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 University of Madras, in association with the University of Northampton, United Kingdom, will set up a centre for waste management where research in the area of disposal of waste, particularly e-waste will be carried out. Nick Petforg, vice-chancellor, University of Northampton, who was in the city recently to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate this, said: “The focus of the centre is to find ways to deal with waste.
A proportionate system of assessment of energy consumption will be done in respect of low-tension consumers to give effect to the revised power tariff. Of the two crore LT consumers the category of domestic consumers accounts of 1.6 crore. Following the tariff revision order issued by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has sent a circular to its distribution circles all over the State for calculating the electricity charges.
The Advisor to Ministry of Environment and Forests, G. V. Subrahmanyam, has said that people's participation in environment protection alone can bring the desired results more than any number of legislations brought by the Government. “Protecting the environment is for our own future and not for anybody else. You can have any number of legislations…but the implementation is done by local people. Any campaign on climate change or environmental issues can be successful only when all of us come together,” he said, while speaking at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) here on Friday.
Rs. 3.25 crores allotted for installing solar panels to ensure uninterrupted supply of power to inmates The beneficiaries of ‘green house' scheme, who are supposed to occupy their houses at the earliest, need not worry about the prevailing load shedding in the district. The conventional energy has come as a boon to them following the district administration's decision to install solar panels on top of the green houses.
Calls for engaging local people on a continuous basis Renowned agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan has suggested that consultative committees be formed in and around the Kudankulam area, comprising civil society representatives and nuclear technology experts, so that the local people could be engaged on a continuous basis on the nuclear power project's safety aspects.
The Tiruchi District Consumer Movement urged the Centre to allot the entire quantum of power generated in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) to the State considering the abysmal power scenario in the State. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting to celebrate the International Women's Day, Consumer Day and the memorial day of Muthuvelan, founder of the Movement, held here recently. J.Selvaraj, president, presided over the meet.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has deferred the proposal for the 1,600-MW Uppur thermal power plant in Ramanathapuram district, which could lead to a delay in its commissioning. According to the minutes of the 42 meeting of the reconstituted expert appraisal committee (thermal) of MoEF held early in February, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) had failed to identify environmentally acceptable alternative sites to the Uppur thermal power plant. This is required for determining terms of reference for environment clearance.
Chennai Corporation to tap into alternative energy to light up coastal roads in newly-added areas Imagine 15-metre towers with micro wind turbines above and four solar panels below vying with huge palm trees to create a geometrically regular pattern along the East Coast Road.
In a bid to repatriate 800 Indian Star tortoises, which were seized while being smuggled out of the country, Tamil Nadu forest officials have sought the help of molecular biologists to identify their place of origin. Two types of Star tortoises are present in the country – one set found in the Western parts in Gujarat and Rajasthan and the other type in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and also in the neighbouring island country, Sri Lanka. They are smuggled out of the country for use as exotic pets and delicacies.
Responding to the demands from the public, especially the poor and the middle class, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a partial rollback of the power tariff hike. It is a move that is expected to grant a big relief to middle class households from the steep hike in their bi-monthly electricity bills. Reading out a suo motu statement in the Assembly, even as the DMK, DMDK and CPI(M) staged a walk-out after being refused permission to raise the tariff hike issue, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the government had no authority to reduce the tariff fixed by the Tamil Nadu Energy Regulatory Commission (TNERC),