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
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Women SHGs to operate Tirupur paper recycling unit
A paper recycling unit is likely to be set up by women self-help groups in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. The project coordinator of the Centre for Environment Education, Archana Dange, said as part of a
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Hazardous pollutants envelop T.Nagar
Two of the deadly pollutants breathed in by residents in some city areas were more than twice the permitted limit through a full year, studies of the Tamil Nadu Pollution control board reveal.
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Integrated five-year programme for fisheries developed
An integrated five year programme for developing fisheries has been prepared by the Fisheries Department in Tamil Nadu. The department would provide know how relating to fish density, integrated
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Declare T.N. drought hit: CPI
The Tamil Nadu State CPI secretary, R. Nallakannu demanded that the state be declared drought hit, saying the southwest monsoon had failed and all rivers and reservoirs dried
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'Fisheries development to become people's movement'
Fisheries development would be made a people's movement and sea reaching programmes launched to stem the decline in fish population in Tamil Nadu waters, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa
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Metrowater may go in for smaller, ecofriendly lorries
The Tamil Nadu Pollution control board had written to Metrowater to go in for more eco-friendly vehicles, sans the rear motor pump, which produced black smoke. The TNPCB also laid stress on provision
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Project to protect street children
The thronging population of street children in Chennai, a 'high risk' group, will be the target of a specific intervention programme launched by the Chennai AIDS Prevention and control Society. For
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'Encourage waste management at community level'
A workshop on 'disposal of municipal solid waste : hazards of the burn technologies' conducted by the Consumer Action Group strongly emphasised sustainable practices that are being overlooked in the
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Perungudi plant awaiting TNPCB clearance
The Chennai Corporation floated the tenders for waste-to-energy plant in 1998. Civic officials, who participated in the meeting said the agency entered into an MoU with EDL to set up a 14.5 MW plant
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Ban on animal sacrifice in temples sought
The Madras High Court has ordered notices to the Home Secretary and the DGP on a public interest petition to ban animal and bird sacrifices in