Tamil Nadu: Fire breaks out in another firecracker factory in Virudhunagar ANI | Updated: Feb 26, 2021 02:08 IST
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 26 (ANI): A fire broke out at a firecracker factory in the Pethalupatti area of Virudhunagar district on Thursday night.
Locals were seen gathered at the spot. More details awaited.
Earlier on Thursday evening, six people died in a fire accident at a firecracker factory near Sivakasi, confirmed Joint Director of Health Services, Virudhunagar.
On February 12, a fire had broken out at a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu s Virudhunagar. Following this incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had announced an ex-gratia to the kin of those who lost their lives in the incident.
Ramky Enviro in 7-year waste management contract in Chennai
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Will implement a state-of-the-art, IOT enabled solid waste collection program
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd (REEL), a leading waste management company, on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a seven-year contract with the Greater Chennai Corporation to design and implement an IOT-enabled solid waste collection programme.
In a press statement, the Hyderabad-based company said it will cover four zones in Chennai including Tiruvottriyur (Zone 1), Manali (Zone 2), Madhavaram (Zone 3), and Ambattur (Zone 7).
The programme which has been launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, will involve 100 per cent waste segregation at source across all the households in the four zones within one year and sustain these efforts consistently.
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Tamil Nadu CM opens a veterinary science college, rebuts Stalin’s criticism
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Poll point: Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami speaking at a meeting of the party’s women’s wing at Attur in Salem district on Monday.
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Tamil Nadu CM opens a veterinary science college, rebuts Stalin’s criticism Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday rebutted DMK president M.K. Stalin’s criticism that his government had failed to keep its promises.
He was speaking after opening a veterinary science college at the Advanced Institute for Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences (AIIRLIVAS) at Thalaivasal. Minister for Animal Husbandry Udumalai Radhakrishnan and senior officials were present at the function. He said Thalaivasal had been made a taluk.
Palaniswami seeks funds for Cauvery rejuvenation
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‘T.N. committed to Atmanirbhar Bharat’
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‘T.N. committed to Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the linking of the Godavari and the Cauvery a national project for the benefit of lakhs of people in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Addressing the sixth Governing Council Meeting of the NITI Aayog, he made a strong case for rejuvenating the Cauvery and its tributaries on the lines of ‘Namami Gange’, an integrated Ganga conservation mission. “The Government of India is requested to accord sanction and extend financial assistance to Tamil Nadu at the earliest,” he said.