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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Another chimpanzee rescued
After a 26 hour battle, animal welfare activists in the Chennai city managed to rescue a white chimpanzee, Guru, from the Great Royal Circus and safely housed him at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park
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Drive for source segregation of garbage at Choolaimedu
The Chennai Corporation, with support from NGOs has embarked on an intensive campaign in Choolaimedu to clean up backlog in garbage clearance and sensitise people to source segregation of
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Collectors wary of treating on villagers' toes
Even as the administration in districts and the Tamil Nadu state government are preparing to launch the wasteland development programme, local bodies, farmers and farmworkers, besides
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30,000 children engaged in Kancheepuram silk weaving sector
There is largescale exploitation of child labour in the systematically decentralised manufacturing process connected with weaving of Kancheepuram silk sarees, Tamil Nadu observed jury members of the
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All set for major food-for-work programme
With a drought like situation prevailing in most districts, the Tamil Nadu State Government is giving final touches to a second edition of relief measures including a major 'food-for-work
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Tree planting turns a money-spinner
Planting of avenue trees in Chennai has become a multi crore money spinner, with a private company claiming exclusive rights to plant trees and charge for advertisements on hoardings fashioned as
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New Bill soon to regulate use of plastics
The Tamil Nadu Government will introduce a new Bill to regulate the sale, storage, transport and use of plastic articles. The Select Committee of the Assembly, in its report presented recommended
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Tamil Nadu seeks Rs 2,000 crores Central relief
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, handed over the Central team, deputed to assess the drought situation in the State, a fresh memorandum seeking Rs 2027.53 crore support and nine lakh
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'Operation Turtle' at dawn
Today, the poaching continues. Even the beautiful grown turtles are at risk in their natural habitat because of mechanised trawlers, which regualarly plough the seas. Their bodies wash up on the
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'Sivakasi child workers facing health hazards'
Health hazards are stalking child workers in the match industries in Sivakasi of Tamil Nadu, according to a study on "Socio-economic aspects of child labour in Sivakasi match industries" carried out