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
‘Join hands to fight for Cauvery water’ Organic Scientist G. Nammalvar strongly felt that linking of rivers to fight water scarcity should begin within Tamil Nadu. He told this to newsmen here after addressing the gathering on “Conservation of Water Bodies”, that was organised by the ‘People’s Federation for Tapping Excess Cauvery Water in Ponds and Lakes’, on Sunday.
Valediction of the ‘Energy Conservation Week’ celebrations were held here on Saturday. When the celebrations began on August 21, students of various schools took out an awareness rally at Palayamkottai to highlight the need for saving power. In the valediction held at Palayamkottai, Commissioner (in charge), Tirunelveli Corporation, T. Mohan, disbursed prizes to winners of competitions conducted in connection with energy conservation for school students.
T. Ramachandran, Thally MLA, and his brother T. Varadarajan were produced before the Hosur Judicial Magistrate II, K. Suresh Kumar on Saturday night at around 10.05 p.m. in connection with the illegal mining of granite in quarries at Uthanapalli near Hosur. On behalf of the police, R. Ramesh, Public Prosecutor, argued that Mr. Ramachandran and Mr. Varadarajan had mined granite illegally and thus caused heavy loss to the government exchequer.
Jaipur gets respite; adjoining districts of Dausa, Sikar and Sawai Madhopur continue to suffer Rains continued to batter half a dozen Rajasthan districts in the eastern and northern parts for the second day on Thursday taking the toll of casualties to 26 in the past 48 hours. Though there was respite in heavy rains in Jaipur -- which had borne the brunt of rains the other day -- the adjoining districts of Dausa, Sikar, Sawai Madhopur and Karauli continued to reel under the impact of unprecedented outpour which the old timers put as heaviest in the past 30 years.
The State Forest Department will spend nearly Rs. 6 crore for maintenance of degraded plantations raised on 47,000 hectares and carry out buffer zone activities in 230 villages this year. Along with activities under infrastructure improvement, forestry extension, research, monitoring and evaluation and GIS, the buffer zone activities will be carried out this year under Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (Phase II). The project is being implemented from 2005-06 to 2012-13 with an outlay of Rs. 567 crore in 950 villages (800 under Japan International Cooperation Agency and 150 under State funds).
Tamil Nadu has always been in the forefront of environment conservation, said C.V. Sankar, Principal Secretary, Environment and Forests, here on Tuesday. The Tamil Nadu Forest Act of 1882 is one the oldest in the country. The State had also played a role in the Supreme Court coming out with landmark judgements related to environment.
“Tiger conservation measures will hamper development” Opposition to the notification of the government on the demarcation of the core and buffer zones of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here was stepped up on Tuesday in the form of a fast at Gudalur, abutting the reserve. The fast was led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA from Gudalur M. Thiravidamani.
To operate Kudankulam Project The Madras High Court on Tuesday said the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) had not applied its mind while passing the consent order on July 23 to operate the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP.) Justice P. Jyothimani, who constituted a Division Bench along with Justice P. Devadass, made the oral remark during the resumed hearing on public interest litigation petitions filed by G. Sundararajan of Vadapalani here.
Samudra Paheredar designed to mitigate marine oil spills Samudra Paheredar, the indigenously built second pollution control vessel, specially designed to mitigate any marine oil spill, received a warm welcome from the Coast Guard fraternity on its arrival at Chennai Port on Tuesday. Receiving the vessel Coast Guard Region (East) Commander Inspector General S.P. Sharma, said the vessel will add marine pollution response capabilities like contain, recover and dispose of 500 tonnes of oil which may be spilled into the seas by accidents or hazards.
While there is so much of brouhaha over sand quarrying, “there is quite a lot sand available untapped in the water spread area of Mettur Dam,” says N. Natarajan, former Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, and author of two books on the Cauvery. This would enormously benefit the dam itself, he asserts. “The difference between removing sand from the river and the water spread area is that the holding capacity of the river would be lost once sand is removed from the river. One cubic foot of sand can hold three cubic feet of water. But when sand and silt are removed from the water spread area, more water could be accommodated,,” he explains. Mettur Dam has a water spread area of about 153 sq km.