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
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Ottaparai residents demand closure of polluting units
Several residents of Ottaparai Panchayat staged a demonstration in front of Chennimalai Bus Stand on Thursday demanding closure of dyeing and bleaching units in their village. Effluent The protesters
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Green power to light up 4 major railway stations
Out of the target of 50MW of solar power, 4 MW allotted to Southern Railway Four major railway stations in Southern Railway, including Chennai Central and Egmore, are set to glow with green power by
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New land acquisition draft rules notified in UT
Objections, suggestions invited from the public within 30 days The government has notified new draft rules to ensure the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition in the Union
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Waste management scheme being implemented in 532 villages’
A Solid Waste Management programme is being implemented in 532 panchayats in Tiruvannamalai district, District Collector A. Gnanasekaran said. Speaking at a Mass Contact Programme (MCP) held at Chunnambumedu
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Will quash order regularising encroachments on water bodies: HC
The Madras High Court has warned the State government that it would be constrained to quash its order regularising encroachments made on water bodies, if a reply is not filed by Friday on a Public Interest
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Tell readers that climate change is part of life, scribes urged
Contextualising the impact of climate change for a local audience was the focus of a knowledge sharing workshop conducted for the region’s journalists by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF),
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Rs. 320 cr. for third Vaigai water scheme
It will augment water supply to Corporation by bringing 61 million litres per day: officials The third Vaigai water supply scheme for Madurai, proposed last year, was sanctioned Rs. 320 crore through
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Farmers’ association moves SC to review GAIL pipeline alignment order
The court had earlier dismissed the association’s petition challenging Madras High Court order Farmers Sangham has moved the Supreme Court to review the latter’s order in the Gas Authority of India
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31 species of birds spotted at Otteri Lake
As many as 7,256 birds counted in a day-long census A day-long census of birds that arrived at Otteri Lake in Vandalur was carried out by the Forest Department on Friday. The census is an annual
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On saving city’s waterbodies
They came together to discuss ways to safeguard drying waterbodies Environmentalists from across the State came together to discuss ways to safeguard depleting waterbodies, at Chennai Press Club on