Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Hindu (Chennai)
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Kudimaramath to be revived to rejuvenate water bodies
As Tamil Nadu has become a water-deficit state, Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday announced the revival of kudimaramath , an ancient system of maintaining and managing water bodies by local
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T.N. gets Rs. 670 cr. ADB loan to fight climate change in delta
Project seeks to protect coastal districts from cyclones and flooding The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $100 million (Rs. 670 crore) loan to mitigate climate change risks in the Cauvery
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Solar power plant set up at Bharathidasan University
It has been established at a cost of Rs.4.85 crore on five acres of land Bharathidasan University is all set to commission the 500-KWp Ground Mounted Grid Interactive Solar PV Power Plant on its main
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Strong winds lift power generation to a new high
TANGEDCO has started selling surplus power to other States From a clear power deficit situation a few years ago, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has claimed not only
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New quarries to help tide over sand crunch
Government plans to open 3 of them in Tiruvallur district In what could be a significant move to ease the sand shortage for construction activity in the city and suburbs, the Water Resources Department
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Joint survey to prevent animals from coming out of forest
An inter-department coordination meeting was organised by NGOs World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Osai for the forest and line departments and NGOs to avert human-animal conflicts that are on the rise
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Nod awaited to strengthen accident-prone ghat section
A proposal mooted in recent years by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening the Bannari-Dhimbam stretch of the Mysore National Highway has not been cleared by the Union Environment
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Corporation develops solid waste management sites in four zones
Organic manure to be produced from 20 locations in the city in future The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has chosen 20 locations in different parts of the city to take up decentralised solid waste
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12,000 samples of drinking water to be tested
TWAD Board to test samples from July 1 to 3 About 12,000 drinking water samples would be collected and tested for their quality in the district during the week-long National Rural Drinking Water and
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Manufacturers seek scheme for solar pumps
Several solar energy product manufacturers purchase pumpsets, fit the solar panels, and sell solar-energy powered agricultural pumpsets. A few thousands of such pumpsets made here are supplied across