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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Mission for a greener city with greater amenities
Corporation pins hopes on AMRUT to develop parks, skywalks Owing to fewer funding options, the Chennai Corporation is set to try its luck on AMRUT Mission for developing parks and skywalks. “Tentative
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Tiruchi school children collect data on Uyyakondan pollution
They meet residents living on the banks of the stream At a time when doubts were raised on genuineness of studies undertaken by some research scholars, a group of schoolchildren in Tiruchi have embarked
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Rare butterflies sighted, snapped in Nilgiris
Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society has recorded 271 species in State The Nilgiri tit butterfly is rarely spotted and even less photographed. But members of the Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society (TNBS) have done
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World Bank to fund lake restoration project in city
More funds expected from other agencies for similar works The eco-restoration of Narayanapuram Lake by the Chennai Corporation is close at hand. The civic body will restore 1.81 lakh square metres of
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Tamil Nadu govt. bans Ketoprofen to save vultures
Use of Ketoprofen to be discontinued in Erode, Coimbatore, The Nilgiris After a ban on multi-vial drugs of Diclofenac by the Centre, now the State government has withdrawn Ketoprofen, a non-steroid
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Draft Smart City plan for Tiruchi to be out by Nov. 20
The draft Smart City plan for Tiruchi is expected to be readied by November 20 and would be presented before the stakeholders for another round of discussion soon after. Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in association
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Taking cue from Centre, State bans a drug to save vultures
After a ban on multi-vial drugs of Diclofenac by the Centre, now the State government has withdrawn Ketoprofen, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used extensively for veterinary purposes to
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Environment study has failed to cover all flanks
Taking into account a spectrum of issues and factors, the Expert Technical Committee, formed by the government to look into the matter of exploration and production of coal bed methane project of M/S Great
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Stop sand-mining, say Punnapakkam residents
They say round-the-clock quarrying affects livelihood of 10 villages. The only sand quarry that recently started operations at Punnapakkam, Tiruvallur district, is facing problems as residents are united
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HC for strict implementation of plastic bag norms
Stressing the significance of implementing the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) directive that only plastic bags less than 40 microns can be manufactured by units, the Madras High Court said