Thoothukudi wraps up salt season with over 17 lakh tonnes of production, higher than last year

Thoothukudi salt production season ends with record-breaking 17 lakh tonnes, providing employment to 50,000 workers.

Village mangrove councils in Tamil Nadu to handle World Bank funds for mangrove plantation

World Bank funds village mangrove councils in Tamil Nadu for bioshield enhancement and coastal restoration under TN-SHORE project.
The New Indian Express

Mullakadu salt pan owners oppose shipyard project

THOOTHUKUDI: More than 1,500 salt pan owners and workers staged an agitation along Thoothukudi-Tiruchendur Road in Muthaiapuram on Thursday, condemning the move to retake possession of government land ...
The New Indian Express

Shipyard plan threatens Mullakadu salt business

THOOTHUKUDI: Salt pan owners and labourers in Mullakadu have planned to stage an agitation against the recently proposed centre’s shipbuilding yard, saying the project might potentially wipe out the ...
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95 years later, salt march lives on in Tamil Nadu, but memory slips away

Every April 13 for the past 25 years, D. Sakthi Selvaganapathi, a horologist from Tiruvarur, makes his way to the Trichy cantonment. There, he joins fellow Gandhians for a 240 km salt march, ...