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
The need to combat challenges relating to agriculture in Tamil Nadu in a systematic and scientific manner was stressed by the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Planning and Special Initiatives R.Vijayakumar here on Tuesday. He was inaugurating a sensitization workshop cum stakeholders consultation on, ‘Soil and Water Conservation and Watershed Management' organized by the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI) at Rees Corner.
Over 25 shops were inspected and thickness of plastic items measured Armed with a gauge meter, a team of civic officials led by the Municipal Health Officer, P.G. Bhanumathy conducted an anti-plastic raid in this hill station on Tuesday. Over 25 shops were inspected and the thickness of the plastic items used there was measured. A fine of Rs.2, 500 was collected from three shops for violating rules relating to plastic items. Banned plastic items weighing three kg. were seized.
Work to construct rainwater harvesting structures in stormwater drain network to begin next month Work on construction of rainwater harvesting structures in stormwater drains by the Chennai Corporation is expected to begin in May when the water table is the lowest in the city. The civic body had announced that over 5,000 rainwater harvesting structures would come up across the city.
Unauthorised manufacturing units mushroom as consumption goes up by 15% Areas abutting the city are increasingly dotted with packaged drinking water industrial units. A minimum of 30 plants have come up over the last year in the neighbouring districts. The rising demand for water this summer has also paved the way for the sale of sub-standard quality of water and operation of unauthorised units.
An important scheme to improve the health and lifestyle of residents in rural pockets around Tambaram and also to improve access to proper sanitation is in disarray owing to neglect on the part of State government agencies. The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Ministry of Rural Development aims at elimination of open defecation in rural areas and ensuring that all households, schools and Children's Centres of Integrated Child Development Services or government-run creches have toilets. The scheme also mandates the construction of at least one integrated sanitary complex in every rural local body.
Residential areas covered by blanket of smoke for five days Vendipalayam and many other residential areas near the town are covered by a blanket of smoke for the past five days as heaps of garbage dumped in the Erode Corporation's yard continue to burn. A major fire broke out in the yard in Vendipalayam last Sunday night. The flames spread quickly to most parts of the yard despite the efforts made by the fire and rescue services personnel along with workers from the civic body to put out the fire.
District administration has given permission to desilt and sell silt after obtaining permission from Department of Mines and Minerals; officials yet to pass orders. The representatives of various farmers' associations here have urged the district administration to give permission to water users' association to desilt the water bodies instead of giving the contract to a company.
Tamil Nadu is repeatedly requesting the Centre to advise Kerala to conclude an agreement on sharing of the Neyyar river water and release it to the State, pending finalisation of the agreement, according to Public Works Minister K.V. Ramalingam. Apprising the Assembly on Friday of various steps taken by the government for securing water for 9,200 acres of ayacut in Vilavancode taluk of the Kanyakumari district, the Minister said that the State had, using toposheets of the Union government,
Instead of coercing the people fighting against injustice and life-threatening projects like Kudankulam Nuclear Power Projects, these people should be protected in a democratic set-up, social activist Neeraj Jain said. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Mr. Neeraj, who was here to deliver lecture at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, told reporters that countries like India and China alone were ambitiously pursuing nuclear power programmes even as nuclear energy was gradually losing its popularity in other countries across the globe, especially in Europe, after several nuclear disasters, particularly after Fukushima accident.
In a bid to do away with problems of open defecation, construction of toilets has become mandatory for beneficiaries of Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY). For the period 2011-2012, a total of 2,995 houses are being constructed in Tirupattur and surrounding seven panchayat unions under IAY scheme, according to officials of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.