Work to widen the East Coast Road (ECR) running from Villupuram to Nagapattinam is expected to be completed by October 2025. The four-lane-wide road — NH 32 (NH – 45A) — with a median and service lanes, and taken up as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana Scheme, is mostly complete up to Sattanathapuram with both … Read more
Artificial reefs in different shapes that ready for installation under the sea | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The State Fisheries Department has planned to install artificial coral reefs in 39 locations across two fishing villages in Nagapattinam district to boost fish production. With a budget of ₹11.79 crore, the project is part of the Union … Read more
Water is stagnating in the Big Temple complex in Thanjavur after a spell of rain on Monday (November 18, 2024). | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh Several parts of the Cauvery delta districts continued to receive moderate to heavy rainfall on Monday (November 18, 2024), in what is seen to be largely beneficial northeast monsoon season … Read more
Water stagnating near the UPHC in Pazha Street in Nagapattinam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Residents of Nagapattinam, particularly those visiting the Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) in Ward 30, face hardship because of persistent water stagnation in front of the premises. The UPHC, which used to function from a building on Marundhu Kothalam Road, … Read more
The fishermen had ventured into the sea on Friday (February 2, 2024), and were attacked late that night, police said. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: MOORTHY M In two separate incidents, five fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing … Read more
Three more fishermen from Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked and robbed of their belongings, by a group of unidentified persons mid-sea, late on Tuesday. August 22, 2023, while they were fishing several nautical miles away from the Kodiyakkarai coast. The three fishermen managed to return to the Vedaranyam coast on Wednesday morning. Police identified them … Read more
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, Gingee K.S. Masthan, handed over the body of the engineer to his family | Photo Credit: Twitter@GingeeMasthan The body of V. Kannan, a civil engineer from Nagapattinam district, who was killed in the collapse of a girder launching machine in Thane district … Read more
Chennai: An award-winning mobile app, developed by Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA), is helping government hospitals identify people with cataracts. The Artificial Intelligence-based app named E-Paarvai allows healthcare workers (HCWs) to identify cataracts on the spot with 91% accuracy. Untreated cataracts are one of the primary reasons for blindness in Tamil Nadu, which currently has … Read more