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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New norms for environmental clearance
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has recently reconstituted the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) for the
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TNERC seeks views from public on solar tariff
With the control period for solar power tariff ending at the end of March, the Tamil Nadu Energy Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has put out a consultative paper to issue a comprehensive tariff for the coming
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IMA to create awareness on effects of noise pollution
The Indian Medical Association has decided to hold awareness programmes about the health consequences of noise pollution among public and students. Against the backdrop of India being the noisiest place
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Mandatory for industries to tap solar power for water heaters
As per the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy unveiled in 2012 In line with the Solar Energy Policy unveiled in 2012, the State government has now included buildings housing industries, government and quasi-government
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Standard protocols needed for screening, treatment of cancer
This is essential for screening programmes to cover all rural areas, says Dr. V. Shanta With 56,000 new cancer cases in Tamil Nadu in 2015 and the incidence of cancer rising every year, eminent cancer
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Farmers stage protest against GAIL pipeline project
Stating that the Supreme Court’s green signal to Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to lay natural gas pipelines across seven districts would affect the farmers directly, the district unit of All India
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Needed, a comprehensive view of conservation of wetlands
Environmentalists and naturalists decry a key-hole view of conserving wetlands. Protection of any major wetland is possible only if the health of buffer wetlands around it is taken into consideration.
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Panel to fight noise pollution
Indian Medical Association’s recently formed Working Group to fight against noise pollution will have its sitting in New Delhi during this month. The Working Group was formed along with the Association
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Production from Kudankulam reactor crosses 500 MWe
The first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday resumed generating electricity. Earlier, it had been stopped for mandatory tests as the turbine was synchronised with the southern grid.
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Sand mining destroysancient water channels
Rampant sand mining activity on Cheyyar river bed has rendered the twin water channels, created 120 years ago near Kavanthandalam, useless. The two channels — ‘pallakalvai’ (lower channel) and ‘mettukalvai’