Sabarimala season perks up coconut price
Farmers are hoping for both the price and demand for coconuts to surge further in the coming days due to declining production.
Textile dyeing units in quandary over disposing of salt sludge
Over the last 10 years, nearly 50,000 tonnes of salt, a hazardous waste, have been accumulated in the 18 CETP’s across the district. They were also...
Demand grows for reopening, state takeover of NTC mills
Of the seven mills in Tamil Nadu, five are in Coimbatore, one each in Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts.
NE monsoon may not impact already-full Mettur dam much: Expert
With south west monsoon, which gives copious rains in the Cauvery catchment areas likely to be active till this month end, a cloud of uncertainty...
Drastic drop in ‘kanvali kilangu’ seed price disappoints farmers
The ‘kanvali kilangu’, which was normally sold for Rs 400 per kg now fetches barely Rs 50. The crop introduced in Tamil Nadu in 1985, has been grown...
Tuskers get caught in traps laid for wild boars
N Senthil Kumar, an environmentalist from Osai, an NGO, said that habituated elephants know the terrain well and do not come into contact with traps...
Tea growers anguished at plummeting prices
A study by the Horticulture Department has put the cost of producing tea leaves at Rs 22.50 per kg by taking into consideration labour,...
Prolonged flooding hits Hogenakkal coracle services hard
Currently, with fishing being the only source of revenue to stay afloat, the villagers also lamented that they weren’t getting a good catch in the...