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
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HC asks TNPCB to evolve scientific method
The Madras High Court suggested to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to evolve a scientific method for immersion of idols of Lord Vinayaka made from plaster of paris, coloured and polished with
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Waste burning, a health hazard at Pallikaranai
Residents of Mylai Balaji Nagar, Pallikaranai, Tamil Nadu were a happy lot, when they were relocated from their huts in the city to the area seven years ago. But, they face severe health problems
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National park coming up near Coimbatore: Baalu
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests proposes to set up a national park in Tamil Nadu along the Western Ghats on the lines of the Jurong National Park, Singapore, for creating awareness of
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Stop illegal sand mining, AIDWA tells Government
The All India Democratic Women's Association has urged the Tamil Nadu state government to stop illegal sand mining in the riverbeds as well as check the enormous tapping of ground water by
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No step yet to protect Pallikaranai marsh
Even after the Government announced that the Pallikaranai marsh would be declared a "Reserve Forest", to protect its fragile ecosystem, little has been done by officials to save the water body.
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'Over 70,000 out-of-school child labourers'
For the first time, following the announcement of an ambitious Action Plan for Elimination of Child Labour in Tamil Nadu, the Labour department has acknowledged that there are more than 70,000 child
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All sand quarrying leases scrapped
All existing sand quarrying leases in Tamil Nadu have been scrapped with immediate effect, the Government
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'Debris and fly-ash, alternatives to river sand'
Building debris, manufactured sand, rock or quarry dust, and fly ash can be used as viable and technologically feasible alternatives to river sand, say construction experts in Tamil Nadu and building
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Exploitation is still explosive here
The exploitation of children goes on in the open in Sivakasi fireworks
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Jayalalithaa launches anti-rubella campaign
A campaign to administer the rubella vaccine to young women was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday. She offered the vaccine kits to 10