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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' Wasteland programme will ruin rural economy'
The Comprehensive Wasteland Programme for developing wasteland with corporate support would lead to displacement of village folk and ruin the rural economy, speakers at a meeting convened by the
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Green movement seeks anti-poaching camps
The Tamil Nadu Green Movement has appealed to the Forest Department to initiate steps on a war footing to set up anti-poaching camps in the Western Nilgiris Biosphere, Tamil Nadu side. The general
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Mindless miners of the sea
Chennai moves at a hectic pace. Even when it comes to smuggling of wild life. The city has the dubious distinction of becoming a major transit point for illegal trade in marine life. In past one year
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'Child labour practices continue despite laws'
Federal and regional governments as well as law makers should send "very strong" signals to builders, contact firms and building material makers so that they do not violate laws that prevent forced
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Environment protection award for TNPL
The Tamil Nadu Newsprint and papers received the Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection-2002. The award was jointly presented by Rotary Club of Madras East and
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Concern over trade in reptile skins
The re-emergence of trade in reptile skins in the southern states is causing widespread concern among wildlife authorities, naturalists and herpetologists. Recently, a team of officials led by the
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Focus on eco protection, panchayat chiefs told
Chiefs of village panchayats have been asked to focus on environmental protection during their regular grama sabha meetings to be held all over the Kancheepuram district on August 15. Specific
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Imported cattle die of viral diarrhoea
Seven Jersey cows/bulls imported from Australia died at the Government of India Animal Quarantine and Certification Centre, Pallikaranai, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to 'Bovine Viral
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Fisheries department plans to improve inland production
The Fisheries department intends to replicate the fishing practices adopted at Gobindsagar reservoir in Himachal Pradesh for improving inland fish production in the Tamil Nadu
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Combat plastics lobby: TNPCB chief
A people's movement will have to be launched against the use of plastics as its evil effect is likely to assume a dangerous proposition in future, said the Tamil Nadu Pollution control Board