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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CPCB issues notice to 12 companies making ‘green’ bags sans nod
CHENNAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued notices to 12 uncertified companies located across the country, including four in Chennai, for manufacturing and selling compostable bags
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Signature campaign ahead of Ecological Festival of Western Ghats
Organisers enlighten people on the need for protecting the Ghats A signature campaign organised by the Save Western Ghats Movement, as a prelude to its Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, received
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No single-use plastics in Puducherry from March 1
Traders threaten to go on agitation Emulating the example set by Tamil Nadu, the Puducherry government on Sunday announced a total ban on manufacture, sale and storage of single-use plastics in the
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SC to hear Sterlite plant reopening case on Jan. 8
State government had appealed against the NGT order in favour of Vedanta The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on January 8 the appeal filed by Tamil Nadu government against the decision of the
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Plastic ban: Rs. 53,500 collected in fines from five zones in city
Civic body officials seizing plastic coated items from a restaurant in North Zone in the city on Wednesday, as part of the exercise to collect banned plastic goods. On Day Two of the State Government’s
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High Court wants State to be made totally plastic-free
Asks government to reconsider items exempted from banned list; dismisses writ plea by plastics manufacturers seeking stay on ban Foiling the last-ditch attempts made by an association of entrepreneurs
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A year when environment made news in Tamil Nadu
Kurangani fire, Thoothukudi police firing and Chennai-Salem corridor project expose policy deficit It started out pretty well this year for the environment and the forest sector in Tamil Nadu. But as
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PMK opposes land acquisition by NLCIL
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday said that “not an inch of land” will be given to NLCIL for its proposed Mines III project. Leading a demonstration in Neyveli near here,
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Environment Ministry clears Tiruchi airport expansion
Expert appraisal panel lays down 30 conditions for project implementation The proposed expansion of the Tiruchi airport by the Airports Authority of India involving construction of a new integrated
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Ambient air quality monitoring station inaugurated
A truck-mounted fogging machine and Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station were commissioned at the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust on Tuesday. The high-pressure water mist fogging machine, commissioned