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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Thirumavalavan urges govt. to find solution to problem of solid wastes
Demanded closure of nearly 90-year-old compost yard of Corporation The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan has urged the Tamil Nadu government to find a permanent scientific solution
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Implement Avinashi-Athikadavu water project: NGO
The Thamizhaga Neer Melanmai Aadharavu Iyakkam, a not-for-profit organisation, has urged the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to implement the decades-old Avinashi-Athikadavu ground water project. Under
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Seaweed collector wins environment award
M Lakshmi (46) was hardly seven years old when she took her maiden boat ride to the islands in the Gulf of Mannar to collect seaweed and has come a long way to win the prestigious Seacology Prize and travel
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Waste disposal, air quality top priority
Segregated collection of solid waste, efficient and localised methods to process and transport the waste, scientific maintenance of tanks, supply of clean drinking water, and ways to improve the city’s
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Solar plant on SIPCOT campus generates green energy in bulk
It produces nearly 4,500 units of power every day A production unit in SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre at Perundurai that sources one-third of its power requirements from a captive solar plant is being
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It’s official: 12 Smart Cities for Tamil Nadu
This year State may get two as Centre plans to develop only 20 cities Officially, the Centre has announced that Tamil Nadu, one of the most urbanised States in the country, will get 12 smart cities.
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Govt. sanctions Rs. 100 cr. for construction of toilets in over 83,000 rural households
Move to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement The district administration and the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) have decided to make the elimination of open defecation a
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60 village panchayats to be open defecation-free from October 2
As part of eliminating open defecation, 60 village panchayats in the district will have Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) and these villages will also be declared as ‘Open Defecation-Free Villages’ from
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Panchayats intensify raid against selling banned plastic items
A week after manufacturing and selling of plastic materials with less than 40 micron thickness was banned, Town Panchayats in the district have intensified their raids in shops selling plastic materials.
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PPCC slams ruling party for failing to get water from Cauvery
Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has strongly condemned the ruling All India NR Congress for failing to get water from Cauvery River for the farmers of Karaikal which is considered as the rice