Coimbatore: Groundwater level in at least three locations in the western part of the city, where the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is situated, has increased since last June. The Water Technology Centre at the TNAU said the groundwater level at RS Puram, Lawley Road and Poosaripalayam has increased anywhere between 2m and 5.2m, following the successful southwest monsoon and extended northeast monsoon showers.
The centre also took credit, stating that the rainwater harvesting technologies on its campus had also played a role in boosting the groundwater levels.
The centre had set up 40 borewells on its campus to monitor groundwater level and quality. They had taken readings in May-end 2020, before the monsoon began, and again in January this year.
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COIMBATORE: A six-member gang attacked the husband of a traffic police inspector at Marappalam near Madukkarai on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning and drove off in his car. The Madukkarai police have formed three special teams to nab the gang.
A police officer said the incident took place when Vincent Kumar, an interior decorator from Palakkad district in Kerala, was returning home after dropping his wife Sajini, a traffic police inspector in Gobichettipalayam in Erode district, at Gandhipuram in the city.
“She had taken leave for two days to spend time with her family in Palakkad. As she had to rejoin for work on Tuesday, her husband dropped her at Gandhipuram in a car in the morning and immediately left for Palakkad,” the officer said.
Coimbatore: The 16th state-level senior paralympic athletics championship and the sixth junior and senior paralympic swimming championship concluded in the city on Tuesday.
While Madurai district bagged the overall championship in the senior paralympic athletics meet that was held at the Nehru Stadium in the city, Kallakurichi district won the overall championship in the paralympic swimming contest that was held at the corporation swimming pool at Gandhi Park.
The events were conducted by the Tamil Nadu Paralympic Sports Association and Alayam Trust.
On February 14, the paralympic sports association authorities had classified the participants according to their disabilities and the events were started for them on Monday.
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COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Tirupur Districts Micro and Cottage Entrepreneurs’ Association (COTMA) and the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCIC) have welcomed Tamil Nadu’s new industrial policy 2021 and called it ‘growth oriented’.
They have cheered the government’s decision to triple the subsidy cap on capital investment from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore. They stated that multiple incentives to sunrise sectors, including defence and food processing and technology, have the potential to change the industrial climate in Coimbatore.
They also hoped that the Rs 1,000 crore infusion into Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation (TIIC) would lead to more loans being disbursed.
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CHENNAI: In an attempt to further reinforce Tamil Nadu’s position as an attractive investment destination for global industries, the state government on Tuesday unveiled a New Industrial Policy, 2021, which aims to attract Rs 10 lakh crore in new investments and create 20 lakh jobs by 2025.
The policy seeks to achieve an annual growth rate of 15% in the manufacturing sector and increase the contribution of the sector to the state’s economy to 30% by 2030, a government release said.
“I am happy to be in your midst as I complete four years of my term as chief minister and enter the fifth year and to see the vast progress the state is making on the industrial front and to unveil a new industrial policy that will help the state leap into its next phase of growth,” chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said after unveiling the policy. He also inaugurated eight completed projects involving an investment of Rs 3,377 crore and offering employment to more tha