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
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
Motivated by Krishi Karman award conferred on State government Enthused by the Krishi Karman award conferred on the State government for achieving milestones in food production, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced Rs. 99 crore for the command area development and water management (CADWM) programme in Villupuram, Cuddalore and Tiruvannamalai districts.
Things changing for good on the pollution front; 16 CETPs, covering 420 dyeing units, have obtained TNPCB permission It is now two years since the Madras High Court delivered a landmark judgment ordering the closure of dyeing and bleaching units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster for polluting the river Noyyal for decades. The order was pronounced solely because the dyeing fraternity did not adhere to the zero liquid discharge (ZLD) norms despite the directions from the Supreme Court and High Court.
Expressing protest against non-inclusion of Pudukottai district during the recent survey by a team of ministers in samba crop-affected districts, farmers staged a walk-out from farmers’ grievances day meeting here on Thursday. As soon as C. Manoharan, Collector, came to the meeting hall and started explaining the recommendation by the district administration for certain relief package for the drought-prone zones, a group of farmers were up on their feet, lodging their protest and anguish.
If extreme climatic events occurred, the worst afflicted would be some of the poorest societies on earth. This was the crux of a lecture delivered by Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and head of The Energy and Resources Institute. Mr. Pachauri who was in the city on Wednesday, was given the ‘For the Sake of Honour’ award by the Rotary Club of Madras East
The Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy envisaged the State to have 3,000 MW solar energy generation by 2015. The policy has given a boost to the sector in the State, said Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (CODISSIA) has organised four-day exhibition Elektrotec 2013, an electrical and industrial electronic fair, jointly with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), and Renergy Coimbatore 2013, a renewable energy expo, jointly with the TEDA.
Subsidy from Centre to cover 20 per cent of project cost The State Government plans to take up power transmission projects worth Rs. 7,000 crore under the mode of public private partnership (PPP). Of the project cost, the Centre’s subsidy will cover 20 per cent, with private players meeting the remainder, Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan said here on Wednesday.
The district administration, Green Kalam and Mohamed Sathak Trust launched a mega campaign to plant one lakh saplings, with Collector K. Nanthakumar planting the first sapling at the Collectorate complex here on Monday. Hundreds of school students also planted saplings at 50 designated sites across the district. Actor Vivekh, founder of Green Kalam, Deputy Inspector General of Police M. Ramasubramani, Superintendent of Police N. M. Mylvahanan and S.M. Hamid Abdul Quadir, Chairman of Mohamed Sathak College, were present when the Collector launched the event.
In a move that is likely to deepen the legal battle over the Cauvery dispute, the Tamil Nadu government will file an original suit claiming damages from Karnataka in view of the “intransigent attitude” of the government of the neighbouring State. Announcing this on Monday, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a press release, stated that it was on her instruction that a petition would be filed, citing the Karnataka government’s refusal to release Tamil Nadu’s quota of water as per orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal and the Cauvery Monitoring Committee recording this.
Leading hospitals receive minimum of five patients in a week After claiming more than forty lives in Tirunelveli district during the previous outbreak in the first quarter last year, dengue has reared its ugly head again in the city with almost all leading hospitals here receiving a minimum of five dengue patients every week. Though the latest outbreak has not resulted in any death so far, the disease has triggered panic among the public. The fear has increased manifold as anti-mosquito operations, carried out by the Corporation, have come to a grinding halt.
More than 3 months after they were completed, a cluster of mobile toilets, that is bound to bring immense relief to commuters waiting at the Peerkankaranai bus terminus, is yet to be made operational. Elected representatives and town panchayat staff maintain that all the civil works as well as procedural formalities of handing over work orders for maintaining the toilets have been completed and are unable to state the reasons for the delay.