அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும்.பெண்கள் வேலை செய்யும் நிறுவனங்களில் அவர்களுக்கு தேவையான அடிப்படை வசதிகளை செய்யாவிட்டால், 500 ரூபாயும், அடிப்படை வசதிகள் இல்லாத வீடுகளை வாடகைக்கு கொடுத்தால், 250 ரூபாயும், அபராதமாக வசூலிக்கவும் திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.


Thats why they dump their wastages in TN...
10000 rs fine if they litter in Kerala, 10000 rs reward if they dump the same Outside kerala ( TN!!)

[Sampathkumar]

Recently happened to see these paper plates.

It is recycled from milk packets sold in slovakia. How is this?... We are dumped with international wastes..









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[krishnaswamy]

cross posting from Namakkal Topic : Courtesy Sridhar
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=122


Bangalore to follow Namakkal Model.
The Karnataka state government has decided to adopt the Namakkal model to ensure a permanent solution to the garbage crisis in BBMP limits. The model was suggested by former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa who had visited Namakkal recently. Namakkal is a small town situated in Salem district, where garbage has been managed effectively, said Jayanagar MLA B.N. Vijaykumar.

Every day, Hanjara Bio-tech Limited produces 300 tonnes of compost from garbage and sells it to private agencies. Private companies have came forward to install the same plant in Bengaluru to manage garbage, said Mr Vijaykumar. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has evinced interest in the model and held a meeting with former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa and Bengaluru MLAs on Thursday regarding effective management of garbage. He assured the MLAs that the government is committed to find a permanent solution by adopting the Namakkal, model.

According to the government’s plan, recycling of garbage would be done after it is segregated at source. For this, Hanjara Bio-Tech will install a recycling plant in Bengaluru. The proposal has been pending for consideration before the state Cabinet with approval likely to be given at its next meeting for installing garbage recycling plant in Bengaluru at 4-5 locations, the Chief Minister said.


link :

http://www.bangalorewaves.com/news/b...ailnewsid=3460

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chann...makkal-way-754

it is good that Namakkal is 1 step ahead on garbage cleaning.
If it is good, what about implementing it in other cities in TN

[kannan infratech]

Gujarat & Tamil Nadu seem to have imported the max scraps / garbage / wastes from the western / developed countries.

May lead to greater pollusion issues in future.

Short time gains / cost advantages may lead to futre issues which both Govts may not be able to solve at all.

[thillai_selvan]

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ஈரோடு : கஷ்டப்பட்டு வாங்கியுள்ள காவிரி தண்ணீரை, சாயப்பட்டறைகள் மாசுபடுத்துவதை, இரு மாவட்ட மாசுக் கட்டுப்பாடு வாரிய அதிகாரிகள், வேடிக்கை பார்த்து வருகின்றனர்.

தமிழகத்தின் நெற்களஞ்சியமான, தஞ்சை டெல்டா பாசனப் பகுதிக்கு, தண்ணீர் வழங்கும் தாயாக, காவிரி ஆறு உள்ளது. பயிர் உற்பத்திக்கு மட்டுமின்றி, கூட்டுக் குடி நீர் திட்டம் மற்றும் மின் உற்பத்திக்கும், காவிரி ஆறு உதவுகிறது.காவிரியில், ஜூன் 12ம் தேதி, டெல்டா பாசனத்துக்கு தண்ணீர் திறக்கப்படும். நடப்பாண்டு மழையில்லாததால், குறுவை பாசனத்துக்கு தண்ணீர் திறக்கவில்லை. குடி நீர் வழங்கும் நோக்கில், நாள்தோறும், 1,000 கன அடி தண்ணீர் மட்டுமே திறக்கப்பட்டது.

குறுவைப் பாசனத்துக்கு, தண்ணீர் வழங்க கர்நாடகம் மறுத்ததை அடுத்து, சம்பா பாசனத்துக்காவது தண்ணீர் திறக்க வேண்டும் என, பிரதமர் தலைமையிலான நடுவர் மன்றத்திலும், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்திலும், தமிழக அரசு போராடியது. இதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக, 9,000 கன அடி தண்ணீரை, கர்நாடகா அரசு திறந்துள்ளது.காவிரியில் தண்ணீர் பெற, கடுமையான போராட்டம் ஒரு புறம் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்க, எதையுமே கண்டுகொள்ளாமல், ஈரோடு, நாமக்கல் மாவட்டங்களில் இயங்கும் சாயப்பட்டறை, பிளீச்சிங் பட்டறை மற்றும் தோல் தொழிற்சாலைகள், கழிவு நீரை சுத்திகரிக்காமல், நேரடியாக காவிரி ஆற்றில் கலக்கின்றன.

அத்துடன், சாயமேற்றிய துணிகளை, பரிசல் மூலம் ஆற்றுக்குள் கொண்டு சென்று அலசுகின்றனர். இதனால், காவிரி தண்ணீரில், உப்பின் அளவு கடுமையாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது.ஆற்றை ஒட்டிய ஆழ்குழாய் கிணறுகளில், தண்ணீர், பல நிறங்களில் வருவதாக, மக்கள் புகார் தெரிவித்தும், அதிகாரிகள் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவில்லை.ஈரோடு - பள்ளிப்பாளையம் இடையே, காவிரி பாலத்தில் செல்லும் போது, கழிவு நீர் கலப்பது, கண்கூடாக தெரிகிறது. இந்நிலையில், ஈரோடு, நாமக்கல் மாவட்ட மாசுக் கட்டுப்பாடு அதிகாரிகள், கண்டும் காணாமல் இருப்பதற்கான காரணம்

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=558864

Too much, I have seen this many times that the colour of water is Black under the Pallipalayam Bridge..River Cauvery is the mother of TN..Im not sure when they will STOP.

[thillai_selvan]

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Pollution board to track noise levels

It’s a busy time of year for officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).

A week head of Deepavali, they have begun measuring levels of noise and ambient air quality at five places in the city.

Monitoring stations have been established in thickly-populated areas like Besant Nagar, T. Nagar, Sowcarpet, Nungambakkam and Triplicane to collect dust samples before, during and after the festival. According to an official, noise levels will be recorded for six hours every evening and pollution levels, every 24 hours from 6 a.m.

“The Central Pollution Control Board has asked State bodies to collect data from across the country, beginning Tuesday. Apart from Chennai, pollution levels will be recorded at 10 district offices of the TNPCB — Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Hosur, Vellore, Tirupur, Tiruchy, Dindigul and Tirunelveli,” said an official.

TNPCB will also launch a campaign in the city and in other centres requesting residents to reduce bursting of firecrackers and bring down noise and air pollution levels. “We are asking residents to celebrate a green Deepavali. At the least, they must adhere to Supreme Court guidelines and not burst crackers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.,” the official said.

Last year, level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) touched 1,423 microgram/cubic metre at Arumbakkam as against the permissible limit of 100 microgram/cubic metre. Noise levels had exceeded safe limits in the five places that were monitored.

Ayanavaram, which recorded 85.2 decibels (dB), was the noisiest. As per norms, the permissible noise level in residential areas is 45 dB during night time and 55 dB during the day. In commercial areas, it is 55 dB during the night and 65 dB during the day.

Sulphur dioxide levels varied from 29.5 microgram/cubic metre to 70.09 microgram/cubic metre against national ambient air quality (NAAQ) standards of 60 microgram/cubic metre. The level of nitrogen oxides was 86.42 microgram/cubic metre as against NAAQ standard of 50 microgram/cubic metre.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle4071587.ece

Very good initiative from the TN Pollution Board.

[Naveenmech]

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore is set to get a real-time air pollution monitor soon. It is learnt that a suggestion to this effect has been made by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to the state pollution control board and the former has agreed to partially fund it. The Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring station would enable to gather pollution data real-time and more accurately. At present, the city depends on three ambient air quality stations, where samples are collected and analysed manually. A senior Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) official said real-time monitors will broadcast pollution data directly to its servers. A senior TNPCB said it would help experts to calculate pollution levels in the city more accurately. However, TNPCB is yet to notify the CPCB proposal. Currently, real-time air pollution monitors are used at Royapuram and Kathivakkam in Chennai and Cuddalore and Tuticorin. Officials said TNPCB is about to complete the installation of a new monitor at Koyambedu, a traffic hotspot in Chennai. "Purchase of two new real-time monitors suggested by CPCB is being considered by TNPCB. If we approve it, Coimbatore and Manali, a highly polluted industrial area near Chennai, will get advanced systems to monitor air pollution," said a senior TNPCB official. The monitoring station, which costs around Rs 70 lakh, has to be housed in an air-conditioned chamber. It will have sensors to record pollution levels automatically and will function round the clock. It will also have power back up systems. The present air monitoring stations do not function during outages. Experts have been claiming that the manual stations underestimate actual pollution in the city as they are unable to generate accurate data. "It is high time for us to revise the pollution monitoring standards. New pollutants can be found in urban environment and we lack a proper system to analyse levels of benzene and other dangerous pollutants. The current PM10 (particulate pollution) standard also has to be revised," said a senior consultant working for the state environment department. Another pollution expert working for government projects on conditions of anonymity said the recent Diwali pollution figures from manual monitors in Chennai were unusually low. He said the data looked faulty to those who have tracked pollution levels in the city for long, especially the levels of oxides of nitrogen (NOx). "How is this possible? It can only happen if the monitor is fixed at the wrong location or if the data was manually corrected later," he said
source : m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/17621472.cms

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While the U.S. was smashing heat records last year, the world as a whole barely slipped into the top 10 hottest years ever recorded, two American science agencies said Tuesday.



The global average temperature for last year would have been a record 15 years ago, an indication that what used to be unusual heat is more commonplace.



Now it merely ranks 10th, something climate scientists shows man-made climate change in action.



Last year’s average was 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.5 degrees Celsius), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. That’s a full degree above the 20th century average of 57 F (13.9 C).



The hottest was 2010 when the average temperature was 58.2 degrees (14.6 degrees Celsius). NOAA records go back to 1880.



“We’re playing in a new neighbourhood as far as global temperatures go, compared to even the late 20th century and especially the mid-20th century,” said Deke Arndt, head of monitoring for NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.



A weather pattern called La Nina the flip side of El Nino and mildness in Alaska, Canada, the United Kingdom and parts of Asia moderated the globe’s average temperature. The Lower 48 states in the U.S. recorded its hottest year last year with an average of 55.3 F. (12.9 C)



NASA, which measures temperatures differently, ranks 2012 as ninth warmest. It put the temperature at 58.3 F (14.6 C). Both agencies announced the data Tuesday.



Some global warming sceptics have claimed the world hasn’t warmed in the last 16 years, but each decade is warmer than the last. Even the first three years of this decade were warmer than the last, the two agencies said. Since 1963, NOAA said the global temperature has increased at a rate of 0.27 degrees Fahrenheit a decade (0.15 degrees Celsius).



The last time the world had a cooler than average year was 1976, according to NOAA.


Keywords: warmest years, global average temperature, global warming, NOAA, GISS, National Climatic Data Center, climate change

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/ene...cle4312660.ece

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A yield of 20,680 kilo paddy per hectare takes Periasamy Solaimalai to Rashtrapathi Bhavan

For 60-year-old Periasamy Solaimalai, stepping into the Rashtrapathi Bhavan as a state guest and receiving the ‘Krishi Karman’ award from President Pranab Mukherjee was not just a once-in -a -lifetime achievement but also a dream come true.

Last week, at a glittering function, the farmer received the award and a cheque for Rs. one lakh in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and other dignitaries, for setting a new record in paddy cultivation.

Mr. Solaimalai, who owns two hectares of land and had leased another two hectares in Andaman village in Madurai district, had set a record by producing 13,787 kilograms/ha of rice (or 20,680 kilo/ha of paddy) during the 2011-12 kharif season.

Attributing his success to the officials of the TN Agriculture Department, particularly the then Assistant Director (Madurai East Block) S. Kanagaraj for his guidance in helping farmers adapt to new technology, the humble farmer said that he was among the first to embrace the SRI (system rice intensification) technique introduced in 2001. “When agriculture department officials wanted space to demonstrate the technique, I offered my land. This set the pace and 50 farmers took to machine planting from then on,” he recalled with pride.

With regard to the highest yield that had bagged him the coveted award, Mr. Solaimalai said that he had stuck to the techniques taught by the field staff from the agriculture department, such as the use of foundation seed, reduced nursery area at one cent per acre, preparation of raised bed nursery, planting of 14-day old seedling, alternate wetting and drying and using cono-weeder for weeding and so on., he told The Hindu here on Friday after he was honoured by Collector Anshul Mishra at the farmers’ grievance meeting.

Mr. Kanagaraj said that techniques such as land levelling, use of bio-fertilisers and organic manure in the paddy variety – CR 1009 – had ensured the highest yield for the winner. In SRI technique, there are a little over 10 features, which were fully adopted by Mr. Solaimalai.

In the previous season, Mr. Solaimalai had harvested 8,125 kilos of paddy per hectare. Apart from paddy, he also grows sugarcane. When asked how he felt on receiving the award from the President, he said, “it was the most precious moment in my life and I owe it to the people who have stood by me.”

Come January 26, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will present a cash award of Rs 5 lakh to Mr. Solaimalai for his achievement.

The Agriculture Department officials said that the Union government had given Rs 2 crore to Tamil Nadu in recognition of being the state with the highest production of foodgrain.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle4322528.ece

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Erode, Namakkal safe haven for polluting units

Erode and Namakkal have emerged safe havens for scores of dyeing units that had to shut shop in Tirupur after the Madras High Court ordered their closure for flouting pollution norms two years ago.

In spite of the efforts of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), several illegal units continue to flourish in these districts and dump tonnes of effluents into the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers that feed agricultural lands of thousands of farmers.

In Erode, though TNPCB officials claim that they have demolished over 200 illegal units last year and prevented the establishment of such units, the dumping of toxic effluents is unabated.

“If the units are not discharging effluents, why is the colour of the water black?” asks Kalingarayan Pasana Sabhai president V.M. Velayudham.

The increase in the pollution levels has led to a sharp fall in the agricultural productivity in many parts of the district. “There is a 30 to 35 per cent drop in the yield of many crops including sugarcane and paddy in Kalingarayan ayacut. The yield from coconut trees has come down by 50 per cent,” says S. Nallasamy, president of Lower Bhavani Farmers Association. “We need concrete and long-term solution. If an illegal unit is demolished, its owner will go to another place and set up a new unit because there is huge revenue in this business. The government should consult all the stakeholders and workout a feasible solution to reduce the pollution levels,” said T. Subbu, district secretary of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association.

In Namakkal too, the TNPCB’s drive against illegal and pollution units are only partly successful. “From March 18, 2011, we have conducted a total of 33 eviction drives – of which most of them were in villages located in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam areas in Tiruchengode Taluk and on the banks of Cauvery – for directly letting effluents into the river,” district environmental engineer (DEE) of Namakkal M. Murugesan told The Hindu.

The drives led to the demolition of 355 illegal units and seizure of 586 equipments such as jiggers, winches and generators, 69 oil engines and 1,292 cement tanks that were used for manual dyeing.

Farmers feel that the mushrooming of the dyeing units could be curtailed only with the inclusion of a provision to initiate action against persons leasing their land to dyeing units.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...cle4351211.ece