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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Let it be smokeless Bhogi: TNPCB
The Minister for Environment and Forests, R. Vaithilingam launched a campaign for a smokeless 'Bhogi' by the Tamil Nadu Pollution control Board. The TNPCB campaigners will go around all 10 Chennai
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Villagers won't allow companies to take over wasteland
People from entire villagers will physically prevent private companies entering their land, if the Tamil Nadu Government went ahead with implementing the wasteland development programme, leaders of
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NGOs welcome shifting of PVC plant
Two of the NGOs, which had raised objections to the setting up of a proposed PVC plant at Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu said pressure from local residents and environmental activists forced the Sanmar group
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Taramani residents yearn for clean drinking water
It is part of the sophisticated Tidel Park district of Chennai, but residents of the many broken streets bearing names of national leaders at Taramani are crying for their most fundamental need,
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Sale of monitor lizards continues
Sale of monitor lizards, protected under Schedule-I of the Wildlife Act, by Narikoravas and Irulas continues unabated in Kancheepuram, despite the arrest of a few Narikoravas by the wildlife wing
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Metrowater to check quality at Taramani
Chennai Metrowater has instructed its quality assurance wing to check and identify the source of pollution on five streets at Taramani within three days. "On identification of the source of
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Disease wipes out sheep
Hundreds of sheep fall victim to a mysterious disease within one and half months at Achuthanvayal, Tamil Nadu and the surrounding areas causing panic among farmers. The district government veterinary
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Towards eco-friendly festivities
Boghi, this year has become a burning issue, with the authorities deciding to cry a halt to the time honoured tradition of setting waste material in fire. The Department of Environment and the Tamil
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Smokeless-Bhogi campaign pays off
Thanks to campaigning by the Government and NGOs, Bhogi, agrarian festival, was celebrated with less smoke. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which inaugurated an intensified campaign a few
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Zero garbage efforts wasted at Valasaravakkam
An urban local body has thrown cold water on the efforts of voluntary organisations working towards zero garbage in their localities, while creating serious doubts about its own decision to construct