There have been sustained protests in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu ever since the Union government announced in November 2024 that it had granted tungsten mining rights in eight blocks to Hindustan Zinc, a subsidiary of Vedanta. The residents of the region, particularly Melur taluk, which has the Arittapatti biodiversity heritage site, worry about their land, lives, and livelihoods, reports C. Palanivel Rajan
Further, the data from TNAWB reveals that the stray dog population survey is being conducted only by corporations in Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, and Vellore
With its fuel tank going empty, the SUV was halted at Mahad when a speeding towing van rammed into it, killing four people on the spot.
