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
Various organisations in support of organic farming urged the Centre and the State government to ban the genetically modified seeds in the country and state. A resolution to this effect was passed at the
The Radhapuram panchayat union that encompasses Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Tuesday thanked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for having taken initiatives to ensure the early commissioning of the project in a bid to obliterate power cut prevailing across the State. A resolution was passed in the panchayat union council meeting held on Tuesday. Fourteen of the sixteen councillors who attended the meeting backed the resolution as only two – Sahaya Initha of ward 13 (Vijayapathi) and Pitchai of ward 10 (Kudankulam)
It will be implemented in 32 areas recently included in Chennai Corporation The State government on Monday unveiled a Rs.2,000-crore project for improving water supply and sewerage facilities in the 32 areas newly included in the Chennai Corporation. Replying to a debate on the demands for grants for his department, Rural Development Minister K.P. Munusamy said that the drinking water scheme would be implemented at a cost of Rs.700 crore. Sewerage facilities would be provided on a war-footing at a cost of Rs.1,300 crore.
Urban local bodies (ULBs) have drawn up an action plan for revival, rehabilitation and maintenance of rain water harvesting (RWH) structures, Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister K.P. Munusamy said on Monday. Initiating a debate on the demands for grants of his departments, Mr. Munusamy said that the ULBs had taken up various measures for the rehabilitation of the structures. Wherever they were under repair, the ULBs had been asked to restore them. The awareness programme on RWH was being continued in all ULBs.
Flay move to establishsub-station in Ilayanallur About 20 farmers of Ilayanallur village panchayat in Katpadi taluk began a relay fast on Monday on their lands, which were to be acquired by the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI) for establishing a 765/400-KV sub-station. The PGCI has decided to establish the sub-station, which would a reception point for the power to be received from Gujarat for connection to the State Grid, as part of the measures being taken by the Tamil Nadu government to overcome the crippling power scarcity .
The work will be taken up under the Centrally-sponsored scheme of Urban Infrastructure Development The Sriperumbudur town panchayat in Kancheepuram district has been chosen as a satellite town under the Centrally-sponsored scheme of Urban Infrastructure Development, according to K. P. Munusamy, Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister. Moving the demands for grants for his departments in the Assembly on Monday,
Drinking water schemes seeking to serve 44.36 lakh people in eight districts will be implemented at a cost of over 1,500 crore in 2012-13, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P.Munusamy told the Assembly on Monday. Replying to the debate on the allocation for departments under him, the Minister said the schemes, to be implemented in Cuddalore, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Theni, Sivaganga, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Tirunelveli district, would benefit 8,134 habitations in five Municipal Corporations,
Projects with an aggregate capacity of 3,450 MW being executed by BHEL Several coal-fired thermal power projects with an aggregate capacity of 3,450 MW are expected to be commissioned in Tamil Nadu in the current financial year, according to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the executing agency.
On the Kudankulam issue, Mr.Chidambaram said the decision to commission the plant was final and nobody could change it. As a democratic country, we have heard the voices of dissent, but agitations and debates cannot go on endlessly. Based on the reports of the expert committees, the Centre and the State government have decided to commission the plant. Though 2011-12 was a difficult year, the Centre has come out with a budget which seeks to achieve a growth rate of 7.6 per cent .
The proposed redevelopment of slum tenements on the Marina beach will not be funded by the World Bank anymore. This is following the expiry of the deadline of December 2011 for the completion of the project. The project could not be completed as the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board was unable to relocate families on account of stiff resistance by residents of Nochi Kuppam, Dooming Kuppam and Srinivasapuram.