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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Green tribunal seeks update on river revival
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Bench has directed the Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to submit an elaborate report on the details of works allotted to each department for the rejuvenation
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Healthcare workers most vulnerable to occupational hazards
CMC observed World Day for Safety and Health at Work Are healthcare professionals and workers immune to health hazards? In fact, the healthcare sector ranks quite high in the hierarchy of hazards, with
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More RO plants proposed to supply purified drinking water
Riding on the success of ensuring pure drinking water to 2500-odd residents of Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat in Kancheepuram district, the Directorate of Town Panchayats has decided to extend its arms to
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MGNREGA workers to be roped in for solid waste management
To be launched on May 1, works taken up for creation of facilities Soon, villagers will get to dispose household garbage in the way it should be. As part of efforts to take solid waste management to
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Plea to frame rules for managing borewells
A week after a two-and-a-half-year- old boy died after falling into a 350-foot deep borewell near Arcot in Vellore district, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking
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Pilloor-III will meet water needs up to 2048
Five-hundred-and-thirty-six million litres a day (mld) drinking water is what the city will need in the next couple of decades. This estimation has come out in study conducted to arrive at the needs
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Solid waste management to be implemented in 30 village panchayats
2,000 panchayats to be covered in Phase I in State In the wake of the State Government announcing a phased implementation of solid waste management project in village panchayats in the State, the administration
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No construction should come up on waterbody, HC tells Collector
The Madras High Court has issued a direction to Kancheepuram District Collector to ensure that no construction comes up on the bunds of a temple tank at Kodur village in Cheyyur Taluk. A Bench comprising
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Rivers to the rescue
Work on linking Tamiraparani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar to benefit drought-prone areas on Tirunelveli and Tuticorin is slowing gaining momentum. Will the constitution of a task force by the Central government
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Efforts to combat plastics menace intensified
With thousands of people from various parts of the country and abroad flocking to The Nilgiris to enjoy the season which is on the verge of entering its peak period, the district administration has stepped