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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'Public Health Act needs more teeth'
Even as the Chennai Corporation and the Public Health department intend to go in for a major 'malaria eradication' programme in the Chennai city, a 10 year move to amend the Public Health Act is yet
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No loss of wildlife, sanctuary fire put out
No wildlife casualty has been reported in the forest fire raging in the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve near Tirunelveli, the Tamil Nadu State Chief Wildlife warden Sukhdev, said. Reports said
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Fire ravages Kalakkad Tiger Reserve
A major fire, which broke out in the KalakkadMundanthurai Tiger Reserve on Thursday, has destroyed fauna and flora on thousands acres in the 14 year old sanctuary, covering 895 sq.km. though the
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Healthy, timely project for Nilgiris children
A model project to eliminate malnutrition in the Nilgiris by March 2003 has assumed significance in the wake of a report released by the National Family Health survey-2. The report has sounded the
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'Anaemia among women, children still high'
While most human development indicators put Tamil Nadu rather high in the national listing, high levels of anaemia and chronic malnutrition among children sound the alarm for the State. The results
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TNPCB stipulates additional norms for industries
Industries are responding to the "green agenda" of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), which has stipulated additional requirements for issue of consent to start large industries in the
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'Focus on disease prevention'
India has the dubious record of having a "very high" percentage of people, especially in rural areas, who suffer from easily preventable communicable diseases such as malaria, jaundice, tuberculosis
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Two colleges banned from procuring animals
Laboratory animals in two teaching hospitals of the Chennai city are being reared in such abysmal conditions that they are dying of disease. A ban has been imposed on further procurement of animals.
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Man-animal conflict in Valparai on the rise
The Forest authorities are making concerted efforts to resolve the man animal conflict in the plantation areas of Valparai. The Wildlife Warden of the Indira Gandhi Wildlife sanctuary, V Ganesan,
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Spotted deer, a problem of plenty on MCC campus
Spotted deer or Chital that are a graceful; species to watch nibbling at leaves on IIT Campus, the Guindy Park, Tamil Nadu and at the Madras Christian College scrub jungle have now become a problem