With the ministry of petroleum and natural gas releasing a tender for hydrocarbon exploration in a deep-sea area of 9,990.96 sqkm in the marine biodiversity-rich Gulf of Mannar, which shares ...

An area of 9,990.96 sq km in southern Tamil Nadu’s deep sea region of the Gulf of Mannar has been included in a recent tender for hydrocarbon exploration issued by the Ministry of Petroleum ...

Madurai: Chief minister M K Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in halting the proposed offshore mining activities in Gulf of Mannar as well as in the ...

The CM said the risks of sediment plumes, toxic waste discharges and habitat destruction affecting the livelihood of the lakhs of fishermen who depend on the Gulf of Mannar could not be overstated.

km in the Cauvery Basin, which falls within the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve and is near the Palk Bay and Wadge Bank, Stalin said, adding that the biosphere reserve consisting of a chain of 21 ...

The notification includes 9,990.96 sq km under the block name CY-DWHP-2024/1 in the Cauvery Basin, which falls within the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve and is near the Palk Bay and Wadge Bank.

One of the 25 blocks proposed is in the Gulf of Mannar along the Tamil Nadu coast spread over 9990.96 sq.km. Referring to reports over the bidding launched by the Union Ministry, the leader of the ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exclude the ecologically sensitive Gulf of Mannar from the auction of ...

"Hon'ble PM Thiru. @NarendraModi, The GoI's auction notification for petroleum and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve endangers a fragile marine ecosystem and the ...

The region is part of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, home to rare and endangered species such as dugongs, different turtles, and marine mammals With the ministry of petroleum and natural ...