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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HC for panel to curb sand quarrying
The Madras High Court has directed the Government to constitute a committee comprising scientists, geologists and environmentalists within one month for submitting a report on quarrying of sand from
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Acute water scarcity, crops withering
Reports of withering crops and growing water scarcity are pouring in from districts of Tamil Nadu. At least 14 of them are in the grip of a 'drought like situation'. Officials knew what was in store,
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Cauvery bathers vulnerable to eye disease
A study by a Chennai city hospital has revealed the prevalence of a new variety of eye disease, along the course of the Cauvery, especially in the delta districts. Hitherto, the inflammation or
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City diabetes hospital chosen for WHO collaboration
India had the highest number of diabetic cases about 24.9 millions and it is likely to increase further, according to WHO. With a view to checking the rise in diabetes and designing a model of health
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Green Revolution is now 'greed revolution' : Swaminathan
A quality literacy movement was needed to ensure nutritional security, Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, M.S. Swaminathan, said. He said the Green Revolution had gradually turned into a
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Kerala, world's first 'baby-friendly State'
Kerala will be declared as the first 'baby-friendly State in the world' at a ceremony to be held jointly by the UNICEF, the Kerala Health Department, Indian Academy of Paediatrics and other
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Special cells to monitor drought soon
With the failure of the southwest monsoon and unprecedented depletion of groundwater in a majority of urban dwellings, officials in the southern districts are gearing up for a crisis management
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Sandminers make merry in dry Cauvery bed
While farmers in the Cauvery delta, in Truchi, Karur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts of Tamil Nadu are distressed at the delay in the opening of the Mettur
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Metrowater polluting Virugambakkam canal
What is cleaned at enormous cost to the tax payer at the one end is sullied at the other by the same department. That is the plight of Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam canal, which is being flooded with
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Movement of sand lorries at Kuruvimalai hit
The movement of sand lorries from the Kuruvimalai quarry in the dry bed of the Palar river in the outskirts of the town was blocked as trouble erupted between lorry drivers and owners and the